General
The best way to contact me depends on who you are and what you wish. Unless otherwise indicated, e-mail to the address above (avital.pilpel@avitalpilpel.com) is the default method I prefer.
If you are...
If you are a student of mine who wishes to urgently contact me regarding your grades, work, etc., call my phone number. I can be found in the telephone directory of my home town.
If you wish to contact me professionally -- concerning letters of recommendations, articles, etc. -- you might want to check out my LinkedIn web page before e-mailing me.
If you are a long-lost friend or relative, you might try to contact me first on facebook.
If you are a chess historian or player who would like to send me score sheets, newspaper clippings, bulletins, etc., concerning chess in Mandatory Palestine or Israel (up to ca. 1970), send it to my mailing address. (Again, it is found in the telephone directory of my home town.) Please only send photocopies -- I cannot be held responsible for anything lost or damaged in the mail.
If you would like to talk to me (about chess, course grades, or anything else) -- please call my phone number (once more, to be found in the telephone directory of my home town) to either talk, or to arrange a meeting. Arranging meetings by e-mail is, experience shows, a cumbersome affair.