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Life in Israel
http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.com/
my thoughts and comments on life in Israel, ranging from cultural issues to political issues with anything and everything in between.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 11660 )
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Draft Bill to Be Major Issue of Coalition Negotiations
What is especially interesting about the recent election results is that it is all pretty much the same as the previous government - with some minor changes... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
Just a short while ago we went out on a new path. Like Nachshon ben Aminadav jumped into the waters of the Yam Suf that then split in the story of the Xodus fro... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
the Chief Rabbis of Israel, Rabbis Lau and Yosef, selling the chametz owned by the State of Israel and by the thousands of people who sold their chametz... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
In Bet Shemesh there was a situation in which Haredi activists tried to do an ethnic expulsion to us, and it is a shame that they ruined the sensitive... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Psak: Bringing the Korban Pesach Today
Rav Yitzchak Meir Morgenstern, a mekubal, has pasked for his talmidim that they should make sure to join a group membership for the korban pesach before Pesach. Read more
Posted on 17 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Lieberman Throwing Wrench into Formation of Government
What Avigdor Lieberman is doing right now, potentially holding up a coalition with his demands that contradict the demands/desires of all the other parties, is... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Size of the Temple-era Eggs Discovered! Eat Less Matza?
There has been a long-standing debate as to what the true size in modern measurements of the halachic measurements "kzayit", the size of an olive, and "kbeitza"... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Public Transportation on Shabbos for Eurovision
Yediot is reporting that the City of Tel Aviv will be operating two bus lines through the city to bring people to the Eurovision events on May 17 and May 18 -... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Ami on the Move: Open Anti-Semitism At UNC And Duke Conference (video)
Ami Horowitz is on the move at a Gaza conference organized by UNC and Duke University on the conflict in Gaza. Ami quickly discovers the thin veneer of... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Israeli on Britain's Got Talent (video)
ahhh... for from Zion shall come forth Torah.. We will be a light unto the nations... I still hope he does well...... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Female Polling Station Worker Removed from Station to Let Gerrer Rebbe in
According to a report on Haaretz, tweeted out by the reporter Aron Rabinovitz, and then re-reported in English in the Times of Israel, there was an incident on... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Syria Claims Responsibility for Lunar Module Crash
I do not know what position, if any, Sheikh Ahmad Shlash holds in the Syrian government or leadership, but he is described as "a senior member of the Syrian... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
The Prime Minister promised 2 ministerial appointments to the United Right party, and they received 5 mandates, so that will be the key for everyone else - 1... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Tweet of the Day
1980's: Lavi fighter jet program fails, but boosts Israel's tech industry (software, semiconductors, materials).2013: Project Better Place fails, but launches... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Headline of the Day
the news has been crazy today with the up and down mandate numbers of different parties as the count keeps changing plus mistakes and clerical errors that have... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
IAA Lists Lunar Landing in Local Arrivals
this is fabulous. The Israel Airports Authority table for arrival times includes the Beresheet lunar landing scheduled for tonight! Read more
Posted on 11 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
the Need for Computerized Voting
The Board of Elections is a mess, with counting and recounting and we still do not have final results. Inconsistencies are showing up, numbers do not match,... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Tweet of the Day
There is a lot of patronizing behavior on the side of the winners of the Israeli elections, from all the parties on the Right, in regards to the losing parties... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
SpaceIL - Beresheet's Upcoming Landing on the Moon (video)
------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
photo by Real Jerusalem Streets cleaning the Kotel for Pesach..removing the old notes in the cracks to make room for the new.. Read more
Posted on 10 April 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY