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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 ( 11607 )
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Tweet of the Day
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Posted on 14 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Olmert as the Moral Authority
I find it interesting how much of a platform the media has given former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The guy sat in prison for bribery and corruption, yet every... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Psak: Eating Dairy After Meat
An avreich in Bnei Braq asked Rav Zilbershtein, rav of Ramat Elchonon neighborhood of Bnei Braq, an interesting question about eating dairy after meat. The... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Campaigns Picking up Steam
Finally! I love it! Even though nobody is talking much policy in this election campaign, finally they are talking about other things than which prime ministeria... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
Feiglin is irresponsible, a megalomaniac. If he says his condition for entering a government is to flood the streets of Israel with drugs - and there is no... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
What Language Am I Speaking? (Round 2) | Lineup | Cut (video)
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Posted on 13 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Aryeh Deri Challenges Yair Lapid to a Debate (video)
I would like to see such a debate... actually I would like to see any real debate between political opponents. There is no culture of electoral debates here, an... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Shlomi Ben David's Full Israel's Got Talent Performance (video)
Shlomi Ben David grew up Haredi in Bnei Braq but took an unusual route following his passion for magic. they don't show his intro in this clip where he talks... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Psak: No Need to Sift Flour
Rav Maor Kayam, a rav in Har Bracha and head of Machon Har Bracha, publicized a psak by which you would no longer need to sift your flour. Even in Israel. Read more
Posted on 12 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Tweet of the Day
Mellanox's $7B exit to @nvidia is huge validation for the thesis that Israeli tech's future lies in the inclusion of its ultra-Orthodox and Arab populations. Read more
Posted on 12 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Solution for Distracted Walkers
Sometimes we get so caught up in our phones that we become oblivious to everyone and everything around us. This unfortunately happens while we are driving, and... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
I wish that the Labor Party would respect women as much as we do. You only know to attack us and to preach morality. In my role as mayor I integrated women in... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Uggs & Shatnez (video)
I never heard of anybody checking shoes for shaatnez until this situation arose... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Two Great Emotions - YERACHMIEL {OFFICIAL} (video)
The third single from the upcoming album "Off The Derech" by Yerachmiel. Chana Leah Reich grew up in a strict religious community and is now on her journey of... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Smotrich's Contradiction Regarding the Chief Rabbinate
Yes, UTJ is back to using Facebook. They have reopened their Facebook page - the same one they used prior to the last elections after which they shut it down -... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Psak: Withholding the Kollel Stipend for a Cellphone
It is common for kollels to make all sorts of rules and conditions to which any potential member must agree to adhere to in order to be accepted to learn there... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
From my perspective, the Chief Rabbinate has undergone a difficult process of a hostile takeover by the Haredim.. It stopped being a State institution. Read more
Posted on 11 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Palestinian Authority Officials Come to the Aid of Netanyahu
Probably one of the most interesting news items of the day is that of a senior Palestinian staffer in the office of PA President Abu Mazen telling reporters fro... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
the Arab Parties Never Wanted in
There's a brouhaha going on with Televisio celebrity Roten Sela having said, or written on social media, a response to the talk of "we won't sit with the Arab... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Yossi Deutsch Disappointed Me
Yossi Deutsch was very impressive in his recent run for mayor of Jerusalem, even though it was a doomed campaign from the start. Read more
Posted on 10 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY