Gldmeier
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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 ( 11545 )
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Picture of the Day
that is Shalom Rubashkin gazing at a framed copy of al hanissim that includes the text for Hanukkah, Purim and Zos Hanukkah here is a close-up of the text of... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Headline of the Day
Man caught driving stoned and rolling a joint… on a traffic ticket -- Times of Israel this made me laugh...... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
Little Israel cannot absorb everybody. Refugees will remain, infiltrators - the time has come for them to leave. Which population is preferred for Israel - the... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Abutbol Prays Against Plague in Bet Shemesh
After a series of tragedies throughout the city of Bet Shemesh, in which 4 children have died within a short period of time, each from different causes, some... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
SodaStream's Join the Revolution (video)
great clips the making off.. ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel Read more
Posted on 01 February 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
IKEA Coming to Bet Shemesh?
is IKEA's next store going to be opening in Bet Shemesh? Israelis love the IKEA stores. IKEA was looking into opening a new branch of the store in Jerusalem, bu... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
The IDF has one chain of command - just one. Rabbonim are not part of the chain of command of the IDF. The place of the rabbonim is in the community, the shul... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Book Review: the Orchard
A Guest Post by Dr Harold Goldmeier The Life and Times of Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef 50 CE to 135 CE A BOOK REVIEW OF THE ORCHARD Yochi Brandes with Translation by... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
the Rav That Chases Down Pedophiles (video)
Rav Yaakov Horowitz talks about a sex offender registry and about his new book for the Israeli public ------------------------------------------------------... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Germans Test Gas on People
according to the news (a simple search will turn up all the newspapers reporting on it, so no need to link), German automakers tested their exhaust and emission... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Doing Our Part on the Roads of Bet Shemesh
Another bad accident in Bet Shemesh had a car hitting a 4 year old child last night and sending him to the hospital in moderate condition. Read more
Posted on 30 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Women and Female Doctors
new pashkevilim are up on the walls of Haredi towns calling upon the women of the community to not use the services of male doctors but only to use the... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Facebook Status of the Day
and the conversation continues.. personally I think the comments are probably more interesting than the original post, though the OP is also fsotd worthy.. Read more
Posted on 30 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Made In Chicago: Milt’s Extra Innings (audio)
what a kiddush hashem! ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel Read more
Posted on 30 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Beis Din Revokes Divorce Settlement
And here is another interesting divorce case... "interesting" being in the sense that it was deemed fictitious and canceled retroactively. Read more
Posted on 29 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Bug-free Strawberries
In the frum community nowadays strawberries are considered one of the most infested of the fruits and vegetables and many say that there is no way, halachically... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Melech Zilbershlag with the Haredi Tradesmen: Shtreimel Macher (video)
(the dialogue is in Yiddish, so make sure you have captions enabled from the bottom of the Youtube bar so you can see the Hebrew captions, if you don't... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Psak: Remarrying Without a Gett
A very interesting divorce case just went through the beis din. When I say "interesting" I mean in the sense of curious. The beis din in Haifa heard the case... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
Ashdod is a city of inclusion.. I lived in a neighborhood next door to a shul. The kids went to shul and then went to the sea. Read more
Posted on 28 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Polish Law is a Polish Joke
in light of the new law in Poland making it illegal to say that Poles are responsible for Holocaust crimes no Polish soil, I would like to immediately break... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY