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Life in Israel
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my thoughts and comments on life in Israel, ranging from cultural issues to political issues with anything and everything in between.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 11582 )
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Refusing to Offset the Vote in Knesset
The Knesset is set to vote today on the "minimarket law" that would give the Minister of Interior the right to reject a municipal law, including a law passed... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
More Haredi Women Taking Bagrut Exams
The researchers at the Israeli Institute of Democracy have discovered a significant increase in the numbers of Haredi young women sitting for the regular... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
21see: Motorsports in Israel, Kosher Driving (video)
Things are about to get speedy in the Israeli motor sports scene! Join 21see Kathy Cohen as we goes behind-the-scenes and onto the tracks to find out what's... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Synagogues of Illinois (video)
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Posted on 01 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Meet the Spincredible Hulk of Major League Dreidel (video)
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Posted on 01 January 2018 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: Stricter Punishments for Defacing Posters with Images of Women
MK Yulia Malinovsky (Yisrael Beyteynu) has proposed a law that would make the punishment a bit harsher for defacing signs bearing the images of women in the... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Facebook Status of the Day
the following post was written by a young man, a convert, who was the subject of much online scoffing after a picture was published of him marrying a clearly... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Fake Yeshiva with Fake Students but Real Protesters
whoa... from Walla News and YWN 12 suspects were arrested in Beit Shemesh Monday in a massive fraud case involving a fake yeshiva. Read more
Posted on 27 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Donald Trump Hakotel Station
Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz has approved the decision/recommendation to build a train station in the Old City of Jerusalem very close to the Kotel,... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
I bless MK Yaakov Litzman, for after years of us trying to convince him and his community that the key to success is significant service in the IDF along with... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
I hate the leadership of the Religious Zionists, though not on a personal level. They are now like the Haredim from 50 years ago - they only look out for... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
More Embassies Moving to Jerusalem
We already know Guatemala has announced it will be moving its embassy to Jerusalem, following the USA's lead. Now Panama and the Honduras have announced they... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Eateries Around the Mir Yeshiva to Be Shut Down at Night
There's been some friction over the past few years in the area of the Mir Yeshiva. Some have felt that the restaurants open late at night full of yeshiva... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: Candidate Must Have Academic Degree to Be Elected Prime Minister
This is interesting. I saw the headline and expected this to be a proposal made most likely by someone like Yair Lapid, to prevent a Haredi MK from eventually... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Tweet of the Day
this is great.. Josh Callahan responding to a tweet sympathetic to someone's Nazi grandparents... I’d love to introduce them to my great grandparents but they... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Israeli TV Channel 2 Profiles Charedim in Brooklyn - Part 1 (video)
Yair Sharki went to Brooklyn to check out the haredi community there. The differences are stark. the chassidishe guy calls his wife in to be in the clip and say... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Cash Being Minimized
There has been increased talk about finding stricter ways to crack down on money laundering. The main strategy is to minimize the usage of cash. The question... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Winter Holiday Music is So Jewish
A Guest Post by Dr. Harold Goldmeier I’m a baby boomer. American born Mom was the child of Polish Jews scrapping-by through the Great Depression in the land of... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Peleg in Uniform
Remember the guys from the Peleg group that were arrested for being AWOL and were saying they were going to refuse to wear uniforms while in prison? It seems... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Will Gafni's Shabbos Law Increase Chilul Shabbos?
An unintended consequence of the "minimarket law" being put through the voting process now in Knesset, to prevent the opening of shops on Shabbos and to take th... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY