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• Going Up, for Good and for Bad

  I know the two are not contradictory, but it does feel like it is, and it is definitely a weird juxtaposition.Israel is leading the way, globally, having alread... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• the Vaccine BDS Fake Meme

  

  There is this great story going around explaining how Israel became the first country to get so much of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, ahead of so many other... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• is Donating Gambling Winning to Charity Like Kosher Money Laundering?

  

  You don't see gambling news too often on Life in Israel. or on Jewish sites in general.Yet the recent World Series of Poker is a Jewish news item now. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day

  

  PM Benjamin Netanyahu went to Umm Al Fahm to get a photograph with the 1000000th (one million!) patient to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  I am continuing on. Ben Gurion went down to the Negev, and returned. Arik Sharon ate for years in the Knesset cafeteria with one other person, he had nobody to... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2021 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  I didn't feel like blogging today, but I couldn't leave this one behind...I have suffered enough -- Jonathan Pollard, on the possibility of joining Israeli... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Fractious Elections Ahead of Us

  Weird politics. more and more parties joining the fray. I am not sure from where they all plan on getting enough votes to get into Knesset. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Accepting Charity from United Arab Emirates Muslims

  An interesting question was asked of Rav Bentzion Kook, rav and posek in Petach Tikva. According to Kikar, an administrator of a tezdaka fund that supports Tora... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Tweet of the Day

  

  Yu Darvish is a star pitcher in Major League Baseball. He recently played for the Chicago Cubs and was just traded to the San Diego Padres. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Pollard and Politics

  Jonathan Pollard committed the crime and paid his time. He should be left to live his life out, how he wants, preferably in private. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  with a new party being announced and people moving between parties,  there were a lot ofoptions for this qotd, but I am going with this selection.. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day

  

  I don't know to whom that private jet belongs (maybe Sheldon Adelson?), but quietly overnight Jonathan and Esther Pollard flew on that private jet to Israel.... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  This one is a bit long. I apologize.We will work [after the elections] to create a bloc of four parties - Yisrael Beyteynu, Yesh Atid, Yamina, and Tikva... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Screaming Does Pay

  The new reported this afternoon that Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein decided to cancel the requirement for people returning from abroad to stay in a Quarantin... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Netanyahu Gets What He Wants, Though It is Too Late to Help

  In the final days before the Knesset dissolved (due to lack of budget), the negotiations between Kachol Lavan and Likud to come to an arrangement to keep the... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Another Mockdown

  So, so far the lockdown looks more like a mockdown than a lockdown. Obviously the lockdown is hurting businesses, as anything not deemed essential and not... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Timely Corona Tests Still Difficult to Obtain

  One would think that with a lockdown in place, with the numbers of infections consistently increasing, with the urgency in the country to cut the chain of... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Drive-Thru Voting

  

  The Central Elections Committee is busy trying to figure out how to run an election during Corona times and keep everyone safe and healthy. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  there were a few good quotes for today, but this one takes the cake. I am amused by how snide and snippy it is, and how demeaning and upsetting it is to so... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Saar Announces Electoral Reform Platform

  Gideon Saar, head of the Tikva Chadasha (New Hope) party, announced some of the electoral reform agenda his party plans to push.At the top of the agenda is... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY