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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 ( 11467 )
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Peace with PAs
Good news out of Israel today. Thus morning the Health Ministry announced that they have approved official recognition of Physician Assistant as a profession. Read more
Posted on 17 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Protest at the Park
There were a lot of protests yesterday, in many parts of the country. Many of them were in protest of the arrest of 2 young yeshiva guys who had evaded the IDF... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
MK Meirav Michael in Australian QandA (video)
the entire session is interesting discussion, but this is posted here specifically for what Michaeli says regarding children, families and safety between about... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Israeli Food Technologies (video)
What if you could get water out of thin air? What if you could grow food in the middle of the desert? What if you could have a star-trek style capsule that make... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
LETTERS OF LOVE TO JERUSALEM: A BOOK REVIEW OF MY JERUSALEM: The Eternal City
A Guest post by Dr. Harold Goldmeier LETTERS OF LOVE TO JERUSALEM: A BOOK REVIEW OF MY JERUSALEM: The Eternal City Ilan Greenfield, Editor Ziv Koren, Photograph... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Pashkevil to Leave Israel
Another pashkevil of interest that went up during the holiday period was the following pashkevil calling for people to prepare to leave Israel for foreign... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Min Bennet Personal Interview with Lior Dayan (video)
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Posted on 16 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Kaan, Part III
Reportedly, PM Netanyahu and Minister Deri are once again trying to shut down the new broadcasting authority (Kaan). I did not understand the fight over this th... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
We will not sit with them, unequivocally. I do not see anything that connects us to them or allows us to be in the same government with them -- Labor... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Notice to Guests from Abroad..
this is one of a couple interesting pashkevilim that were posted/pasted on the walls of Jerusalem over the holiday period... while they definitely have a good... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Haredi Flight Attendant on El Al
According to a post on Facebook (source: Haredim10) by her husband, Haredi model/actress/presenter Batya Schiff has now become a stewardess, flight attendant,... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Ambassador Friedman Visit to Sderot "Yeshivat Sderot" (video)
Ambassador David Friedman traveled October 8 to Sderot, joining the Israeli and American families gathered at the Yeshivat Sderot for a Sukkot holiday... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Synagogues of New York (video)
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Posted on 15 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
IDF Argue Haredim with Dati Leumi
The IDF is reportedly working overtime to find ways to get religious women to join the IDF and have made their interview process more thorough to determine a... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Donors for Donors
Rav Haber from the amazing Matnat Chaim organization is being investigated for giving donor priority to donors. Matnat Chaim encourages and arranges live organ... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Psak: Food Distributed to the Needy
Rav Chaim Kanievsky was asked two interesting questions about the distribution of food to the needy. (source: Behadrei) In one question he was asked if a tzedak... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Yeshiva Sells Its Aliya to Learn Gemara
Interesting bidding war took place at a yeshiva minyan in Bet Shemesh over Yom Kippur. In the yeshiva of Chachmei Yerusahlayim, led by Rabbi Potash, the... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Headline of the Day
Israel’s top tennis player quits mid-match for Yom Kippur -- Times of Israel Thank you, Sandy Koufax. Errrr, Dudi Sela. I must say, this is a far bigger... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
How Segulas Are Born
Kikar has a story about how Rav Shach used to have boys from the yeshiva build his sukka with him and often the boys who helped build the sukka would get engage... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Rabbanut is Looking at the Tipping Point
There are some restaurants that have been at the forefront in the fight against the obligation to bear a kashrut certificate from the Rabbanut, or not kashrut... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY