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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 ( 11610 )
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Proposed Law: Shmitta Fund
Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel was pushign a law proposal that was being called "The Shmitta Law". the Shmitta Law would have created a governmental fund that... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Facebook Status of the Day
the original was not embeddable, so I had to take a screenshot.. I gave blood yesterday as well, but I went early and it was mostly empty... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Tcheiles and Halachic Debate
Rabbi Nachum Eisenstein, a close student of Rav Elyashiv, made a big splash a couple of weeks ago when he was a guest rabbi on the Headlines podcast by R'... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The War on Israel's Consumers
A Guest Post by Dr. Harold Goldmeier The Bank of Israel Prepares for a War on Consumers I just read a frightful interview Globes conducted and posted to its... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: Deducing Terror Money from the PA
MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) has proposed a law that would deduct the amount of money paid by the Palestinian Authority to terrorists and their families for... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
New Book on the History of the Palestinian People
This is pretty funny. Some guy wrote a book called "A History of the Palestinian People: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era". Read more
Posted on 19 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Ask the Rabbi: Can a Baal Teshuva Go to a Relative's Wedding That Will Have...
why is this question only relevant for a baal teshuva? ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Peek A Jew (video)
President Trump & Melania Visit Steve Scalise in the Hospital 6/14/17 it seems there are always religious Jews around when President Trump shows up... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Kosher Television
Heck - if we can have kosher cellphones to counter the non kosher cellphones, and kosher internet to counter the non kosher internet, why not have kosher... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
from Yaakov Lederman: ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Miscarriage Isn't a Reason for Divorce
Haredim10 has an interesting divorce case that was settled in beis din. The wife demanded a divorce claiming that her husband is having marital relations with... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: Removing a Rabbi
Currently, according to the law, a City Rabbi officially appointed continues to serve until the age of 75, with an almost automatic extension given for an... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Letter to the Editor of the Day
I am just going to leave this here without comment... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Chaotic Lines Waiting for Biometric Passports (video)
I just posted about this the other day... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Synagogues of New Jersey (video)
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Posted on 18 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Jew in the City Presents "The Sound of Silence" Feat. The Maccabeats (video)
http://JewintheCity.com/sabbath Art Garfunkel once summed up The Sound of Silence as "the inability of people to communicate with each other. Read more
Posted on 18 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Frum Men, Wonder Woman and Disappearing Woman
Alexandra Fleksher wrote an article in the Cross Currents blog about why her husband will not be going to watch the new Wonder Woman movie (starring Israeli... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Gemilus Chessed as a Way of Abusing People
This is shocking. I will start off by saying, I never before heard of this, but it seems there are some gemach apartments available in some Haredi areas for... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Netanyahu Flies to Greece with First Female Haredi Pilot (video)
The end of this video is the interesting part... the first Haredi female pilot... and, by the way, she and her family, and extended family, live in RBS... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Gafni Helps Reform Build Mikvas?
I think the Reform might just be trying to give MK Moshe Gafni(UTJ) some bad press, or just trying to annoy him a bit, but it is still a funny approach. Read more
Posted on 15 June 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY