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 ( 11563 )
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No Sufganiyot This Chanukah
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman has been putting forth great effort to change people's eating habits to encourage them to eat healthier and thus to live healthie... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: Kotel and the Rabbanut
The Haredi MKs are still looking for the right solution that will stick and be acceptable that will protect their control over what happens in the Kotel area. Read more
Posted on 12 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
the Haredi Cellular World (video)
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Posted on 12 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
I would prefer the Arabs didn't rush en masse to the voting stations and that they didn't even come at all to vote... I think [Netanyahu's] statement was... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Chochmei Lev Chanukas Habayis Proves They Aren't Haredi, Because They Thanked...
The Haredi yeshiva high school Chochmei Lev continues to upset Haredi leadership (at least at the askanus level). Chochmei Lev recently moved into its new... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: Looting Evacuated Homes
MK Eitan Broshi (Hamachaneh Hatzioni) has proposed a law that would increase the level of seriousness of the punishment for people who loot a home or a... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
taken from Shmu Katz's FB page Bet Shemesh (and its environs) commuters who use the train have long suffered form a shortage of available parking. People tend t... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Regarding the Video Shown the Other Day of the Woman in R...
Regarding the video shown the other day of the woman in RBS hosing down protesters.. the video elicited strong responses around the web, from glee to seeing... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: Scales for Consumers
MK Yaakov Asher (UTJ) has proposed a law that will require large stores and branches of chains to install scales near any items sold loose by weight, for the us... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Protests Against IDF Draft Officer Draws Ire of Neighbor (video)
the regular protests of some non-local-to-the-neighborhood people against a local Haredi IDF officer who works for the IDF draft board have been upsetting to... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Help Erik Become Israel's First Dog Sledder! (video)
vote for Erik at http://bit.do/vote4erik and an interview with Tova Knecht of the Tova in Israel blog... ------------------------------------------------------... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
the Slippery Slope of Women Learning First Aid
According to INN, the Eida is upset about a new initiative in one of the Haredi girl seminaries of Jerusalem. The initiative is to offer an extracurricular... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Chicken Wanders Around Eastern Parkway (video)
somebody posted this video to Youtube of a chicken wandering around Crown Heights.. The chicken seems so proud and daring now, but let's see him do this on... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: Cameras on Handicapped Parking Spots
MK Meirav Ben Ari (Kulanu) has proposed a law that would require the installation of cameras aimed at handicapped parking spots that will focus on the license... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Facebook Status of the Day
first time I have seen this specific symbolic gesture...in my opinion he should have gone all the way and broken the neck of a calf, for full effect... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Ambassador Shapiro Celebrates American Beef in Israel 2016. (video)
The first shipment of American kosher beef has finally arrived in Israel and Ambassador Shapiro and distinguished guests celebrated the occasion with a dinner... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Synagogues of Connecticut (video)
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Posted on 07 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
The Haredim have a very talented minister - he is called Litzman. I said to him in the government Cabinet meeting 'you [the Haredi public] need to learn core... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Headline of the Day
Yair Lapid Promises to Recognize Reform and Conservative Judaism 'My First Week in Government,' if Elected -- Haaretz The problem with this is that even if... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
the Burger King SufganiKing
and for more kosher food news, Burger King (Israel) announced that they have created the "SufganiKing" - a combination of a sufganiya (jelly donut) and the... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2016 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY