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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 ( 13076 )
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Proposed Law: Time to Renew Haredi School Licenses
MK Yisroel Eichler (UTJ) has proposed a law that seems very reasonable to me... Eichler's proposal is to deal with a situation in which heads of Haredi schools... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
The Brandenburg Gate in Germany lit up with the Israeli flag in solidarity with Israeli victims of terror... and we remember how just a short a number of years... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Team Lema'an Achai at the Jerusalem Marathon (video)
Team Lema'an Achai invites its hundreds of dedicated volunteers, friends and supporters to run with/for Team Lema'an Achai at the Jerusalem Marathon. Not a... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Travel Vlog: Eating My Way Across Israel (video)
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Posted on 10 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Gad Elbaz Feat. Nissim - L'CHAIM (video)
An unplanned trip to an antique store catapults Israeli singing sensation Gad Elbaz back through the generations to a 19th century Ukrainian shtetl, a simpler... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Psak: Paying Your Fair Share of Someone Else's Wedding
A question was asked of Rav Yitzchak Zilbershtein, rav of Ramat Elchonon (Bnei Braq), regarding a very large wedding in which the chosson and kallah we very... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: No More Loafing Rabbis
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has proposed a law that would allow a city rabbi to be fired for not functioning properly. Currently a city rabbi is... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
what people do to avoid paying for bags... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
You’d have an explosion– an absolute explosion in the region, not just in the West Bank and perhaps even in Israel itself, but throughout the region -- US... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Proposed Law: Licensing for Electric Bikes
MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) has proposed a law that would require people riding electric bikes to either already have a driver's license or to obtain one, even a... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
photo credit Yaakov Lederman, from a hassidishe wedding ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Halachic Obligation of Reporting Abuse to Authorities (video)
you can get the background on this from Frum Follies, but, briefly, this is Rav Shraga Feivel Zimmerman from Gateshead and has taken a very different approach... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Voices of Jerusalem (video)
Fifty years since the city was reunited: see Jerusalem like you've never seen it before! ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
A Wine-Oasis in the Israeli Negev Desert (video)
I had no idea vineyards were growing in southern Israel.. and then just this Shabbos I had a bottle of wine from Ramat Hanegev winery and it was pretty decent... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Psak: an Internet Minyan
Rav Yitzchak Yosef has issued an interesting psak regarding davening with a minyan via the Internet. The director of the Ayelet Hashachar organization, Rav... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Synagogues of Georgia (video)
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Posted on 05 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Do What You Want, Just Don't Let Them See
Rav Dovid Cohen, rosh yeshiva of Chevron Yeshiva, recently spoke at a national conference of heads of institutions (Haredi schools) about the need for them to... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
When Temple Mount Cannot Be Called Temple Mount
Until now you could not say "Shma Yisrael" or any other Jewish prayer on Temple Mount, and doing so would put you at risk of arrest. Now, you cannot even say... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Dog-friendly Tel Aviv Holds Party for Man's Four-legged Friends (video)
Tel Avivians love their dogs! Welcome to Kelaviv (Kelev means dog in Hebrew) - the ultimate party for dogs (and their loving owners! Read more
Posted on 04 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
IDF Cantor Shai Abramson at Rabbinic Conference (video)
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Posted on 04 January 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY
