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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 ( 11545 )
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Illegal Weddings.. Circumventing the Rabbanut (video)
I know a couple of these rabbis... this is another example in what I mentioned the other day, of the Dati Leumi and chiloni, the natural "customers" of the... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Rav Kanievsky's Miracle Shekel
Kikar has the latest Rav Chaim Kanievsky miracle story..... Rav Neiman comes to Rav Kanievsky asking for a bracha to be successful in a lawsuit that has been... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
American Parents Remember Their Fallen Son, Israel’s ‘Hero from LA’ (video)
Stuart and Evie Steinberg join VOI's Dan Diker in-studio on Memorial Day to reminisce about their late son, Max. Max Steinberg, a lone soldier from the United... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Dredging up an Old Minhag with Scare Tactics
there was this whole thing today about not drinking water between 2pm and 3pm today. It is discussed in the Shulchan Aruch and, for whatever reason, is... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
We started a process of lessening demand by increasing the purchase tax. We were criticized for it, but I am at peace with our process. Read more
Posted on 08 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Azulai is an Idiot
Does Minister of Religious Affairs Dovid Azulai get to decide who is Jewish, based on affiliation? Why are people so upset? So he said something stupid and mean... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Olam Hafuch Ra'iti
I think we must be deep in the days of the Messiah... Over the past few days and weeks I have seen (and read some of them) countless articles written by Dati... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Raw Video: Helmet Cam Recording of IDF Combat in Gaza in 2014 (video)
this was just released... very cool. I'd like to see more.. ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Kotel is Open to Women with Kippot
I don't know what to do with this. Something about it, about the response - not the original, made me laugh and the entire story makes me cringe. Read more
Posted on 07 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Gingy Surprises Everyone with Black Baby
Remember the red heifer discovered on a farm near Lakewood recently? It made a splash int he Jewish world media and rabbis from all over went out to inspect it... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Hello, Muddah, Hello Faddah - Israeli Style
After helping my son (3rd grade) with his homework yesterday, I now understand why Israelis pronounce things like "mudder" and fodder"... it is because they... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Rabbi Berland is Amazing
This Rabbi Berland guy is amazing. He's been hiding out and running from country to country avoiding extradition to Israel to stand trial for alleged sexual... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Quote of the Day
To all the voices out there today, voices screaming that they sold the State to the Haredim: take [a look at] the coalition agreements.. Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Facebook Status of the Day - Tesaro Changes Its Tune
Yasher koach to everybody. It had an effect. Hopefully it will be resolved quickly and in text: Thanks to everyone for this campaign to get Tesaro to do the... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Update - Even Better News Now. Ahava Just Announced That ...
Update - even better news now. Ahava just announced that Tesaro has just unblinded her records and her medical team has the information they need! Yasher koach... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
CNN Thinks the Old City of Jerusalem Will Soon Disappear
I do not know if there is any significance to the order of the list, but CNN has published a list of world sites that are on the verge of extinction. Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Yair Lapid: 'Bilateral Talks Won't Get Us Anywhere' (video)
Former finance minister MK Yair Lapid, chairman of Yesh Atid, joins VOI's Dov Lipman, a former MK from his party.Lapid says he entered the political world as... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
i CAN BE | Official Music Video by Shwekey (video)
"3 Weeks" Music alert... this is a new song by Yaakov Shwekey... Almost twenty years ago my wife Jenine and her best friend started The Special Children's Cente... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Your Baby (video)
this is a painful satire piece on the phenomenon of forgetting babies in the car... basically, find some way to ensure as well as possible that you won't forge... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Does Aryeh Deri Not Care About Judaism?
There is a lot of criticism against Aryeh Deri for pushing through the reversal of the conversion law and the transferring of the system of dayanim back to the... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY