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 ( 11579 )
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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 -
A Matter of Life Or Death
A friend of mine, and fellow Bet Shemesh resident, has been in recovery from Ovarian Cancer. Yet the cancer is back. Ahava cannot get treatment now. Because of... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Headline of the Day
German NGO organizes 'Rent a Jew' program -- JPost as long as they pay retail for their Jews all is good.. -----------------------------------------------------... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Rav Chaim Kanievsky's Segula of Jumping a Thousand Times on a Roof
This is the silliest/strangest story I have heard about a Rav Kanievsky "miracle" in a while... the article actually has a few, but I am pointing to one of... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Hotels Come out Swinging Against New Rabbanut Law
The organization of hotels in Israel is now complaining about the expense of kashrut via the Rabbanut monopoly over the kashrut systems in Israel. Read more
Posted on 02 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Muslim Prays in Synagogue
I'm not quite sure what the problem is with praying in a place of worship of the wrong denomination - as long as no idolatry is involved - but generally, Jews d... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Jerusalem Resident Discovers Mikva Under Home
pretty amazing story... a family in Ein Kerem neighborhood of Jerusalem made an amazing discovery while doing renovations on their home. Breaking through the... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY