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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 ( 14656 )
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Haredi Flight Attendant on El Al
According to a post on Facebook (source: Haredim10) by her husband, Haredi model/actress/presenter Batya Schiff has now become a stewardess, flight attendant,... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Ambassador Friedman Visit to Sderot "Yeshivat Sderot" (video)
Ambassador David Friedman traveled October 8 to Sderot, joining the Israeli and American families gathered at the Yeshivat Sderot for a Sukkot holiday... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Synagogues of New York (video)
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Posted on 15 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
IDF Argue Haredim with Dati Leumi
The IDF is reportedly working overtime to find ways to get religious women to join the IDF and have made their interview process more thorough to determine a... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Donors for Donors
Rav Haber from the amazing Matnat Chaim organization is being investigated for giving donor priority to donors. Matnat Chaim encourages and arranges live organ... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Psak: Food Distributed to the Needy
Rav Chaim Kanievsky was asked two interesting questions about the distribution of food to the needy. (source: Behadrei) In one question he was asked if a tzedak... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Yeshiva Sells Its Aliya to Learn Gemara
Interesting bidding war took place at a yeshiva minyan in Bet Shemesh over Yom Kippur. In the yeshiva of Chachmei Yerusahlayim, led by Rabbi Potash, the... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Headline of the Day
Israel’s top tennis player quits mid-match for Yom Kippur -- Times of Israel Thank you, Sandy Koufax. Errrr, Dudi Sela. I must say, this is a far bigger... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
How Segulas Are Born
Kikar has a story about how Rav Shach used to have boys from the yeshiva build his sukka with him and often the boys who helped build the sukka would get engage... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Rabbanut is Looking at the Tipping Point
There are some restaurants that have been at the forefront in the fight against the obligation to bear a kashrut certificate from the Rabbanut, or not kashrut... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Synagogues of New York (video)
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Posted on 01 October 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Helping Disabled Children in Israel This Year
*** sponsored post **** Helping Disabled Children in Israel This Year When you think about the world of charity, you oftentimes picture a hungry little child... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Bark Mitzva Has Become Kapparos
They used to say that what the Reform do today, the Conservative will do in 15 years, and the Orthodox will do in 30. While we often hear criticism of the Refor... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Embrace Your Chicken
Kapparos is a weird enough ceremony that it always is good for providing weird experiences, and even some controversy. Sarah Chandler of the Isabella Freedman... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Breaking News: Jew Decides to Not Be Sandy Koufax
A father in Connecticut is lamenting the fact that his son decided to not be the second coming of Sandy Koufax and will participate in his college football game... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Kapparos with the Braekel
I wonder... if I do kapparos with a Braekel chicken, do I keep my sins or do they go onto the chicken? Does it depend which rabbi I follow and which hechsher I... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Machzirei Tshuva and Missionaries
A brief scuffle ensued when some avreichim in Neve Yaakov neighborhood of Jerusalem discovered the identity of a person distributing missionary materials on... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
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Posted on 28 September 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Human VS Chicken (video)
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Posted on 28 September 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Opinion | Take the Knee as an Act of Yom Kippur (video)
huh? when will he be taking a knee? he'll be on his knee the entire Yom Kippur? Maybe when he bows for Aleinu in Mussaf he'll consider that taking a knee... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY
