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Life in Israel
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my thoughts and comments on life in Israel, ranging from cultural issues to political issues with anything and everything in between.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 11551 )
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the End of the Story
sometimes you hear a story, maybe follow it for a while, and then you don't hear the ending. Often you don't hear the ending. This post is nothing more than... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Extremist Thugs in Bet Shemesh Destroy Shul
In what is perhaps one of the most insane things I have seen in a fairly long time, extremist thugs went berserk and destroyed a shul in Bet Shemesh. Read more
Posted on 24 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Lapid: Do the Palestinians Really Want a State? (video)
it looks like even Yair Lapid, who threatened to leave the coalition if the peace negotiations would not be consistently in motion has come to the realization... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Unsafe Park Equipment Raises Calls About Modiin Being Anti-haredi
Modiin has had its share of up and downs in its relationship with its haredi neighbors of Modiin Ilit... Famously, Modiin tried to ban non-residents (i.e. Read more
Posted on 23 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
a Soloveitchik Visits Har Habayit
Many articles, starting with the Jerusalem Post and followed by Matzav, YWN and VIN, have written about the Har Habayit "riots" over the holiday that caused Jew... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Ancient Chisel Discovered Near Kotel
It has been reported, first by Haaretz (at least, first from among the articles that I have seen), and now by others including INN, about a newly fascinating... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Yisrael Chofshit Wants Jewish Culture off the Air
Israeli TV's Channel 1 news has been running a daily "sefirat ha'omer" clip of about 2-3 minutes with a daily explanation of some aspect or custom of sefirat... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Underdos: Who is Counting Omer? (video)
this is from last year, but relevant to every years sefirat haOmer.. and funny.. If you want interesting daily reminders for sefira, you can follow my twitter... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Fashion and Style of the Gedolim
Baruch Hashem we have solved all our problems and can busy ourselves with fighting over the color of the cloak of this or that rabbi. Either that or the haredi... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Take-Aways from a Bnei Braq Miracle
Here is a story with two take-aways: 1. Bnei Braq miracles are the best! 2. until recently it was very rare for a yeshiva student to grow a beard. Read more
Posted on 22 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Posts #538
Here is a bunch of articles of interest that I have been collecting in the past couple of weeks and just have not gotten to posting... I am just posting this no... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
#Happy (#Gaza Edition) - #Pharrell Williams (video)
in Gaza they also put out a version of the Happy dance... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Korban Pesach of the Shomronim (Samaritans)
The erev pesach of the Samaritan community happened to fall out very close to our erev pesach, so on Sunday night the Samaritan community held their korban... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Adon Olam with Chazzan Moshe Stern
this was at a chazzanut concert recently held in honor of the great chazzan Moshe Stern ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands o... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Holiday Mode
Chag Sameach the blog is officially going into holiday mode. that means there will be postings, but not on any regular schedule. I hope you all enjoy your... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Androdos: Biyur Chametz (video)
funny.. but this never actually happened to me ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Saving Jews by Selling Their Chametz Without Telling Them
I frequently enough quote Moshe Feiglin on this blog... Now I am going to quote Moshe Feiglin, but it is not the same guy. This is Moshe Feiglin, a Chabdnik. Read more
Posted on 10 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Court Orders Avreich to Pay State 84,000NIS for Skipping Kollel
I don't know what qualifies something to be considered a landmark case, but this case sounds like it might be one.. This is the first time I am hearing of such... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Book Review: Let My RV, Go!, by Nicole Nathan
NOTE: I was not paid to review this book. It is an unbiased and objective review. If you have a book with Jewish or Israel related content and would like me to... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Jon Stewart: Haters of the Lost Ark (video)
The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook ------------------------------------------------------... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY