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• Yeshiva Bochurim Try to Avoid the Draft

  ... no, not the Israeli draft, but the Ukrainian draft. I did not even know there were yeshivot in the Ukraine, but it seems that yeshiva bochurim in some... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• New Rabbanut Decisions on Marriage, Shmitta and Organ Donation

  The rabbinical council of the Rabbanut yesterday came to a few interesting decisions. While I have liked Rabbi Lau all along, I think that Rabbi Dovid Lau was... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Tel Aviv Decides to Change the Law Rather Than Enforce It

  About 6 months ago a group of small market owners won a petition in the Supreme Court against the City of Tel Aviv. The claim was that the city was not doing... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Million-Man Prayer Rally-Demonstration, Photos and Thoughts

  

  I went with my son to participate in the Atzeret Tefilla yesterday. It was basically a last minute decision, as I really believe that at best these types of... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Tiyul: Tel Soche, Givat HaTurmusin, Lupine Hill

  

  This past Friday afternoon we took a short break from Shabbos preparation to do a short tiyul - a tiyul that is very popular and basically only available for a... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How To #BeMoreTea with Lipton & The Muppets! (video)

  cute.. but wait for the Yiddish! ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Jonathan Rosenblum: Charaidim in Israel (video)

  Jonathan Rosenblum: Charaidim in Israel 2/25/14 from Miracle of Change on Vimeo. ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Dumb Ways to Drive (video)

  The Shmuz has this cute video with an important message for Purim.. ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bet Shemesh Elections: Can You Deal with Music on Shabbos?

  

  I "get" the message of the other signs being put up for Moshe Abutbol's campaign... but this one I just don't "get".. can someone please explain it to me? Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Posts #534

  1. final scream - beautifully written. many feel the same way... 2. lady pants 3. a shmittah dilemma 4. cancer: an equal opportunity provider 5. top ten... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Queen Esther, Monical Lewinsky and Sara Netanyahu

  

  When I first heard this on the radio, it sounded a bit funny and even desperate, and even the Haredi radio host was describing it as unbelievable. The wives of... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Belzers Plan to Move to the USA as Refugees

  

  The big, and shocking, news item of the day seems to be the announcement of the Belzer community that they are preparing for a mass "yerida" in the event that... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day

  

  No, this is not an old picture from Sukkos. This is from yesterday, February 26, 2016, 26 Adar1, 5774. Maybe they are dressed up, at a pre-Purim event? Nope. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• UCLA Student Melts Down After Divestment Defeat (video)

  Poor baby... I am impressed she really believes so strongly in what she is doing that she had such a breakdown when it failed! Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Rabbanut Kashrut Update: Quaker Oats with Reform Hechsher

  

  The latest Rabbanut kashrut update has an important ntoice that I think might be relevant to readers of this blog... Markets are carrying packages of Quaker Oat... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Headline of the Day

  "You must stop Israel from Building the Beit Hamikdash" -- NRG this is what the Palestinians are now imploring of the international community. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bet Shemesh Affects Million Man Rally Schedule, and Vnahafoch Hu

  

  in Bet Shemesh election news... Eli Cohen, candidate for the position of mayor of Bet Shemesh, put out his jingle for the month of Adar - using a famous Purim... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  I turn to MK Feiglin - why stop at Har Habayit? If you are the new Messiah of our time period, what about the Covenant of the Divided Parts (bris bein habsarim)... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day (caption Contest)

  

  photo credit: Israel Marc Sellem this definitely deserves to be a caption contest... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Breslav Reason for the Uprising in Ukraine

  What's going on in the Ukraine is very disturbing. The human tragedy is horrible, and the increase, or maybe just the increase in it being more open, in... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY