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• Munuicpal Elections Vacation Day Law Passes Its First Vote in Knesset

  About 6 weeks ago Minister of Interior proposed a law that make make municipal elections an official vacation day (a.k.a. federal holiday) just like national... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Rabbanut Gives Roladin Its Hechsher Back

  

  Just a few days ago the Rabbanut announced problems with Roladin - "non- Jewish" milk powder in the hamantaschen and unauthorized kashrut supervisors, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Barkat's Compromise on Jerusalem Rabbis

  

  Finally a good solution in the public sphere, employing some form of compromise and goodwill, rather than the ramming through according to what I want, what I... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Was MK Tibi's Phone Stolen in a Gas Station?

  

  Walla News reports on a crazy story with MK Ahmed Tibi accusing a delivery guy of stealing his phone at a gas station.. Chaim Dayan from Tiberias, the... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• John Kerry Solutions Inc. Israel Tour, February 2014 (video)

  John Kerry has, deservedly, taken a beating in Israel the past couple of days. After saying something stupid, everyone has come out swinging... I even suspect... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How Kosher is the Super Bowl?

  

  How kosher is the Super Bowl as a Jewish activity? Who cares? There is a lot of criticism floating around about Jews and communities getting together to... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Going to Serve Got Him Arrested

  A young Haredi man, a Chabadnik, showed up to the IDF draft offices, expecting to submit himself to the army draft, and ended up getting arrested for being... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Roladin Hechsher Not Valid

  

  The most recent Rabbanut kashrut update had a warning about Roladin losing its hechsher. The Rabbanut statement said that Roladin, with a factory in... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Jason Kenney Thanks the Nutters at Oxfam, He's Buying a SodaStream! (video)

  

  this is great! also, if you want to buy Soda Stream, Amazon is having a Super Bowl sale and is selling SodaStream soda machines, at discounted prices, and you... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Very Funny Penguin Dance-cover by Jewish Boys (video)

  somebody sent this to me.. at first I thought it was called the Penguin Dance just because it was haredi boys doing it - a common Israeli nickname for haredim i... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day is Tomorrow!

  Tomorrow, February 1, 2014, is International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day (specific formula is "the first Saturday in February). Ice Cream for Breakfast Day was... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day: the Recipients of the President's Award

  

  President Shimon Peres today awarded 8 recipients with the "President's Award". From the website of the President: The President’s Award is an award conferred... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Immediate Justice for Lashon Ha'ra

  

  This story is related by Kikar, and is described as "the story that is driving the yeshiva world wild".. here it is: At the beginning of the week, 5 yeshiva... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Proposed Law: What City Rabbis Can and Cannot Say

  Freedom of speech out the window, thought police front and center.. That's been the trend. Even when it sometimes makes some sort of sense, such as when it was... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Our Suffering MKs

  

  I feel bad for the Members of Knesset of Israel. They are treated badly, probably don't earn much of a salary for their work on behalf of the public, their... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef from Beis Hillel Or Beis SHammai?

  

  What do people expect of their rabbis? Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef was recently criticized in the media for a psak he gave regarding a woman who was hoping for... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• SodaStream Scarlett Johansson Super Bowl Ad 2014 (Uncensored) (video)

  to show support for SodaStream and Scarlett Johansson, here is the original ad that was to be shown at the Super Bowl... the ad was disqualified from being... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The "cash cow" that is the business of going abroad to "shnorr" donations might be coming to an end. It might be good for some people - those who complain... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Four-State Solution

  What started out, by the Partition Plan, as a Two-State Solution, eventually became a One-State Solution. Peace negotiations has most, or at least many, Israeli... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Tender Winners Announced for Upgrade of Highway 38!

  good news for Bet Shemesh commuters... at least in the long-term. The next stage in the planned upgrade and renovation of Highway 38 has been arrived at! Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY