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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 ( 14581 )
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Jon Stewart on Barak Obama's Trip to Israel (video)
The Daily Show has some funny clips from some recent shows... the first is a Moment of Zen related to Passover: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Count Omer: 5
5 is: only prime number that ends with digit 5, books of Torah, amphibians have 5 fingers & toes on extremities, tonight's Omer #CountOmer... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
a New Segula for Finding a Zivvug with 90% Success Arte
Davening by the grave of Rav Yonasan ben Uziel in Amuka has been considered a segula to find one's zivvug for a long time. The latest segula twist on that is... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Jewish Harlem Shake (video)
here is a version of the Harlem Shake where you dont have to see people in their underwear... and I have discovered that the people behind it (and in it) are... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
3 #CountOmer
3 is: the fathers, the # of things on which world stands, sections of tanakh, the first prime number and tonight's count in Omer #CountOmer... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Nahal Haredi Experience
this is a very interesting look at the Nahal Haredi brigade in the IDF, and on the ordeals the soldiers go through.. the journalist accompanied the Nahal... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Israeli Palestinian Conflict: 10 Myths Preventing Peace (video)
I could tell by just a few seconds in which way this "getting the story straight" look was going to go...... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
My Experience with Soft Matza and Haroset Ice Cream
I tried two new things this Pesach, so far: I bought Yemenite soft matza to use for the korech sandwich at the seder I bought the seasonal flavor of Ben and... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interesting Posts #473
1. not exactly kisei hakavod 2. a post-haredi election: can we achieve freedom 3. horaat shaa and the real world rabbinate 4. NYC Mayor Serves an Allegorical... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Why I Won't Be Eating Kitniyot, Or Many Other Things, This Pesach
Each year in perhaps the past 7 or 8 years there has been a serious increase in the number of articles, and the promotion of them, discussing why kitniyot shoul... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Snitch Line (malshinon) for Chametz in Haifa
The "Malshinon", the snitch line, of the tax authority for people to anonymously call in and snitch on others who are not paying their taxes, has been so... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Practice Korban Pesach (video)
Upon appeal, the courts allowed the practice/learning event of the korban Pesach to take place, as it has in years past. Here is some video from the event. and... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Using Pesach Foods to Heal
A Guest Post by Sara Chana Using Pesach Foods to Heal By Sara Chana, IBCLC, RH (AHG) Pesach used to be considered a time of constipation and ‘bad-food’ but toda... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
PSA: "I Felt I Was Stealing Groceries". Lema'an Achai - Kimche Depischa
'Rivka Cohen' was explaining how she felt about her family's finances."Our debts were mounting, we owed so many people money, and I knew we couldn't ever pay... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Safety Talk for Kids (video)
Bein HaZmanim is always an appropriate time for a talk with your kids about safety... Rav Yakov Horowitz is always a great resource for that... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Kinderlach: Echad Mee Yodeia
Kinderlach and Lipa in a release of Echad Mee Yodeia with Lipa and here is the same song from Kinderlach released with a non-religious singer named Shir Levi:... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Created in Israel - Part of Your Life (video)
in the fight with the IDF Spokesperson, and public opinion, over the issue of whether or not Bar Rafaeli is an appropriate representative for Israel... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Yonatan Razel - Vehi Sheamda (video)
what would Pesach be without a rendition of Vehi She'amda... thsi one by Yonatan Razel, the original composer, alone... and here is a recent live performance... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Picture of the Day
with all the pomp and circumstance, the Presidential limo still had to be towed and taken in for repairs... or maybe he had just illegally parked somewhere in... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2013 SOCIETY
