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Children Are Crossing the Street & the Buses Keep Flying By

Near Misses & Tragedies
I’ve been noticing many near misses with young children, unattended or under-attended, who cross the street without having enough time to make
it to the other side.  Many children also cross the street diagonally, which adds to the danger, since they are in the street longer.
Tonight, I saw two mothers pushing their strollers [...]

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Shwecky – Im Eshkachech Yerushalyim

Simply a fantastic song, and a nice photos compilation video.  Really gets you in the spirit of Shabbat and living in Israel.  Listen to his soaring tenor voice pierce into the high notes and you’ll be ready for buying a full album.

Note: I am assuming since it’s been on Youtube for quite some time that [...]

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Pashkevile #1 – No Hotels for Women!

Sometimes I sit back and read these pashkeviles (Haredi community notifications – usually plastered on poster boards) for the humor, sometimes just to see how far they’ve gone from the mainstream.
Pashkevile Format
They all follow more or less the same format – usually black and white, made to look like a death announcement, dastardly language about [...]

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Michael Jackson’s Kids Are Jewish

What were the odds? Michael’s first wife is Jewish, and by Jewish tradition, that makes his children Jewish too.
Is this one of those things that everyone else but me already new?
Prince Michael I is 12, that means next year he can be called up to the Torah.
Now that’s a Bar-mitzvah you won’t want to [...]

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Mayumana – A Great Israeli Show

I attended the Mayumana Dance show last night in Tel Aviv-Yafo. Their latest act is called “Momentum”. They were simply fantastic. They play at the fully-packed Mayumana house on Louis Pasteur Street in the heart of Old Yaffo several nights per week.
The show is a mix of street [...]

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Funny Picture – Steve’s Packs Jerusalem

Seen at Malcha Mall

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Bet Shemesh & Ramat Bet Shemesh Live Chat – Beta Launched

A Free Service of Holy Exposures
Note – This is a beta. Let’s see where this goes…
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Gorillas in Ramat Gan

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Shavua Hasefer Ramat Bet Shemesh (Video & Pix)

שבוע הספר בית ספר הראל רמת בית שמש
Something to be proud of in Ramat Bet Shemesh.  Bet Sefer Harel was chosen to host the city’s annual Shavua Hasefer.  Ever notice that the “week” has turned into a month?  Tonight was the main event with vendors selling discounted books, food, jewelry, etc…  There was also [...]

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A Baboon & A Crowned Crane in Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan Safari 2009
If animals could speak.  I wonder what was on his mind.

Baboon at the Ramat Gan Safari, 2009.

These photographs are copyright 2009 Moshe T. and are made available under a Creative Commons License.

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