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Jerusalem is Not in Israel – Ask the USA Embassy

Renewing your USA Passport in Tel Aviv, Israel
A (not so) funny thing happened at the USA embassy today as we were updating one of our kid’s USA passport. On the form it asks for your child’s place of birth. We wrote Jerusalem, Israel.

The (very friendly) employee at the embassy must process hundreds of [...]

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Obama and Israel

Obama Won, What does it mean for Israel?
Barack Obama is President Elect of the US for less than one day and already the pundits are giving their dark forecasts for what will happen to Israel during his presidency.
Ben Weidman reported on CNN today that 75% of Americans living in Israel cast absentee votes for McCain.  [...]

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Financial Crisis – Hi Tech in Israel Affected

This article was posted yesterday on techexposures.com and it definitely gives us something to think about what’s in store for the hi-tech industry in Israel during the coming months.
The Financial Crisis – Internet startups will suffer
I attended a conference of about 40 CEOs and founders of start-ups last week in Herzlya, Israel.  The focus of [...]

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Vote Shas and go to Heaven

The man in the photos is Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (Shlit”a).  These posters were part of the last Israel national government elections.  The posters are for the Sha”s party, which is comprised of ultra-orthodox Sefardic Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent.
Rabbi Yosef was the Chief Sefardic Rabbi of Israel in the 1980s (Rishon Leziyon) [...]

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D-Day Time Machine (June 6, 1944)

Complete 24-hour Live Radio Broadcast
Let’s continue in the theme of nostalgia and of feeling what it was like to live in America in 1944.
Here’s the actual live broadcast of NBC Radio on June 6, 1944, D-Day, as the Allied troops invaded the shores of Normandy, France.  This historic day signaled the US invasion of Europe [...]

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USA in 1939 – Timecapsule

Full Day Live Radio Broadcast from September 21, 1939 in Washington DC, USA 
Did you even wonder what it was like to be living in 1939 in America? How about September 21, 1939 to be precise?
This is perhaps the most amazing discovery for history buffs and lovers of nostalgia. WJSV, a radio [...]

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