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. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nadav Shragai does a good analysis in today’s Haaretz of how Jerusalem is the key to the entire Mid East peace process. When it comes to Jerusalem, there is no need to mention either natural growth or natural development; what […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Eilat has got it right
Israel finds 17 more A/H1N1 flu cases Consider this: You are sitting near someone who is coughing up a lung. You know that he often travels overseas for work. He just got an aliyah and benched gomel, returns to his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Haaretz suggests that it may even be better for Israel if Ahmadinejad wins in Iran. Ahmadinejad, with his Holocaust denial and his long series of provocations, drew most of the attention, but apparently had less influence on the nuclear […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
File this in the “Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse” category: France’s comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala has created a political party to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The French high court threw out a petition to ban […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tear Down the wall says Roger Waters, former band member of Pink Floyd. Mr Waters visited Israel in 2006 and played a single concert to a sold out makeshift open air stadium of 50,000 (paying) Israeli Jews. He also found […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
According to the Jewish Agency, Hungary today has a population of approximately 50,000 Jews. In 1910, one hundred years ago, there were nearly one million Jews living there. The Nazis killed many, some emigrated to America, some to Israel, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“A United Nations team headed by a veteran war crimes prosecutor has begun its probe into possible war crimes by Israel and Hamas militants during Operation Cast Lead. ” Israel has not accepted this probe and questions the validity of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086115.html This headline would come as a shocker in any other country, in any other context, in any other time. However, here in Israel in 2009, I was only surprised that the percentage was less than half. The survey shows […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I read an interesting interview yesterday with a Rabbi from a program that specializes in keeping religious soldiers on the path of learning Torah _after_ they leave the army. I can’t remember the Rabbi’s name, but this was the gist […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actual footage of the Israel Defense Forces entering and capturing the Temple Mount in the Six Day War. ??? ??????? ??? http://tinyurl.com/pkxoul 1967 Temple Mount Jerusalem Captured
I went to the local electronics store yesterday to pick up a new bread machine. The owner keeps the store open in the late afternoon and early evening hours. He learns Torah during the day and then opens the store […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A visit to Israel should include a stop at the Ramat Gan Safari & Zoo. Located just minutes from the airport, it’s a great place to spend a day. The kids will love seeing wild animals such as Hippos, Rhinos, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My cousin was visiting in Sderot last week. He is a Rabbi and sofer (Biblical scribe), and often travels to places in Israel to check religious articles to see if they need to be repaired. He shared with me this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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