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    Haaretz.com - Business

  • State hitting Hirchson, Zoller where it hurts

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:10 pm
    For the first time in 25 years, the state is acting directly against managers who have violated their trust, by taking legal action to force them to personally pay back money - including placing liens on all their personal property. ...

  • Market Report / TA-100 falls 0.4%, drops back under 1,000

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:09 pm
    Stocks barely moved yesterday on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, even though the market was swamped with the pessimism of American investors and a flurry of poor macroeconomic news. Here on Ahad Ha'am Street, trade was influenced more by the ongoing stream of third-quarter financial reports. ...

  • An unprecedented 'no' to private enterprise

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:08 pm
    There are some things that can not be privatized. At least that is what the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in a case that sets an international precedent. An exceptional nine-judge panel headed by Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch - and in an eight-to-one decision, too, with the sole dissenter agreeing in principle - the court ruled the law allowing private prisons was unconstitutional. ...

  • Private prison franchisee demands huge compensation

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:07 pm
    "I cannot say that it was unexpected, but when it really happens, it seems unexpected," said the owner of Minrav Engineering and Construction, Abraham Kuznitsky, minutes after being informed yesterday of the High Court of Justice's decision against his operating a privately-run prison near Be'er Sheva. ...

  • OECD criticizes treasury, central bank economic policies

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:38 pm
    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development criticized Israeli economic policy yesterday. The OECD said the Bank of Israel's foreign exchange interventions risk fueling inflation and hurting policy credibility. ...
 
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    Haaretz.com - Art and Leisure

  • Writing Hebrew, living English

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:42 pm
    Writer Maya Arad has been living abroad for 16 years. After moving to London in 1994 she settled near Stanford University, in California where her husband, Reviel Netz, is a professor in the Classics Department. ...

  • Dining Out / Overkill at the hotel restaurant

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:18 pm
    Let it be known I have nothing against hotel restaurants. In fact, some of the very best European and American ones are located in hotels. Those restaurants are, however, owned by the chefs who run them and not part of the hotel's food and beverage department. ...

  • Daddy don't work

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:07 am
    "I have six more weeks minus three days, but who's counting?" laughs Ofer Weissblum, a Tel Aviv resident who works in high tech, as he calculates the time he has left in the paternity leave he has taken to look after his two-month-old son Uri. ...

  • The composer does it best

    16 Nov 2009 | 6:40 pm
    Writing songs for yourself is work; writing songs for other performers is fun. Yehuda Poliker did not specifically say this, but that's the impression from his excellent concert closing the Piano Festival and featuring songs he wrote for others. ...

  • An oud to Nablus

    16 Nov 2009 | 6:40 pm
    NABLUS - Anyone can make this Saturday outing to Nablus. You take the Ayalon Highway north and five minutes after the Derech Hashalom exit you turn right, toward Ramat Hasharon and Ra'anana, and keep going straight. ...
 
 
 
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    Haaretz.com - Opinion

  • Leadership needed

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:27 pm
    The insolent defiance of the hesder yeshiva soldiers who announced that they would not evacuate outposts the government has decided to dismantle, and the audacity of those on the right who blame this behavior on the government for using the IDF in carrying out the decision to evacuate settlements from the Gaza Strip, reflect the breakdown of state authority in Israeli society and the disturbing phenomenon of a government that opts not to govern. ...

  • The nucleus of truth

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:55 pm
    Israeli bitterness over the Goldstone report has a great deal of justification. Immeasurably greater crimes than those the report claims to have discovered during Operation Cast Lead have been, and are still being, committed by other states and other groups worldwide, yet they attract scarcely any international condemnation. There may also be some truth to the Israeli claim that the measures the Israel Defense Forces took to minimize harm to civilians were unprecedented in the world's military annals. ...

  • An officer and an educator

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:53 pm
    The celebrities are on their way out, now that the school year has begun, and the army officers are coming instead. They have been invited to the schools "in order to educate Israel's teachers," as Or Kashti reported in Haaretz this week. ...

  • The discovery of no-tomorrow

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:51 pm
    Recent polls indicating that what bothers Israelis most today is street violence can be interpreted in two complementary ways. One, ostensibly positive, says that the relative quiet on the security front has redirected both our aggressive energies and media coverage to the criminal one, as in most normal countries. The second interpretation doesn't contradict the first, but gives it a painful twist. Other polls, which show increasing support for the right-wing camp, lead one to conclude that the Palestinian problem is not the public's chief worry nowadays simply because it's not being…

  • Six comments on the situation

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:49 pm
    1. This isn't based on authoritative information or knowledgeable sources. But my sense is that the silence that has prevailed recently about Gilad Shalit indicates that a prisoner exchange is on the brink of being concluded, and his release is close. Very close. ...
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    Haaretz.com - Anglo file

  • Does the mercenary law apply to conscripts?

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:28 pm
    According to South Africa's 1998 Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act, citizens are not allowed to "engage in mercenary activity" or "render any foreign military assistance to any state" unless special authorization was granted. Yet several local community members interviewed for this article said South Africans who served in the IDF need not worry because this law does not apply to them. ...

  • Israeli soldiers from South Africa feel heat of prosecution drive in old country

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:28 pm
    South Africans who served in the IDF said this week they would continue visiting their home country despite attempts to prosecute them there for serving in a foreign army - which South African law prohibits. Many see the effort, spurred by war crimes allegations emanating from Operation Cast Lead and initiated in the main by pro-Palestinian NGOs, as mere "saber-rattling." At the same time, soldiers and activists said those concerned should be careful not publicize evidence of serving in Gaza and to stay informed about new developments. ...

  • New right-leaning group aims to spur Anglos to civic action

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:28 pm
    A group of prominent Anglos affiliated with the political right are launching a new grassroots organization this week to increase Anglo participation in Israeli public affairs. The founders of "Hadar - Israel Council for Civic Action" say they want to focus on publishing educational material and holding conferences about current policy issues and the local governmental system. They say they also plan to arrange "meetings with national leaders to advance policies and legislation which reflect the values and concerns of Anglos in Israel." ...

  • American-Israeli company closes in on ALS treatment

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:28 pm
    American-Israeli businessman Chaim Lebovits made a fortune with the exploration of gold and other natural resources in Africa before he was persuaded two years ago to buy into a local biotech company. Now it seems he may have struck gold again, as his firm is rapidly moving toward developing the world's first stem cell-based treatment for ALS. ...

  • Former teenage addict: 'It's too easy to get alcohol here'

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:28 pm
    Jacob can't remember why he made "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses his ring tone three years ago, but he certainly remembers that he was anything but sweet at the time. ...
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    Haaretz - Rosner's Domain

  • One State solution? Let the debate begin

    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    If Palestinians are on the way to changing their goal, and presenting the world with a new vision for their future, Israel shouldn?t be lagging behind

  • What killed the campaign for Darfur?

    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    The old-style, activist-driven battle for Darfur is over. Choosing China over Bush is one reason that it ended before it even really began

  • Does Israel need American consent to attack Iran?

    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    If Israel declares it would only act with U.S. permission, it risks giving up on the one chip it has in its arsenal.

  • On Peter Rodman, Lebanon and Syria

    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    I realized that for Rodman the one key message was this: Israel's leaders (and the U.S.'s) should make sure that they not only "make the right decisions, but also that they are making them for the right reasons."

  • Obama will take care of it

    25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am
    In a predictable outburst of provincialism, the Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, has become the fashionable darling of the Israeli left.
 
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    Haaretz.com - Magazine

  • Black, White and Brown

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:48 pm
    Everyone who knows industrialist and art collector Ami Brown knows he doesn't like to attend art exhibition openings. He takes no pleasure in social events of that kind and his attitude toward public relations borders on the contemptuous. He is an altogether mysterious figure. People close to him say he is an obsessive collector who buys by intuition, is subject to fits of rage and is generous to a fault. It's hard to find a photograph of him even from 1968, when he founded the Israeli branch of the Coca-Cola Company, in Bnei Brak. Brown, his friends agree, guards his privacy zealously. ...

  • Twilight Zone / Root and branch

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm
    The old tractor sputtered up the hill, its engine seemingly about to expire, but its big wheels bumping across the rocky terrain. We stood in the back, swaying wildly, holding on for dear life. On the hilltop loomed the big antenna of the settlement of Yitzhar, whose houses lay on the other side of the hill. The very knowledge of their presence inspired dread. It was a glorious sunny day, the spectacular valley sprawling below. The houses of the Palestinian village of Burin lie in this valley, which lies between two hills: on one stands Yitzhar; on the other, Har Bracha, outside Nablus. ...

  • Chamber music

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:44 pm
    In Pardes Hannah last month, there was a conference dedicated to yekkes - German-born Jews who came to Palestine in the 1920s and '30s. The majority arrived after the Nazis came to power in 1933, but in Pardes Hannah and Karkur, there were families that came even earlier out of fervent Zionist motives; the majority of participants in the conference were descendants of the latter. ...

  • Down and out in London (after Paris)

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:44 pm
    Having learned his lesson, he laid down an explicit directive for his next trip: There must not be even the appearance of waste and luxury. Economizing - that was the key word this time, whatever the cost. A spartan tent on the soil of London, with a bit of public relations, is better than a sumptuous Parisian palace that hits the headlines. ...

  • Open door policy

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:34 pm
    "Yo!" I suddenly shouted while driving from Jerusalem to Tira last Friday. ...
 
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    JPost In Jerusalem

  • Music Review: Ode to the oud

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:32 am
    The 10th annual Oud Festival provides a wonderful blend of ancient and new, traditional and almost avant-garde music.

  • This week in Jerusalem

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:35 am
    A round-up of affairs in the capital.

  • Cultural coup

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:30 am
    Despite ongoing encounters with discrimination, Ethiopian immigrants have recently received significant recognition from Israeli society.

  • Shabbat unrest

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:27 am
    As members of the haredi community zero in on Intel for their next round of protests, where will the current strife lead and what will be the ultimate price?

  • Cityfront: Making the right move

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:52 am
    After 40 years in Arad, Hadassah's WUJS program is now firmly entrenched in the capital.
 
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  • IDF preempts against Jews

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    20 Nov 2009 | 1:54 am
    Gone are the days when the brave army preempted against Arab enemies. Kfir Brigade fell on its own soldiers after the commandment discovered yet another “Kfir doesn’t expel Jews” banner drying in the sun, ready for deployment. Jail sentences and demotions did not stop brave soldiers from standing by their values. In vain, IDF tries to equate their actions with wartime insubordination. Soldiers are not automatons and are duty bound to resist evidently immoral, criminal orders. Just as they must not obey their commanders in Kfar Qassem, so they must not in Homesh.

  • Peres’ beloved politician returns to terrorism

    admin
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:43 am
    Something must be wrong with Shimon Peres’s choice of peace partners. First he befriended Arafat, who eventually refused his peace overtures. Peres then made sure that Abbas won the Palestinian elections—and again there was no peace. Peres lobbied for the release of arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who would succeed Abbas as Palestinian president. From his prison cell, Barghouti called on Palestinians to resume terror against Jewish villagers.

  • Israel Airspace Industries leaves Israel?

    admin
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:43 am
    IAI, Israel’s major defense company, has opened a production line in Columbus, Ohio to supply UAVs to the US Department of Defense. Such technological transfer is not a normal practice: normal countries guard their know-how jealously, and only export complete products. Worse, the Chairman of IAI’s Board of Directors announced during the opening ceremony that his company plans to transfer all its production to the United States, except the minimum required for Israeli defense needs.

  • EU uncertain on East Jerusalem

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    17 Nov 2009 | 12:46 pm
    In the clearest sign yet of their position regarding East Jerusalem and the settlement blocs, EU officials rebuffed Abbas’ entreaties to recognize Palestinian statehood. The EU statesmen expect that Israel would go to war with Palestine if they were to recognize the 1948 borders and Palestinians tried to claim that land. The EU, naturally, does not want a flare-up. Israel must now understand that the Quartet’s insistence on ceding Jerusalem to the Palestinians is not set in stone, and that the world would accept Israel holding on to its capital. It would be a surprise for the…

  • OECD criticizes Bank of Israel

    admin
    14 Nov 2009 | 8:58 am
    As Israel seeks to join OECD, the organization has issued a report on the Israeli economy. In line with our prediction, OECD lashed out against Bank of Israel for its interventionist policy, which was only good at the beginning of the crisis. The OECD also suggested that Israel cut down on military expenses. We believe that the defense budget is inflated and can be be reduced significantly by relying on Israel’s nuclear weapons.
 
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    Israel News

  • Has the Obama government misread Israeli opinion on Jerusalem?

    News Service
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:01 pm
    Herb Keinon's Analysis: Obama's press on Gilo shows a continued misread of Israel is one of the more astute analyses of why Israel is building in Gilo, and why most Israelis are backing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on this issue. Anyone who thought about it could recognize immediately that the heart of the "innocent" seeming Palestinian demand to stop settlements was really the issue of Jerusalem (see Will Jerusalem be a frozen settlement? - which I wrote last May - and O! No! Jerusalem and the Settlement Freeze!). It was obvious what the Palestinians were trying to do with their…

  • AP: "Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban"

    News Service
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:22 pm
    Allah be DELETED BY CENSOR! The.Muslim countries are seeking a "blasphemy" ban. Supported by the usual majority and the leverage of petroblackmail, it might just pass the UN General Assembly. Blasphemy is of course in the eye (or ear) of the beholder or auditor. In Iran, the Bahai religion is blasphemous for example. Strict Muslims believe that the teaching of evolution is blasphemous. Presumably, it would be forbidden to speculate on the honeymoon of Muhammad and his first wife, Aisha, aged 9 and similar subjects. It would also be forbidden to express doubt…

  • The fanatics among us

    News Service
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:17 am
    Israelis have a bumper sticker that reads, "Death to Fantics." Jokes aside, the problem is with us. This morning a Jew stabbed an Arab in Ramat Eshkol. Let's not jump to conclusions about the motive - but lets be concerned.   Refusal to serve in the army and to obey orders cuts both ways. Those who condemn soldiers who refuse to evacuate settlements must equall condemn those who refuse to serve in the territories and vv. Otherwise their complaints are just political propaganda and not patriotism.   Vigilance wanted, apply withinby Isi LeiblerNovember 19, 2009 Neither right- nor…

  • End of the road for Iran dialogue policy? Probably not

    News Service
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:58 am
    Iran has said no to the draft nuclear treaty proposal. You may think that this is the end - but it probably is not, as Iran apologists will most likely twist and squirm to avoid taking decisive action. Instead there will be more "dialogue" and attempts to reach a compromise. Iran will not accept any compromise that does not allow it to build nuclear weapons easily. The West, and particularly the US, is having its bluff called. Without a credible military stick, the dialogue carrot could not work.   Ami Isseroff     Last update - 17:14 18/11/2009       Iran…

  • Christians for Fair Witness Challenges America Magazine’s Omission of Facts in the East Jerusalem Evictions

    News Service
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:19 am
    November 18, 2009 Contact: Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East (212) 870-2320   Christians for Fair Witness Challenges America Magazine's Omission of Facts in the East Jerusalem Evictions    Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East is disturbed to see America magazine continue its pattern of omitting critical facts while reporting about recent evictions in East Jerusalem. America editor Fr. Drew Christiansen, S.J. complains about the eviction of Sharihan Hannoun's family from their home in East Jerusalem.  According to Fr. Christiansen "Jewish settlers"…
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  • Palestinians Start to Show Progress

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:40 am
    (U.S. News) Mortimer Zuckerman - The Arab assault on the Jews has continued for more than half a century. After Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres promoted the Oslo agreements, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and Ehud Olmert, prime ministers all, made dramatic proposals in search of a live-and-let-live relationship with the Palestinians - and all were rejected. Prime Minister Sharon voluntarily withdrew every last Jewish settler and soldier from Gaza. It meant forcing close to 10,000 Jews out of their homes. Did it bring peace? No, the Gazans hunted the Jews who had left. They turned Gaza into a…

  • Israel Water Tech Thrives in Weakened Economy

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:39 am
    (Reuters) Ari Rabinovitch - Israel's water technology sector has prospered despite the global financial crisis, largely due to global stimulus packages and penetration in developing countries, officials said on Wednesday. Water companies benefit from both infrastructure and cleantech spending, both cornerstones of stimulus packages. Water recycling company Aqwise, whose system breeds bacteria to break down organic waste, saw its sales increase 50% in 2009.

  • Bone Repair "Breakthrough" at Hadassah

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:38 am
    (Jerusalem Post) Judy Siegel-Itzkovich - A team at Jerusalem's Hadassah University Medical Center has managed to separate platelets and adult stem cells from the blood and bone marrow of patients with fractures and inject them - causing the bones to meld in a quarter to third of the time and repairing some breaks that would have failed to heal.

  • Tel Aviv University Develops New Wound Dressing with Antibiotics

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:37 am
    (Medical News) About 70% of all people with severe burns die from related infections. But a revolutionary new wound dressing developed at Tel Aviv University could cut that number dramatically. Prof. Meital Zilberman of TAU's Department of Biomedical Engineering has developed a new wound dressing based on fibers she engineered that can be loaded with drugs like antibiotics to speed up the healing process, and then dissolve when they've done their job. A study published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Applied Biomaterials demonstrates that, after only two days, this dressing…

  • Israeli Invention Allows for Early Detection of Cancerous Skin Tumors

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:36 am
    (Ha'aretz) Dan Even - A new Israeli invention allows cancerous tumors on the skin to be detected and examined before they become visible to the naked eye, Ben-Gurion University announced. The developer of the new instrument, Ofir Aharon, a doctoral student at the electrophysiological department at Ben-Gurion University, said the technology "allows manipulation of different light frequencies and adjustments to electric fields to examine skin lesions."
 
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    ynet - News

  • PM to announce ministers will chose next AG

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:39 am
    Aides close to prime minister tell Ynet no new attorney general selection committee will be formed following resignation of previous committee, but instead, ministers will chose one of four candidates for the job

  • 6 powers press Iran on nuclear issue

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:46 am
    Six world powers say Tehran did not respond positively to IAEA proposal on uranium enrichment, urge Iran to 'reconsider opportunity offered by this agreement, to engage seriously with us in dialogue and negotiations'

  • Israel to send first warship to NATO naval force

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:07 am
    Ship to join Active Endeavor force, aimed at curbing terrorism in Mediterranean. Dispatch marks upgrade in Israel-NATO ties

  • ElBaradei advises West not to impose sanctions on Iran

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:48 am
    UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Tehran to agree fuel deal by year, says plan is rare chance to defuse mistrust over its nuclear program

  • Israel, Egypt squeeze Gaza tunnel business

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:35 am
    Israel attacks by air, and Egypt attacks on ground. As business becomes increasingly risky, tunnels closing at rapid pace, smugglers' incomes drop
 
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    ynet - Jewish Scene

  • 'Fire rabbis who don't recognize military conversion'

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:31 am
    Immigration and Absorption Committee discusses municipal rabbis' refusal to marry graduates of IDF conversion program, calls for their dismissal and trial. Rabbinate representative: We will ordain more lenient marriage registrars in their stead. Reform movement: We will file civil suit against rabbis

  • Wedding refugees

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:58 pm
    Between five to 10 Israeli couples fly to Cyprus every day because the Jewish state does not allow mixed marriages. Some ideological Jewish couples make the trip because they object to lack of separation between state and religion in Israel. A German reporter visiting Israel accompanied two of these couples on happiest day of their lives

  • Tiny survivor doesn't remember Mumbai attack

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:09 am
    Moshe Holtzberg, who appears not to recall his parents' death in a terror offensive in India, celebrates his third birthday as many Jewish children – by getting his first haircut

  • Artists to receive Religious Tolerance award

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:13 pm
    Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies awarding Marc and Henia Liebhaber Prize for the Promotion of Religious Tolerance and Cultural Pluralism to Jacky Levy, Shlomo Gronich. 'The fact of the prize indicates that those who practice tolerance are the few against the many. I am pleased yet somewhat ashamed to receive this award,' says Levy

  • Police arrest woman praying at Western Wall

    18 Nov 2009 | 3:12 am
    Dozens Women of the Wall hold traditional monthly prayer service at holy site. Woman carrying Torah scroll detained for questioning by police. Western Wall rabbi says act was violation of law. WOW chairwoman: 'Citizen of State cannot be arrested for donning prayer shawl, holding scroll'
 
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    Arutz Sheva Opinion

  • MK's View: "Ketsele" on Bibi

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:56 pm
    It's not just Obama--<br/>Rightist Ministers, MK's and the people must end their silence now that the truth is out: Bibi is making Peres' hopes come true. The Likud would have been kept in line by larger parties to its right, but in the future..

  • Obama SeriesII: Obama is Average

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:06 am
    Charles Krauthammer interviewed on Barack Obama and the state of the United Nations and the international community.(Excerpt from Der Speigel<br/>Interview conducted by Klaus Brinkb&auml;umer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz.)<br/>

  • A Taste of the Good Old USA

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:05 am
    It's 40 years this month since Sesame Street began. It was a different world then that children were introduced to by this creative, entertainng show that taught a clear value system along with the ABC. Something upbeat for a break from Obama et al.

  • Op-Ed Series on Obama: Part I

    17 Nov 2009 | 11:38 am
    "Having a little Buyer's Remorse?"<br/>An American columnist asks her readers if they regret voting for Obama and tells them why they should.

  • Shdema First- Gilo Next?

    16 Nov 2009 | 10:42 pm
    Shdema is a testing ground. Once an IDF camp in Area C, it is under full Israeli sovereignty, but frozen while Arab Beit Sahur illegally builds a community center on part of its lands. Who footed the bill? And why act as if Oslo is alive and well?
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    StartupIsrael - The Israel Web startup place

  • Greylock VC raised $575 Million

    ron
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:33 am
    The Marker reports that Greylock partners just raised $575 Million. This is good news as Graylock will most likely will continue to invest in Israeli startups (one of their 3 offices is in Herzelia...).

  • Shuki Glaser invested in FaceFu

    ron
    1 Oct 2009 | 2:58 am
    FaceFu, which allows the creation of location-based social networks, has got an investment from Shuki Glaser. The Marker reports that the investment is in the range of a few hundred-thousand dollars.

  • Teddy Sagi to become an 'Internet' Angel

    ron
    29 Sep 2009 | 12:56 am
    TheMarker reports that Teddy Sagi (from Playtech, a company that manages online casinos) is set to become a leading Web angel in Israel, and intends to invest more and more in startups. The first company he invested in is ReImage, which provides computer-fixing services through an automated web service.

  • Virtual Tweens raised 1M$

    ron
    23 Sep 2009 | 10:17 pm
    Virtual Tweens has raised 1M$, led by Gemini partners and private investors. Virtal Tweens runs an educational virtual world for kids, called Ekoloko. Via TheMarker (Hebrew)

  • Contigo (WeFi) raised 10M$ in second round, reached 30M$ users

    ron
    7 Aug 2009 | 12:30 am
    Contigo (previously WeFi) raised 10M$ in their second round, from Pitango and Gemini. WeFi is a Wi-Fi social network service. They say they recently reached 30M$ registered users. Via TheMarker (hebrew)
 
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    ISRAELITY

  • Foto Friday – Edward Kaprov helps splice the ends

    Rachel Neiman
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:28 am
    Splicing the Ends is the name of a new art exhibition that opens next week, November 28th, at the Amiad Center in Old Jaffa. Over the past two years, Amiad has emerged as a unique center for the arts in Jaffa’s newly revived Flea Market area, now a hot nightlife spot for Tel Aviv’s young [...]

  • Giving insurance companies an (even worse) name

    David
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:26 am
    This is about as mundane a subject as is out there, but it certainly reflects that the reality of living in Israel has very little to do with the headlines most people read, and more to do with the trials and tribulations we all face no matter where we live. I wrote a few weeks ago [...]

  • Beaujolais Nouveau

    Jessica
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:11 am
    If it’s the third Thursday in November, that means it’s a) the Thursday before Thanksgiving and more importantly, b) the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau, the first wine of the harvest. Drunk when the wine is still young and fresh, the million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau that are shipped from France worldwide each November has become [...]

  • Room 124

    Brian Blum
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:17 am
    Israeli bureaucratic institutions have been slowly but surely modernizing over recent years. You can get in and out of the infamous Interior Ministry in less than a day…and you don’t have to line up at 8:00 AM just to shove your way in through the heavily guarded front door. The health funds now have computerized kiosks [...]

  • Not just any third birthday

    David
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:44 pm
    One of the most quickly forgotten aspects following any terror attack is the survivors. We all mourn the victims, obsess about the perpetrators, and move on, as those left behind attempt to pick up the pieces of their lives. Three-year-old Moishe Holzberg has proven to be the exception. A year ago, Moishe’s parents, Rabbi Gavriel Holzberg, [...]
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    Israel National Radio - Latest Radio Shows

  • Parashat Toldot

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:15 am
    Torah Tidbits AudioAnd Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

  • Destiny? Covenant? Responsibility? Schnitzel?!?

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:25 am
    Aliyah RevolutionDestiny? Covenant? Responsibility?Schnitzel?!? What's the one word that describes the Aliyah experience?

  • Fort Hood and Mumbai

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:18 am
    Yishai Fleisher and FriendsWhy did a respectable army doctor go on a Jihadist rampage? Is America a friend or an ally? Are Jews and Christians friends or allies? Then, the voices of great Jews who died too early: first Tzafrir Ronen, the legendary fighter for Israel, and then the amazing Chabad emissaries of Mumbai India, Rivka and Gavriel Holtzberg.

  • Kindle and Johnny-Five

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:02 am
    Yishai Fleisher and FriendsYishai and Malkah debate the advantages and disadvantages of modernity - is all the distraction worth it? Can Yishai and Malkah have dinner together without cellphone interruption? Then: the audacity of lies - will the Philistines create their state in our country? Laurie made Aliyah but will parents of special-needs children make Aliyah?

  • Why His Family Risked All?

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:48 am
    The Tovia Singer ShowMenachem Listman, resident of Givat Asaf, is the father of no ordinary family. In this moving interview, Menachem explains why his family left a well-established yishuv in Bet El to live in a caravan on a hilltop overlooking Samaria. This is a must-listen-to show.
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  • Iranian TV headlines DEBKAfile Exclusive on US-Israel-Egyptian-Jordanian intelligence summit

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 am
    Saturday, Nov. 14, Iran's state Press TV ran verbatim DEBKAfile's exclusive disclosure on Nov. 12 of an extraordinary secret summit of the intelligence chiefs of four nations in Amman earlier this month to discuss the crisis over Iran's nuclear program and the possible outbreak of a regional war.The Iranian medium gave this publication full credit for the exclusive, which ran as follows:

  • Top US intelligence teams in Israel to discuss Iran

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 am
    Two high-ranking teams of American CIA and DIA intelligence officials are conferring with their opposite numbers in Israel, in line with President Barack Obama's strategy for applying military heat to Iran as well as diplomatic pressure for an accommodation on its nuclear program, DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report. The US-Israeli intelligence-military exchange channel is now in place in readiness for any eventuality.

  • Egypt's abrupt shutdown of operations against tunnels revives missile flow to Gaza

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:12 am
    Tuesday, Nov. 18, Egypt's special forces and engineering units suddenly shut down operations against the smuggling tunnels to Gaza without warning to Washington or Jerusalem, DEBKAfile's military sources report. US and Israeli requests for clarifications from Cairo were not answered. So the Obama administration signaled Egypt that if it continues to violate international accords, there will be consequences.

  • US, Israel act to stop Abbas quitting for fear of alternatives

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:10 am
    The Obama administration and Netanyahu government are bending over backward to dissuade Mahmoud Abbas from going through with his decision to retire from public life both as chairman of the Palestinian Authority and head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, which he now says is final, DEBKAfile's Washington and Jerusalem sources report. His most likely successor is his deputy Abu Maher Ghneim, a died-in-the-wool rejectionist of negotiations with Israel

  • Iran is advancing on dual nuclear bomb track: uranium plus plutonium

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:10 am
    DEBKAfile's military sources report that the UN inspectors' October visit to Iran turned up dual-track progress in support of its nuclear weapons program: Feverish activity was registered in the production of plutonium at Isfahan as an alternative to the Fordo enriched uranium plant near Qom which starts up in 2011.The IAEA experts discovered 30 metric tons-IS of heavy water hidden in 600 tanks, each holding 13 gallons.
 
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  • The Day In Israel: Fri Nov 20th, 2009

    Aussie Dave
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:35 pm
    PA President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of conducting secret negotiations with Hamas, which revolve around a palestinian state with temporary borders. Meanwhile, a terrorist-swap deal for Gilad Shalit is reportedly nearing completion, with Hamas handing over to Israel a new prisoner list with 70 new names aimed at replacing 70 to which Israel strongly objects. Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) 4:00PM: PA “peace partner” Mahmoud Abbas is advocating “resistance”: In an interview to the British Broadcasting Corporation in Arabic, the Palestinian leader…

  • Separated at Birth: Good Times Edition

    Aussie Dave
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:42 am
    Some Fatah terrorist and actor John Amos. Spread the Word:

  • The Day In Israel: Thurs Nov 19th, 2009

    Aussie Dave
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    With Israeli’s announcement that it will press forward with construction of 900 apartments in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood being followed by some Obama seething (not to mention seething of the EU kind), Member of Knesset Danny Danon made a valid point. “President Obama should not interfere with the rights of the Jewish people to live in Jerusalem,” said Danon. “This … is a racist demand, saying that Jews cannot live in Jerusalem, only Arabs.” He’s right. I wonder how Obama would react to demands from another country that African Americans not…

  • The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 18th, 2009

    Aussie Dave
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:16 pm
    “The threat that Iran poses is very grave for the state of Israel, for peace in the Middle East and the whole world. Without any doubt, we are the first target, but not the last.” - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) 10:12PM: Opposition leader Tzipi Livni today blasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, but not before experiencing “technical difficulties.” Here’s hoping she had better luck with the coffee machine. 8:32PM: Hamas is using a photo of yesterday’s “Netanyahu slip” to ridicule the…

  • The Day In Israel: Tues Nov 17th, 2009

    Aussie Dave
    16 Nov 2009 | 7:52 pm
    Thousands of Argentinians – including people from “human rights organizations” – have protested the visit to their country of Israeli President Shimon Peres. Thousands of people gathered Monday in the square opposite Argentina’s congress in Buenos Aires in preparation for a protest march against Israel. The protest was scheduled to coincide with President Shimon Peres’  visit to the country. Protestors carried signs displaying dead children and calling Peres a “murderer”, and handed out pamphlets condemning Israel and its leaders. The…
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  • Send me your questions – I’ll tell you no lies…

    Liza Rosenberg
    16 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    It’s Q & A time. In the comments section (or via email, if you prefer), ask me any question, serious or funny. Anything you want to know about me, my thoughts, my opinions, etc. I’ll take all questions and answer them in one blog post. Just think of it as everything you always wanted to know [...]

  • Hummus Wars: All We Are Saying Is Give Chickpeas a Chance

    Liza Rosenberg
    8 Nov 2009 | 3:49 am
    What follows below is an excerpt from a piece I recently wrote for Pajamas Media. The piece can be read in its entirety here. The first time I was accused of “stealing food” was back in the late 1980s. It was World Fair week on my Boston-based college campus, and representatives from several of the other [...]

  • These days, peace seems more elusive than ever…

    Liza Rosenberg
    29 Oct 2009 | 3:20 am
    The Hebrew calendar is not usually the calendar I use – indeed, I would be hard-pressed to name the months, and listing them in the proper order is simply beyond the scope of my abilities. That being said, however, I can tell you that, according to the Hebrew calendar, 14 years ago today (or rather, [...]

  • Friendship 2.0

    Liza Rosenberg
    25 Sep 2009 | 6:33 am
    I admit it. I love the Internet. I love the opportunities it offers, I love having so much information at my fingertips. I love social networking sites and chat applications, and I love the way the Internet makes it so easy for me to keep tabs on friends and loved ones, no matter where they [...]

  • My son the Japanese food specialist

    Liza Rosenberg
    7 Sep 2009 | 2:25 am
    Little One: Mommy, do you want shushi? Me: Sushi. Little One: Shusi? Me: Sushi. Little One: Susi? Me: Sushi. Little One: Sushi. Ok. Mommy, do you want shushi? Posted in Family, Food, Humor, My son the... Tagged: children, Family, Humor, sushi
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  • 19 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm

    Sarah
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    New Post for the TopI just couldn't stand to see that stupid poem at the top of my blog anymore!Latest news:1- The "world economic downturn" is hitting me hard, thusly:a) two of my clients have closed completely in the last two yearsb) another of my regular clients cut their freelancer budget, so I get fewer assignmentsc) yet another of my regular clients lost a major advertiser and now pays about 75% of what it used tod) the dollar has plummeted in relation to the shekele) many, many publications have closed or laid off their writers, which means there are now many, many more writers in the…

  • 26 Oct 2009 | 1:39 am

    Sarah
    26 Oct 2009 | 1:39 am
    Orthodox In-Joke I was just poking around my old files, and came across a little poem I wrote years ago. Remember when Stella D'Oro tried to make their Swiss Fudge Cookies dairy? And sales plummeted, because who really buys Swiss Fudge Cookies except Orthodox Jews, who eat them on Friday nights and Shabbat afternoons? But who can only eat them if they are pareve (dairy-free), because (traditionally, anyway - I'm not talking about the vegetarians here) most people have meat at their Shabbat dinner? And who, in fact, ate them so much that the cookies became known for their resemblance to…

  • 22 Oct 2009 | 9:02 am

    Sarah
    22 Oct 2009 | 9:02 am
    Becoming That Which I Said I Would Never BeFor years I wanted a pet. A dog. There were many reasons I wanted a dog and not a cat, chief among which was that I did not want to be a "single woman with a cat."Then my roommate finally relented and said we could get a pet, but it had to be a cat. No dogs. I figured a cat is better than nothing. I could settle for a cat.**When we left Artemis alone for Yom Kippur, I hung toys and bells all over the salon so she wouldn't get bored.**When I turn off the light and get into bed for the night, Artemis jumps in and curls up in the crook of my arm. In the…

  • 8 Oct 2009 | 5:16 am

    Sarah
    8 Oct 2009 | 5:16 am
    The Secret of HummusA guest post by Sarah's sister, Rivka.So my husband, Luiz, went to Israel on a business trip with a group of co-workers. One day, before lunchtime, one of the co-workers -- an Israeli man who works full-time in the company's Israeli office -- asks my husband if he and the rest of the group want to try a new place for lunch. "It's pretty far away," the co-worker says, "but it's worth it." My husband thinks, "sure, why not," and he and the rest of the group hop in the car.On the way, this Israeli co-worker tells my husband the story about the place they're going to: It's run…

  • 8 Oct 2009 | 1:50 am

    Sarah
    8 Oct 2009 | 1:50 am
    The Red Bull Soapbox DerbySo, it seems that Red Bull sponsors soapbox derbies in capital cities around the world. Yesterday, for the first time, the event came to Jerusalem, and I was there with my friend Batya. In a city so often wracked with tension, it was a relief to attend an event whose raison d'etre was to inject some silliness (and promote Red Bull energy drinks).It was cloudy but very hot in Sacher Park, where the smell of hot dogs wafted through the air and thousands of Israeli adults and children watched 50 teams push whimsically-decorated soapboxes on wheels off a ramp, while one…
 
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  • The problem with pundits

    Meryl Yourish
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:15 am
    One thing nearly all [anti-]Israel pundits have in common is the sheer inability to access reality. The only villain in the inability to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians is Israel, generally due to settlements, and as a result of the security fence. Just ask Roger Cohen, for instance. But the deeper error was strategic: Obama’s assumption that he could resume where Clinton left off in 2000 and pursue the land-for-peace idea at the heart of the two-state solution. This approach ignored the deep scars inflicted in the past decade: the killing of 992 Israelis and 3,399…

  • The perverse equivalence

    Soccerdad
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    In a paper on how the term “apartheid” is being used to deny Israel’s right to exist, Robbie Sabel concluces: The Apartheid campaign against Israel has another revealing feature. It rarely deals with the massive abuse of human rights or cases of real Apartheid elsewhere in the world. In other words, it singles out Israel with a false accusation. For example, President Carter has spoken about Israeli Apartheid but is careful about how he describes the conflict in Darfur, where Sudan’s Arab regime has been slaughtering black Muslims with the backing of many Arab states.68…

  • Arab oil money 1, British Israel Lobby 0

    Meryl Yourish
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:30 pm
    The Channel 4 “documentary” on The Israel Lobby, vigorously defended by its authors as not in any way antisemitic, is yet another example of the Israeli Double Standard. The specter of Jewish control over Britain’s politicians is so hideously scary, that the authors simply had to understand why a British politician, speaking to a group called The Conservative Friends of Israel, did not mention the Gaza War. Hm. Let’s think. “Friends of Israel,” not “Friends of Fictional Place Known as Palestine” might have been the reason. But here, in their own…

  • SNB

    Meryl Yourish
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    Someone explain to China the meaning of “chutzpah”: China, the current occupier of Tibet, is telling Israel that adding new apartments to Gilo is an obstacle to peace. Because it’s not like they’re not occupying an entire nation that was really a nation before China took it over. Unlike the fictional nation of “Palestine.” Erekat: Israel is not a partner for peace. Meryl: The record’s stuck. The record’s stuck. The record’s stuck. State-sponsored British anti-Semitism: Britain’s Channel 4 just ran an “expose” on the…

  • Negotiating by tantrum

    Soccerdad
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:59 am
    About two weeks ago when Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said he was quitting, Daled Amos observed that this less a dramatic announcement than standard operating procedure noting 14 times that he has threatened to quit since 2003. This isn’t an ultimatum for Abbas, but standard operating procedure. Knowing that he’s perceived as an irreplaceable “moderate,” when he doesn’t get his way he threatens to quit, hoping to be induced by incentives to stay. Think of it as negotiating by tantrum. Barry Rubin outlined the elements of Abbas’s strategy: t’s…
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  • If They Don't Know an Anat, We Have Our Answer

    15 Nov 2009 | 6:33 am
    One more day in the USA and it's back to Israel. While it's been a good trip, it will be good to settle down again and start working on my next projects. Which may or may not include some graphic design work. Looks like this Dizengoff store could use it.What exactly are these people selling? See it? Methinks they shouldn't have jumped at the first logo that came across their desk. Or behind their desk. I think I'm going to end this post right now.Thanks, Dov!

  • It's Benji Lovitt's Funny Israeli T-Shirts! Take That, Dorky Ben-Yehuda Stores!

    10 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Big announcement below....let's get thru the GA wrap-up first....Holy cow, I just left the GA. Can't describe it any better than I did last year. If you're a professional Jew, the power shmoozing doesn't get any better in the world. If I were an Israeli and walked into this big American party, I'd be looking around, rubbing my eyes, and saying, "Whaaaaat....the.....heeeeeeeeeeell......IS....this????" Only in Hebrew and with an "ehh" or two thrown in.If you followed the #ga09 hashtag on Twitter, you may have kept up with some of the fun. I only regret not starting an #onlyatthega hashtag a few…

  • This Makes the Inane Security Checkpoints Much More Tolerable

    4 Nov 2009 | 7:59 am
    Greetings from the free wifi of the Indianapolis airport! Holy crap, I don't believe it either. On the heels of the free wifi in the Charlotte airport yesterday, big things are happening in the United States of America. BIG THINGS! Looks like it's not just Ben-Gurion anymore....Unfortunately my USB cable is packed so no picture of me in Purdue Hillel but my first student show was a blast. College kids are funny. Nothing better than filling up the Hillel sign-in list with names like "David loves (word for male genital)", "Jason loves (word for male genital)", "Rob loves (I think you get the…

  • Updated Tour Schedule (Subtitle: Insomnia and Other Things That Suck)

    3 Nov 2009 | 4:03 am
    Phone woke me up at 4:30 AM, thanks to US Airways sending me a flight update. Can't sleep. This might be a good time to post the updated schedule to my little tour. NOTE: the Maryland show has been moved from the 11th to the 8th.November 2, MemphisNovember 3, Purdue HillelNovember 5, DC, Midtown in Dupont (Birthright Next)November 6, Rutgers HillelNovember 7, Congregation Beth El in BethesdaNovember 8, Maryland HillelNovember 9, GA (that's not Georgia)November 10, Boston, Northeastern UniversityNovember 11, Penn HillelNovember 12, University of Florida HillelNovember 15th, Dallas, Israel…

  • Heartbreak Kotel, Dome of the Jailhouse Rock, and Other Failed Israeli Elvis Songs

    2 Nov 2009 | 10:30 pm
    Greetings from Memphis, Tennessee. Or as they might say here, "Shalom ya'll." (misspelling intended...drives me crazy).Been here about 30 hours and leaving in 9. I didn't get to go to Beale Street but I did eat some BBQ and go to Graceland this morning. Hey, have you heard about this Elvis Presley fella? Apparently he was quite popular. Before I get a few hours of sleep, here are a few quick pics....Here's a picture from Corky's BBQ which cannot be described without someone telling you that the owner is Jewish. I assume that his name isn't Corky nor is he a pig. I love how there's no business…
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  • quick update awesome conference

    Yael
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:47 am
    I’m sitting outside listening to about a million birds chirping and cawing on a quick 15 minute break in the conference proceedings. This is the most awesome conference I’ve ever attended. Learning a lot, have 5 million research ideas already from it, connected up with people who are doing amazing research and seriously want to collaborate on some ideas with them. Went to the big mall here the first night I arrived and stocked up on stuff I can’t get at home. Books. Lots of books Books that are only like 7 dollars!!!!! Heaven. Got some warm socks because it was freezing and…

  • jet-setting

    Yael
    16 Nov 2009 | 10:04 am
    Ya know, being a jet-setter is not all that it is cracked up to be. In less than 8 hours I’ll be heading for the airport again for an 18-hour trip to the States (I’ve got a long layover on the way there). I’d really hoped to get home from work early today, like at about 4, but thing after thing cropped up and I only just walked in the door now at 7:30. I’m in pretty good shape though as far as getting ready to go. I’ve got to pack, including transferring a couple of outfits I never unpacked from the last trip from one suitcase to the other. I need to change out…

  • Sleep schedule? yikes!

    Yael
    14 Nov 2009 | 8:26 am
    Japan and those long flights, coupled with the long hours I worked immediately upon getting back have totally screwed my sleep schedule. It is 6 pm and I’m like “boker tov!” (good morning). I crashed out last night at like 5, thinking I’d take a short nap, and woke up at midnight. Then of course I was awake and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. By 10 a.m. I was tired again and tried another nap — helllo! For the first time in a long time I’m getting my 8 hours of sleep in, and in multiple sessions. It would be nice however if I were getting them in at a normal…

  • ye gads I’m late! — errr no it is the middle of the night

    Yael
    10 Nov 2009 | 6:29 pm
    So, not long after I posted that I was planning to do some email and work for work tomorrow before finally finally falling asleep after nearly two days of not sleeping…I fell asleep. Yeah. I simply couldn’t focus on the words in the email and so went and laid down. Since it was like 9 pm I figured that if I slept for 8 hours I’d still be up way in time to get the email done and work stuff done. Only it didn’t quite work out that way. I turned off the lights and fell asleep right away. But I awoke about 4 hours later and glanced at the clock –HOLY COW, I’m…

  • Yes! Horse carriages banned from Tel Aviv

    Yael
    10 Nov 2009 | 2:09 pm
    For six long years, animal rights groups in Israel have been fighting to have horse-drawn carriages banned from Tel Aviv and finally, finally it has been made law. One of my very earliest posts, when I’d been living in the country only a matter of days, was about my shock and horror (and failed attempt to intervene or to reach the police) when I was living in Yafo (Jaffa) and I saw a man and his grown sons and a lot of heavy junk piled on a horse-drawn cart. This poor animal had every rib showing, it was swaybacked, old, exhausted and it was terrified. It refused to cross a busy…
 
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  • The Difference Between Haifa and Jerusalem

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:37 am
    BY CARMIAIn Bat Galim, Haifa: "At this location, the Ruth Children's Hospital will be established."In Talpiot, Jerusalem: "At this location, with G-d's help, an integrated medical centre will be opened, which will include family and child medicine and a centre for child development."Shabbat shalom.

  • Iraq Election Law Vetoed by Sunni Vice President

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:44 am
    BY AMOSUPDATE: Here is some more behind-the-scenes detail as well as speculation about Hashimi's vote. The author suggests that Hashimi is trying to position himself as a nationalist but is actually following a line that benefits Kurdish interests. He breaks down some of the seat numbers and explains why the Kurds are also interested in the minorities clause (it has to do with increasing Kurdish influence over Shabak and Yezidi lists). Last week, the Iraqi parliament passed an elections law that was to have resolved some of the contentious issues surrounding voter eligibility. But today, one…

  • "Still Optimistic: Israeli Society through Caricature"

    11 Nov 2009 | 2:56 am
    BY CARMIAInformation pamphlet about the exhibitStudents for Museum Studies at the University of Haifa have put together an exhibit entitled, "Still Optimistic: Israeli Society through Caricature." On display until the end of this month, the exhibit features caricatures and cartoons addressing a broad spectrum of issues that Israel is and has been facing for at least the past decade and a half. With so many excellent cartoons, it was very difficult to pick a favourite. Instead, I chose to highlight a few which resonated with me for different reasons.This cartoon by Moshik Lin (2005) portrays…

  • New Election Law in Iraq

    9 Nov 2009 | 10:36 am
    BY AMOSThe Iraqi parliament passed a crucial elections law yesterday, which is said to end a political stalemate that had prevented any progress on the road to holding new elections. The electoral law specifically addresses the thorny issue of voter lists in Kirkuk, the oil-rich city in northern Iraq, home to a mixed population of Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens.Located in the Kirkuk Governorate, outside of the present borders of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which is currently comprised of the Iraqi governorates Arbīl, As-Sulaymāniyyah, and Duhok , the former Ottoman city's political…

  • Erdogan Again

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:42 pm
    BY AMOSIn the past two years, we have seen repeated crises in Turkish-Israeli relations. Most of these were set off by Turkish condemnations of Israeli policies and military operations. A few of these spats involved warnings issued by the Turks to both Israelis and American Jews that recognition of the Armenian Genocide by either Israel or American Jewish organizations would lead to irreparable harm to the Turkish-Israeli relationship. Time and again, Israeli commentators and politicians have tried to assuage the Turks as well as the Israeli public. "Everything is okay," and "military…
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  • How do you say "Gobble, gobble" in Hebrew?

    RR
    16 Nov 2009 | 12:38 pm
    I was at the butcher counter at the supermarket today. My ears perked up when the man ahead of me asked the butcher for a whole turkey. That's something you don't see too often in these parts. I mean, sure, sometimes there's a whole turkey sitting there in the display case, waiting to be bought and roasted, but it's not something on too many Israelis' shopping lists. (Turkey parts are very popular, though.)And it's not like this was an American who was buying a bird in advance of Thanksgiving. His wife joined him in line, and they were chatting in Hebrew.The butcher checked in the back, and…

  • How to embarrass your kid in one easy lesson

    RR
    10 Nov 2009 | 1:13 pm
    The scene: an escalator at a shopping mall somewhere in the center of the country. OK, OK, I don't mean to sound so cryptic- we were at the mall in Ramat Aviv (north Tel Aviv). So we're going up, and I put my arms around my 8-year-old who's standing a step above me. I had a sudden urge to hug the kid, what can I tell ya."Mom, you're embarrassing me," he said, squirming out of my reach. Oh yeah. I'd forgotten that lately he doesn't always like it when I'm affectionate with him in public. *sniff!*Since I couldn't hug him, I decided to tease him a little. We step off the escalator, and I tell…

  • For posterity

    RR
    7 Nov 2009 | 11:01 pm
    I am finally getting around to typing up the recipe for my fantabulous honey cake. It was lost for a few years, but I found it a few months ago, just in time for Rosh Hashana. The original, hand-written on a Post-It, is getting harder and harder to read, so today I decided to get my act together and save it on my computer (and in my email account in case the computer ever explodes) and realized that I should share the wealth and post it here as well.Growing up, I didn't like honey cake. It was always too dry. But several years ago, I tasted a neighbor's version (here in Israel) and it was…

  • A rare purchase

    RR
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:19 am
    I'm talking about chocolate spread. The "food" item that doesn't usually appear on my shopping list. But it keeps popping up lately:Last week, a friend of my husband's dropped off his kids here for a few hours. I'd never met them before but thought it was pretty safe to serve pita and chummus for a snack. The little boy, about 5 years old, shook his head at my offering. And at every other thing I tried to give him to eat. His older sister finally said, "He only eats pita with chocolate spread.""I don't have any chocolate spread," I said.The girl looked at me in horror. Seriously, if was if…

  • A few clues that winter is headed our way

    RR
    30 Oct 2009 | 1:18 am
    It was really cold and rainy this morning and I had to scramble to find sweatshirts, sweatpants, etc. for the kids.Driving the gang to school, I could barely see 2 feet in front of me even though the windshield wipers were going full blast.The streets were flooded, as usual during a hard rain. The country's roads and sewer system really aren't set up to handle the overflow. Happens every year.When I got back from the supermarket I was trapped in my car for a little while when the rain turned into hail. I didn't want to get pelted by little chunks of ice, so I waited it out.There was no power…
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  • Introducing SiddurWiki

    Brian Blum
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:55 am
    When my father died in March, I posted an article on how it has been difficult for me to say Kaddish on a regular basis. Instead, I proposed to sponsor a series of events that over the course of the 12 months of mourning would serve the goal of “ilu’i nishmato” – to “elevate the essence of who he was.” The first of those events was held in June in Jerusalem. It was evening of stories and song” in honor of my father. I’d like to now announce the second “event” – this time a virtual one in which everyone can participate. Most people know about Wikipedia – the online…

  • Oud v’Rikoud

    Brian Blum
    12 Nov 2009 | 10:06 am
    The annual Jerusalem International Oud Festival has become the leading event of its kind on the ethnic music calendar. Now in its tenth year, the festival, which kicks off tonight, lasts for 16 days and includes shows in both Jerusalem and Nazareth. But those of us fortunate to have attended last week’s “Boogie Nights” dance party got a special sneak preview.Boogie is a Jerusalem institution. A twice-monthly feel good free movement extravaganza, Boogie is a place where you don’t have to worry about your dance steps or partner. You just flail your arms around, hop up and down and twirl…

  • A Mohel in Jerusalem

    Brian Blum
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:09 am
    Last week our mohel, Rabbi Chanan Feld, passed away in Berkeley. I say “our” mohel – he presided over our now 18-year-old son Amir’s brit mila (ritual circumcision) in 1991 - but he really belonged to the entire northern half of California where he touched the lives of literally thousands of new parents and their offspring over a career that spanned some 20 years. In accordance with his wishes, Feld was buried Monday on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives cemetery. Hundreds of ex-Berkeley-ites now living in Israel made the pilgrimage to Jerusalem to pay their last respects. Jody and I were…

  • A Night in the Desert

    Brian Blum
    28 Oct 2009 | 2:33 am
    Feeling stressed out? Need to get away from it all? Here’s a travel tip that will take you so far off the beaten track, there’s barely a road to get there. Succa Bamidbar (Succa in the Desert) is about as distant from civilization as you can get in Israel. Located 5 km from the already remote Mitzpe Ramon (a three and a half hour drive from Jerusalem or Tel Aviv) Succa Bamidbar is an ecological experiment in living among the sagebrush. The establishment, founded in 1990 and run by the amiable Avi Dror and Chen Hadar, consists of 8 small cabins scattered across a barren rocky hillside. The…

  • Cleaning up After Desert

    Brian Blum
    19 Oct 2009 | 9:49 am
    We recently joined a group of 30 friends for an inspiring hike in the Judean Desert. We started at the Dragot Cliffs just south of the checkpoint on the Dead Sea highway, and ended some 7 hours later at the Mitzpeh Shalem kibbutz.   The hike itself was stunning, with plenty of steep climbs up, down and around the gorgeous moonscape canyons below. We took a break at the Muraba’at Caves which our tour leader Asher (see picture) explained had been used in both the Great Revolt against the Romans and the Bar Kochba uprising 60 years later (written fragments and coins from both eras were…
 
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  • Maj. Hasan's Islamist Life

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    As the Pentagon and Senate launch what one analyst dubs "dueling Fort Hood investigations," will they confront the hard truth of the Islamic angle? Despite encouraging references to "violent Islamists" by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Independent of

  • Sudden Jihad or "Inordinate Stress" at Ft. Hood?

    9 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    When a Muslim in the West for no apparent reason violently attacks non-Muslims, a predictable argument ensues about motives. The establishment – law enforcement, politicians, the media, and the academy – stands on one side of this debate, insisting that

  • Nidal Hasan – Initial Thoughts on the Ft. Hood Jihadi

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Was the Ft. Hood massacre an act of terrorism? For two reasons, I find this an unproductive question. First, terrorism has, in one count, 109 definitions, making this a question more suited to mulling over in a university seminar than to public policy.

  • Berlin Wall Fell, Obama Stays Away

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    National Review asked, "How big a deal is it that the president won't be going to Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall?" My response follows; what others wrote can be found at "Forgetting the Fall." Let us meditate briefly on

  • Turkey: An Ally No More

    28 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am
    "There is no doubt he is our friend," Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, says of Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, even as he accuses Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Gaza. These
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  • Virtual Chanukah Party on Facebook

    17 Nov 2009 | 11:12 am
    Hi Everyone!You are cordially invited to my first Virtual Chanukah Party on Facebook. No entrance fee and you may bring all your friends.The virtual address:http://bit.ly/virtual-chanukah-partySee you online.Chodesh Tov - Have a good month,Jacob

  • 115 Cool Chanukah YouTube Videos

    15 Nov 2009 | 3:47 pm
    Hi Everyone!I created a list of 115 cool Chanukah YouTube videos.There is something for everyone.The list includes:Adam Sandler's - The Chanukah Song Kenny Ellis sings his hit single Swingin' Dreidel I Had a Little Dreidl - Bagel Blvd Chanuka Edition Left to Right - Michelle CitrinCaptain Smartypants sings Dreidel The Funky Gold Menorah by The Mama Doni Band Chabad: Chanukah Around the World Light Up - Moshe Skier BandPoway Chanukah: Yes, We Can! Nefesh B'Nefesh: Modern Day Miracles Birthright: Light em Up Hanukkah Bird (animation and song) My Menorah - The knack is back! (animation and song)…

  • Israel Going Green

    12 Nov 2009 | 7:04 pm
    Hi Everyone!Jonathan Medved was interviewed on CNBCabout Israel Going Green.You can watch the clip at:http://bit.ly/Israel-Going-GreenGreat PR for Israel.Enjoy!Shabbat Shalom,Jacob

  • 90 Jewish and Israeli Twitter Lists

    4 Nov 2009 | 1:57 pm
    Hi Everyone!A few weeks ago, Twitter announced a new feature designed to make it easier for users to group the people they follow by organizing them into lists. I created a new hotsites page which features 90 Jewish and Israeli Twitter lists that you can review and follow. The address is:http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/twitter-lists.htmFeedback and additions are welcome.Have a good night,Jacob

  • Photos of the Torah Dedication at the Maalot David Shul

    2 Nov 2009 | 2:08 pm
    Hi Everyone!Tonight, November 2, I participated in the Torah dedicationat the Maalot David Shul in Ma'ale Adumim.I took 170 photos of the dedication and posted them online at:http://www.jr.co.il/ma/pic/2009/ma429.htmEnjoy the photos.Have a good night,Jacob
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  • Losing the Canadian angle on hard news

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pm
    First infotainment is alive and well at the CBC. Now we see the closing of hard news reporting centres like Jerusalem (Toronto Star) and Moscow (Globe and Mail). The Journalism website noted that the Globe closed their Moscow office with only a twitter. Ah yes, the media and its constant search for transparency from politicians and bureaucrats "Quietly, The Globe and Mail has shut down the Moscow bureau it opened in 1986," Twittered Globe and Mail East Asia correspondent Mark MacKinnon. "Lights finally went out at Kaluzhskaya Ploschad on Nov 1."

  • Al Manar Television scrapes the bottom of the hate barrel

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    3 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    The Paris based Aladdin Project issued the following press release today, condemning “Al-Manar TV’s intimidation campaign against distribution of Anne Frank’s Diary in Lebanon”. The text speaks for itself. ‘Al-Manar, the television station of Lebanon‟s Hezbollah, has lashed out at the distribution of Anne Frank’s Diary in Lebanon and called on the Lebanese authorities to prosecute those responsible for “the distribution and import of the book.” The channel said copies of the book have been distributed “illegally” in several schools…

  • CNN Drops to Last Place Among USA Cable News Networks

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    27 Oct 2009 | 8:49 am
    Infotainment and opinion trump straight news. Just ask CNN, which is expected to drop to last place among cable network news channels in the October sweeps. According to a New York Times story, that means CNN’s programs ranked behind not only Fox News and MSNBC, but even its own sister network HLN (formerly Headline News.) That was the first time CNN had finished that poorly with its prime-time shows. But then the argument resounds that they set the news agenda. Given feeble advertising dollars and lost viewership, don’t expect the politicos to accept their so-called…

  • Israelis still believe in a two state solution

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    26 Oct 2009 | 9:43 am
    The attached summary of public opinion polling by our UK sister agency BICOM shows a continuing Israeli consensus in support of a two state solutions. For the details, click here.

  • Preparing for government - to tell or not to tell

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    19 Oct 2009 | 11:25 am
    One of the great strategic discussions that political policy makers and communications advisers debate endlessly is the value of laying out your policy platform in advance of an election. Too early, and the argument is made, you lay yourself open to counter-attack and allow your opponents to defuse your message. Too late, and you appear to stand for nothing and lose an edge in trying to defeat an incumbent regime. Complicating the issue is the proof text belief that governments defeat themselves far more often than oppositions win them. Examples abound on all sides of the issue.  Former…
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  • Evacuate Gilo

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:23 pm
    As you all probably know, someone is putting up stuff on Obama's teleprompter that is making Him look like a complete ignoramus - not that He could be expected to know anything about Gilo - particularly if He only hears about it from the same group of people who also believe the Kotel is occupied territory.The sign was up all over Gilo today. It looks like a typical Peace Now poster.It says:Evacuate Gilo - NOWPeace Now is everyone's problem!At this rate we'll all live be living in caravans!Provided as food for thought by Im Tirtzu and concerned Jerusalem citizens.The 40,000 (brand new)…

  • Why did G-d "relent" to Isaac and Rivka's prayers?

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:39 am
    Jameel was kind enough to invite me to his blog to post weekly Divrei Torah. Please let me know what you think!You'll find we've already written a Dvar Torah that explains a Pasuk in Toldos, located hereThis Dvar Torah blew me away. When it was clear that they would be unable to have children, Isaac and Rivka prayed, and the Pasuk (21:25) says:'וַיֶּעְתַּר יִצְחָק לַיהוָה לְנֹכַח אִשְׁתּוֹ, כִּי עֲקָרָה הִו וַיֵּעָתֶר לוֹ ה - "And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and He relented to him"A…

  • Gintel Inside

    17 Nov 2009 | 9:14 pm
    There is an interesting development in the Intel story.Haaretz is reporting that a proposed solution has been reached by Intel and was presented to UTJ MK Uri Maklev, who presented it to Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin.The multi-part proposal is that the Intel Shabbat workforce will be comprised solely of non-Jews.Haaretz Talkbacker Stanley Korman coined a new term describing Intel's Gentile Shabbat workers: "Gintels".If this solution comes to fruition, it solves a few major problems (Jews working on Shabbat, Chareidi employment, etc.) but creates a new problem (the law of unintended…

  • Dual-Use Technology (or Oil for Food)

    16 Nov 2009 | 10:02 pm
    Iran isn't the only group having their dual use technologies under tight scrutiny, or facing sanctions connected to compliance with an Oil for Food program.Like the Iranians, Chareidim in Israel face similar problems.As you know Chanukah is approaching rapidly, and the hiddur mitzvah of lighting the Chanukiah demands pure olive oil.And herein lies the problem.Pure olive oil one buys in the supermarket is very expensive. Prohibitively so for the average Chareidi family in the quantities they would need.So an entrepreneurial spirit decided to import, ahead of Chanukah, Badatz certified pure…

  • Israel's first political assassination attempt.

    16 Nov 2009 | 4:13 am
    Long before Yigal Amir was even born, Israel's first political assassination attempt took place Friday, June 20, 1952.The target: Israel's Transportation Minister, MK David Zvi Pinkas. Pinkas was one of the leaders of the religious Zionist Mizrahi movement, and served on the board of its newspaper, Hatzofeh. The Motive: In October 1951, when he became transportation minister, Israel was suffering a severe gasoline shortage. He therefore declared that every car would have to be idle two days a week - on Shabbat, and on another day of the driver's choice. This decree caused a huge outcry. The…
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  • Inspire Collective Brings 150 Artists Together for ReUse 3 Exhibition in Tel Aviv

    Karen Chernick
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:11 pm
    Reuse design?  We thought Green Prophet had it pretty much covered.  We’ve brought you plastic dolls converted into lamps, plastic bags transformed into wallets, beer bottles made into beads, and lots more.  But the surprises keep on coming. Reusing an abandoned movie theater as an art exhibition space?  There’s an idea. An idea conjured up by the Inspire Collective, an inspiring group of artists who describe themselves like this: “We’re a small group of full time public artists now (for the last seven years) working with a wide variety of mediums and organize…

  • CNBC On Israel’s Clean Tech Potential For America

    Green Prophet
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:41 am
    Appearing on CNBC, serial entrepreneur Jon Medved mentions the thousand or so clean tech start-ups in Israel. He’s also talking about the tried tested and true clean tech companies: In geothermal energy, the largest in the world is Israel’s Ormat (ORA) which trades on the NASDAQ. Medved discusses the solar companies Solel and BrightSource. Solel has been operating plants in America for 30 years. These two companies are now neck in neck, looking to provide power for 2.5 million homes in California. Medved also talks about the Ashkelon’s IDE which builds desalination plants in…

  • Arad Group and Leviathan Energy Find Leaks and Generate Power from Water Pipes

    Maurice Picow
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:55 pm
    The WATEC conference is now on in Tel Aviv. Let’s look at some new technologies attempting to collect energy with every flush, and to detect leaky pipes with drone planes. (Above: Gadi Hareli from Leviathan- Reuters) Imagine being able to detect leaks and water pipes and create hydro-electric power at the same time. Two Israeli companies, Arad Technologies  and Leviathan Energy  appear to have done this, and the result is not only the saving of millions of gallons of lost water by finding leaks in water piping, but in creating hydro-electricity from water flow pressure in the pipes at…

  • WATEC and 9 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of November 8, 2009

    Lisa Damast
    17 Nov 2009 | 1:12 pm
    California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to Israel to sign a renewable energy R&D cooperation agreement with the Israeli government and the fifth annual WATEC international water exhibition kicked off in Tel Aviv. For these stories and the rest of the nine headlines from the past week, check below. Water Deep sea aquaculture startup prepares for harvest WATEC comes to town Brazil to learn water saving from Israel for Rio 2016 Mekorot officials: Not enough funding for water purification projects Industry Jewish Israelis and Jewish Americans Look to US-Israel Cooperation To Break…

  • Start-Up Nation Book Looks at Israel’s High-tech Industry, Gives Insight Into Clean Tech

    Karin Kloosterman
    16 Nov 2009 | 11:25 pm
    The book was sold-out even before its official release on November 4, says Saul Singer, author and columnist from Jerusalem. Singer co-wrote Start-Up Nation with Dan Senor, a prominent news analyst and businessman from New York. The two take a look at Israel’s trillion dollar high-tech industry and the nation’s improbable success – against all odds. The most amazing thing about chronicling Israel’s high-tech industry, Singer tells ISRAEL21c, is that no-one has done it before. In the book, he and Senor explore how a small country of only 7.1 million people – a…
 
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  • 19 questions you should ask before renting an apartment in Jerusalem and the rest of Israel

    Rebecca
    9 Nov 2009 | 4:22 am
    After moving apartments several times in Jerusalem, I’ve started keeping track of all the questions I ask during each apartment hunt. Here’s a helpful guide for how to find an apartment in Israel with lists of different apartment websites. Here’s a translation of an apartment notice from one of the best flat hunting sites  Yad2: Price: Price range is usually the first thing that narrows down my apartment search. If the price is in dollars, make sure you feel comfortable with the conversion solution which typically is either a)whatever the rate is on the first of each month…

  • Israel the Airhead!

    Molly
    1 Nov 2009 | 4:51 am
    This country is funny. Have you ever met someone who is an airhead yet somehow they have a full scholarship to a top university? They can figure out math problems that use numbers and letters but they can’t remember to look both ways before crossing the street? That airhead is Israel. It seems weird but after I tell you what I tell you, I think you will agree. Here’s why Israel is such an airhead: Trains. It comes down to trains. In Jerusalem you have the light rail, or you have the tracks, dirt and mess of what is supposed to be a light rail. It’s been in the process of being built for…

  • Be Cool. Matisyahu gives us a much needed beat

    Molly
    7 Oct 2009 | 5:45 pm
    Living in Israel is never easy. Understatement. And now with talk about a third Intifada, actual rioting in the Old City and calls of the destruction of Israel from Arab leaders in East Jerusalem to Arab leaders in the Arab nations, life here seems to be more stressful than ever. Reading the news makes me nervous to walk the streets, ride the buses or be in crowded places. But I still go out and I still live my life here. In fact last night I went to the Matisyahu concert held at Sultan’s Pool right outside the walls of the Old City. On my way I couldn’t help but worry about the…

  • 11+ Awesome things to do in Israel this Sukkot

    Rebecca
    30 Sep 2009 | 5:58 am
    As you start planning your Sukkot vacation in Israel for 2009, I wanted to give you a few fun and less touristy activities that you might not have on your list.  I also look forward to hearing about your plans for Sukkot so please share in the comments section below. 1. Cinema City VIP Imagine going to the movies in Israel. You’re only allowed to go in 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the move starts. People trample over you to get to their seats. Arsim answer their phones at the best part of the movie. Now imagine going to the movies in style. For 120 shekels, you can see how the rich…

  • THE ROSH HASHANA VIDEO: Laugh your way into the new year!

    Molly
    14 Sep 2009 | 1:09 am
    It’s that time of year: apples, honey, prayers and tons of celebration…the Jewish New Year. And once again Benji and I hit the streets, this time in Tel Aviv, to find out how Israelis plan to celebrate the holiday and what sins they may want to say “sorry” for. Check out the clip and learn more about Benji at www.whatwarzone.com. Click here to view the embedded video. Copyright � 2008 The Big Felafel.Want more felafel? Visit The Big Felafel for more goodness! Tell people about it:
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  • Israel PayPal accounts can now withdraw funds to Israeli bank accounts! Amen!

    Miriam Schwab
    13 Nov 2009 | 2:20 am
    The day that I thought would never arrive is here: Israeli PayPal account holders can now withdraw their PayPal funds to Israeli bank accounts! Oh happy day. PayPal says that it will take 3-5 days for your funds to arrive in your Israeli bank account, and there is an 8 NIS fee if you withdraw less than 1000 NIS at a time: To add a bank account to your PayPal account, you have to fill out the following form: If you click on “What’s this?” next to where it says “Bank and Branch Code,” the following pop-up window will appear with the exact spelling of each bank in…

  • New! Course on Social Media Marketing for businesses

    Miriam Schwab
    16 Sep 2009 | 7:41 am
    After a long break I’ll be giving a course on social media marketing for businesses on Sept. 23 and 30. The course had filled up already, but we’ve moved the venue to a bigger room so we have 5 spaces left for anyone interested. The course will take place in the Sandisk offices in the Kfar Saba Hi-Tech park. Each session will be four hours, and we will get hands-on at every stage with tools and techniques for optimizing your social media activity. For more information about costs, venue, topics, etc., please contact us at (02) 5660297 or via email at info@illuminea.com Agenda Sept. 23:…

  • The way NOT to do online PR

    Miriam Schwab
    12 Aug 2009 | 6:31 am
    We often get emails from people who want to increase exposure of a new online service or software and hope that we’ll blog about it. I have no problem with this as I see this practice as acceptable…as long as the writer has a clue who I am and why there’s a possible connection between their product and my interests. But a few days ago I got the funniest pitch letter ever, and I mean “I’m laughing at them, not with them” funny. This letter was a form letter with all the options left in. I’m reprinting the first paragraph here for your entertainment,…

  • Thanks to our blog, we are now considered PayPal Israel experts

    Miriam Schwab
    27 Jul 2009 | 12:05 pm
    So you’re wondering how you can use PayPal in Israel? Does PayPal accept Shekels? Can you withdraw your PayPal funds to your Israeli bank account? Etc. As you often do when in doubt, you head over to Google and type in “PayPal Israel” to see what the web has to say about your questions. If you are located in Israel, here are approximately what the results will look like: See results number 3 and 4? That’s us. Where’s PayPal or PayPal Israel? Nowhere to be seen. Ranking high for this term was an accident for us. We happen to have published two blog posts on the subject of using…

  • How to create a personal brand by using online tools

    Miriam Schwab
    19 Jul 2009 | 1:00 am
    This past Wednesday (July 15, 2008) I presented at an ISOC Israel event on the topic of day-to-day use of social media. My presentation was about personal branding, why one would want to create a personal brand online, and how to go about doing so. Why? In the past, creating a personal brand was solely the domain of celebrities. However, today everyone can create their own “brand,” thanks to the proliferation of online networks where one can create a branded profile, and blogs which allow owners to present their knowledge in a useful and accessible manner. Aside from being good…
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  • Why Outsource to an SEO Company in Israel?

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    7 Nov 2009 | 11:42 pm
    Some people wonder why companies from all over the world want to work with us. After all, we are located in a bad neighborhood–one of our neighboring countries openly says they would like to wipe us off the face of the earth. And it’s not like there aren’t any good Internet marketing companies in America, Europe and everywhere else. I believe that the reason is the people. Israelis are innovative, creative and get things done fast. But what has nurtured these qualities? Dan Senor and Saul Singer attempt to answer this question and more. “START-UP NATION  addresses the trillion…

  • Conversion Optimization — People are Starting to Get It

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    4 Nov 2009 | 11:23 am
    One thing I learned from experience was not to talk to potential clients about conversion optimization. They wanted traffic. And more traffic. If I mentioned conversion optimization I could hear their eyes glaze over through the phone. Recently, we had some calls from companies that wanted us to manage their Google Adwords campaign. However, after a couple of minutes it became clear to me that they need conversion optimization first. I took a chance and explained that if existing traffic is not converting enough it doesn’t make sense to increase traffic even more. And they agreed. People…

  • Conversion Optimization Upselling, The Economist and Relativity

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    31 Oct 2009 | 1:54 pm
    In his book, Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely’s 1st chapter is something every one who is interested in conversion optimization should read. Actually, everyone who buys anything on the Internet (and offline) should read it too. If everyone takes my advice, Mr. Ariely will make a lot of money. Airely’s experiment proves that we are easily manipulated by the way price options are presented on the Internet (and offline too) He found that The Economist had 3  subscription options: 1. Web Subscription for $59 2. Print Edition for $125 3. Print and Web Subscription for $125 When faced with…

  • Will Google Follow IBM and Microsoft by Failing to Make the Leap?

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    15 Sep 2009 | 6:54 am
    Most companies stumble when technology shifts. How can that happen with search engines? In 10 years the web will be 32 times as powerful as it is now. So instead of many results you may get a single Answer. At least that is what Kevin Maney suggests in his Atlantic Monthly article. Actually, Google does have an option for this-it is the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button which takes you directly to the 1st web site. Not exactly a button to inspire confidence in Google’s ability to give the Answer. In Hebrew it is worse-the rough translation is “More luck than…

  • Web Analytics Segmentation and Low Fat Cottage Cheese

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    14 Sep 2009 | 6:02 am
    In the supermarket the other day I was happy to see a sale for low fat cottage cheese in a 3 pack. There were many 3 packs available and I soon found out why. The expiry date was fast approaching and my son nixed the purchase. Unfortunately there were no single low fat cottage cheese containers for sale–only these fast expiring 3 packs. Apparently this 3 pack idea didn’t go over well in this store. All I could think of was the VP Marketing person looking at his graphs which show that the 3 pack idea was increasing revenue and profits. What he forgot to do is segment his analysis.
 
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  • Global from Day One: Aragon Networks Promises to Make the Web Faster, Secures Seed Funding from Genesis

    gmugliston
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:22 am
    The speed of internet access available to the average citizen of a country is now widely recognized as a key economic indicator. This is not surprising as, with faster access to information, knowledge workers are able to work more productively. And for consumers, there is clear value in being able to explore the increasingly rich web at faster speeds. Aragon Networks, an early-stage Israeli startup based in the HaSharon area, is on a mission to ensure that the web user experience is as fast as possible. I recently caught up with Yaniv Shemesh, Founder & CEO, to discuss his startup, which…

  • Zlango’s Second Round Will Fund Global Expansion

    Eze Vidra
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am
    Benchmark Capital led the $3 million round of investment in Zlango, an Israeli start up developing graphic icons for text messaging. This is the second round of financing for Zlango, who has raised $16.5 to date. Previous investors include Benchmark, Accel Partners, Brooks-Keret Group, Israel Angels Management, and private investors. As described by on Zlango’s EMEA Sales Director (on his LinkedIn profile): Zlango is a Rich-Media messaging service over SMS infrastructure that is combining the good of the two worlds; The ubiquitous SMS on one axis, and the rich-media on the other axis.

  • Norwest Venture Partners establishes new fund with plans to invest in Israeli startups

    gmugliston
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:42 am
    In what is widely considered to be a difficult fund-raising environment, Norwest Venture Partners has raised a $1.2 billion fund, NVP XI, following on from the $650 million NVP X Fund which it raised in 2006. Managing Partner, Promod Haque, indicated that he sees this larger fund positions the firm to diversify along three axes: 1)     Geography – increasing deal flow in China, India and Israel; 2)     Sector – extending focus into healthcare information and medical systems; and 3)     Stage – increasing focus on growth equity (later stage) investments in mature companies.

  • Axxana Secures Series B Funding to Accelerate Uptake of Phoenix

    gmugliston
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:37 am
    Data protection software startup Axxana has secured a $9 million Series B investment led by Carmel Ventures. The investment proceeds will be used to help accelerate greater adoption of Axxana’s Phoenix System. The Phoenix System is a data lossless system and the self-proclaimed “holy grail of disaster recovery systems”. The company’s Phoenix System™, which is targeted at storage vendors, consists of multiple components: the Black Box, which holds the data at the main site; the Collector, which processes, encrypts and stores the data onto a SSD contained in the Black Box; the…

  • Qlipso Real-Time Flash Content Sharing Client

    Eze Vidra
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm
    Today, in order to share a video or a slideshow with friends, users have to copy a link and either post it on a social network or paste in an email. The sender has no idea on whether his contacts actually consumed the content, nor can he tell what was their immediate reaction. Qlipso (formerly known as  iContaqt) is working on a new tool for real-time sharing of flash-based content (videos, games, slideshows and music)  while simultaneusly interacting with social network contacts through webcams, voice and text chat. The product is essentially a browser client (available for free…
 
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    Israel Venture Capital 2.0

  • Founder CEO, CEO Founder

    Daniel Cohen
    16 Nov 2009 | 3:47 am
    Last week I had an interesting call with one of the founder/CEOs in my portfolio. This is someone I highly trust, and I truly believe he has the potential to take his company all the way, from zero phase to a successful IPO. During our conversation, we talked about the stage of the company: A working product, growing distribution, a good team, and some initial revenues. We both agreed that it’s time to take the company to the next stage. Leverage the existing foundation of the venture and build a real company: Roles & responsibilities, clear processes, scalable models. It’s time to…

  • Self Interview

    Daniel Cohen
    9 Nov 2009 | 12:13 pm
    Since no one is really interested in interviewing me, I decided to do a self interview. This is my version of “self portrait”, especially since I can’t draw (or sing. or dance. Shows something about the qualities of VCs) Why haven’t you blogged for since mid September? Can’t really say. For some reason, I couldn’t bring myself to write. It’s not that I didn’t have anything to say. I actually had a lot to say, but my typing hands were heavy. Do you think you are now officially back to blogging? I can’t promise anything. But I will try. I will also be blogging at the Gemini…

  • Shana Tova תשע

    Daniel Cohen
    16 Sep 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Here it is, another Rosh Hashanah arriving, and the previous one still seems so recent. I looked back at my wishes from last year, and some of them came true. Obama won and showed the world what Leadership 2.0 is all about. Hapoel Haifa won, made it to the Israeli premier league, and did that with a lot of passion, commitment and style. This year I decided to be a bit more specific, something beyond just general health and world peace. So, here are my 3 wishes for the new Jewish year: 5 great deals: When I talk about deals, I mean it in the most broad sense. Some combination of exits,…

  • Crazy MA Week

    Daniel Cohen
    16 Sep 2009 | 1:42 pm
    There are rumors floating around that Google is in the process of acquiring Brightcove for $500M-$700M. In addition, Adobe already announced the acquisition of Omniture for $1.8bn. In the “mid-range” deal category, Intuit swallowed Mint.com for $170M. Aren’t we supposed to be in a downturn? Isn't the venture model seriously broken? Give us 52 more weeks like that and we will be just fine. But still, this is not good news. A few years back I saw Paul Deninger speak at an Always On conference. Paul is a very smart guy, and extremely knowledgeable about the Venture Business. He said that…

  • A Journey to the land of the North

    Daniel Cohen
    14 Sep 2009 | 1:22 pm
    For some reason, this post got a bit of a bombastic title, a choice of words that reminds me the Lord of the Rings. In reality, I spend all of today in the Northern part of Israel, visiting 3 exciting companies that are operating in the Galilee. As I am a VC, you would expect to hear now about some great portfolio companies, or at least about exciting product companies. That wasn’t the purpose of this trip. Together with 2 good friends, I went to visit Babcom Centers, Galila Line technologies, and Galil Software, three leading companies in the new emerging sector – the IT services…
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  • Litl: gorgeous little laptop with great experience

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:07 am
    via www.youtube.com pretty awesome. amazing how they managed to bring so much innovation in a field that seems saturated. However my deepest belief is that we are just at the beginning. The human/computer interaction has been totally neglected for the past 10 years. We still use a keyboard and a mouse. Apple has managed to shake the rules with the touch screen. But you can feel this is just a beginning

  • ICQ to be sold by AOL? that might not be a bad thing

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:40 pm
    I remember when i was at ICQ in 2004/2006 (a few years after the AOL acquisition), i was asking myself everyday the same question: What if ICQ was not part of AOL? would it perform better? My feeling was always that a small company like ICQ with about 100 employees and thousands of miles away for the US HQ (AOL) with a product competing with the big brother (AIM) would be better as a stand alone and would move faster. Today BoomTown is reporting that AOL may sell ICQ. If this happens that could be a good thing. ICQ is the #1 or 2 instant messengers in a few countries (like in germany i was in…

  • Free idea of the day: we need the Skype for slideshow presentations

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:36 am
    We all know the pain: you go to a meeting and want to connect your laptop to a projector for your show. it never works. periodYears of R&D and top techie advancements have not managed to solve the simple problem of getting a slide on a screen in 2 seconds. In years of watching thousands of presentations i have never seen a case this works spot on. There is always one problem: the screen resolution is not right, the image looks poor, the screen shows only part of your slide..... The reason is that projector are dumb devices with very poor software and laptops are built with poor and…

  • iPhone: Apple owns the billing, Google Advertising

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    10 Nov 2009 | 3:39 am
    Unless you live in a cave, you have not missed that Google swallowed AdMob, the #1 mobile ad network which was particularly taking off since the inception of the iPhone (and the App Store). Now if you also following the news, you did not miss that Apple and Google play cat and mouse about who owns what on the iPhone.  Apple from day one let the cat in by placing Google maps and Youtube as default installed apps. Google is following up with great apps of its own service. But sometimes it conflicts with Apple's own interest and their relation with mobile operators (eg: Google voice). Now the…

  • What a day for Google (and Accel)

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    9 Nov 2009 | 9:50 am
    What a day for Google (and Accel), originally uploaded by ourielohayon.Google buys. BigAccel Ventures sell. Big (they sold Playfish to EA the same day)
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  • Global from Day One: Aragon Networks Promises to Make the Web Faster, Secures Seed Funding from Genesis

    gmugliston
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:22 am
    The speed of internet access available to the average citizen of a country is now widely recognized as a key economic indicator. This is not surprising as, with faster access to information, knowledge workers are able to work more productively. And for consumers, there is clear value in being able to explore the increasingly rich web at faster speeds. Aragon Networks, an early-stage Israeli startup based in the HaSharon area, is on a mission to ensure that the web user experience is as fast as possible. I recently caught up with Yaniv Shemesh, Founder & CEO, to discuss his startup, which…

  • Zlango’s Second Round Will Fund Global Expansion

    Eze Vidra
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am
    Benchmark Capital led the $3 million round of investment in Zlango, an Israeli start up developing graphic icons for text messaging. This is the second round of financing for Zlango, who has raised $16.5 to date. Previous investors include Benchmark, Accel Partners, Brooks-Keret Group, Israel Angels Management, and private investors. As described by on Zlango’s EMEA Sales Director (on his LinkedIn profile): Zlango is a Rich-Media messaging service over SMS infrastructure that is combining the good of the two worlds; The ubiquitous SMS on one axis, and the rich-media on the other axis.

  • Norwest Venture Partners establishes new fund with plans to invest in Israeli startups

    gmugliston
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:42 am
    In what is widely considered to be a difficult fund-raising environment, Norwest Venture Partners has raised a $1.2 billion fund, NVP XI, following on from the $650 million NVP X Fund which it raised in 2006. Managing Partner, Promod Haque, indicated that he sees this larger fund positions the firm to diversify along three axes: 1)     Geography – increasing deal flow in China, India and Israel; 2)     Sector – extending focus into healthcare information and medical systems; and 3)     Stage – increasing focus on growth equity (later stage) investments in mature companies.

  • Axxana Secures Series B Funding to Accelerate Uptake of Phoenix

    gmugliston
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:37 am
    Data protection software startup Axxana has secured a $9 million Series B investment led by Carmel Ventures. The investment proceeds will be used to help accelerate greater adoption of Axxana’s Phoenix System. The Phoenix System is a data lossless system and the self-proclaimed “holy grail of disaster recovery systems”. The company’s Phoenix System™, which is targeted at storage vendors, consists of multiple components: the Black Box, which holds the data at the main site; the Collector, which processes, encrypts and stores the data onto a SSD contained in the Black Box; the…

  • Qlipso Real-Time Flash Content Sharing Client

    Eze Vidra
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm
    Today, in order to share a video or a slideshow with friends, users have to copy a link and either post it on a social network or paste in an email. The sender has no idea on whether his contacts actually consumed the content, nor can he tell what was their immediate reaction. Qlipso (formerly known as  iContaqt) is working on a new tool for real-time sharing of flash-based content (videos, games, slideshows and music)  while simultaneusly interacting with social network contacts through webcams, voice and text chat. The product is essentially a browser client (available for free…
 
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  • The Duffel Bag Gets a Vacation

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:47 am
    I moved back to the US with a box of kitchen things and a duffel bag of clothes. Six months later, the shippers finally stopped blackmailing me and delivered my lift, but it went straight to storage.Today, Buck came by as he had to do some collections in the area and brought his truck. We brought my two clothes bureaus and two night stands back. Brilliantly, I forgot to bring my inventory list, so we couldn't pick the boxes that had my dress shoes or some other items I wanted. Still, I have dressers.My duffel bag is no longer where I keep my clothes. It's wadded up and in the corner of the…

  • Choices

    18 Nov 2009 | 8:50 am
    As I said from the Republican convention through the election, choices define the candidates' skills. One picked Biden and another picked Palin.Last night's Daily Show had an interview with Joe Biden. Agree with him or disagree with him, it's your choice. However, there's just no way that anyone with working synapses could imagine Palin given that intelligent and level-headed an interview. Her fanaticism wouldn't allow it.He had facts at hand and used them to back up his claims. He was self deprecating. He managed to get digs in at the other party, which you'd expect from anyone, in a polite…

  • The 1.5 Party System

    15 Nov 2009 | 10:58 am
    I've always said we don't even have a real two party system. Republicans and Democrats differ on whether to help only the rich or all of us, but completely agree that helping businesses that contribute to their campaigns is always issue number one.Today's NYT has an article about forty-two Congress members. What did they do? Twenty-two Republican and twenty Democratic members of the House used almost identical language about part of the health care bill. While one said spoke against the bill and the other for it, both supported one section that tried to help research in the US. The wording in…

  • The State of the Economy

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:34 am
    I found a great column about the decade of the 'oughts, 2000 through next year. Daniel Gross, in The Big Money, gives figures showing how little was accomplished for the average American during this decade.

  • Democracy: Unclear on the Concept

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:28 am
    Obama has made the decision to try many of the Guantanamo prisoners in civil courts. As usual, the hypocritical cries respond. Representative Lamar Smith and other of my home state House members are whining. John Cornyn said "These terrorists planned and executed the mass murder of thousands of innocent Americans. Treating them like common criminals is unconscionable."Let's remember, it was Shrub, the Republican travesty, who decided the prisoners would not be classified as Prisoners of War. It was his choice and the Republicans solidly backed him. Given that choice, the prisoners deserve the…
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  • Foto Friday – Edward Kaprov helps splice the ends

    Splicing the Ends is the name of a new art exhibition that opens next week, November 28th, at the Amiad Center in Old Jaffa. Over the past two years, Amiad has emerged as a unique center for the arts in Jaffa’s newly revived Flea Market area, now a hot nightlife spot for Tel Aviv’s young [...], Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:02 +0000

  • Giving insurance companies an (even worse) name

    This is about as mundane a subject as is out there, but it certainly reflects that the reality of living in Israel has very little to do with the headlines most people read, and more to do with the trials and tribulations we all face no matter where we live. I wrote a few weeks ago [...], Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:26:56 +0000

  • Beaujolais Nouveau

    If it’s the third Thursday in November, that means it’s a) the Thursday before Thanksgiving and more importantly, b) the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau, the first wine of the harvest. Drunk when the wine is still young and fresh, the million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau that are shipped from France worldwide each November has become [...], Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:11:19 +0000

  • Room 124

    Israeli bureaucratic institutions have been slowly but surely modernizing over recent years. You can get in and out of the infamous Interior Ministry in less than a day…and you don’t have to line up at 8:00 AM just to shove your way in through the heavily guarded front door. The health funds now have computerized kiosks [...], Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:17:32 +0000

  • Not just any third birthday

    One of the most quickly forgotten aspects following any terror attack is the survivors. We all mourn the victims, obsess about the perpetrators, and move on, as those left behind attempt to pick up the pieces of their lives. Three-year-old Moishe Holzberg has proven to be the exception. A year ago, Moishe’s parents, Rabbi Gavriel Holzberg, [...], Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:44:05 +0000
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  • Smartest Man in Investing from Byron Wien

    Michael Eisenberg
    10 Nov 2009 | 11:57 pm
    I tried to find a link for this article so I could credit it and excerpt but I could not. Byron Wien seems to be an advisor at Blackstone today. The piece below It came from an investment professional I have a lot of respect for and I cut and pasted in entirety. Good read and conforms with much of what I think about the Market and economy.Blackstone is pleased to offer the following Market Commentary by Byron Wien which shares his thinking on global economic developments, market insights and other factors that may influence investment opportunities and strategies. Learn more about Byron The…

  • Making Sense of the AdMob Acquisition

    Michael Eisenberg
    10 Nov 2009 | 5:09 am
    With Congratulations to the AdMob team, Sequoia and Accel, since yesterday, I have been trying to make sense of the price tag on Google's acquisition of AdMob. $750MM is an eye-popping number for a company at that stage that is probably still losing money. This morning the nickel dropped.Google is repeating the same strategy in mobile that gave it dominance in the search ad business. It is buying distribution relationships with mobile publishers at a loss in same way it bought search and Adsense distribution on the web. Big payouts to AOL, MySpace, ASK and others brought liquidity to their ad…

  • Finally! I Agree With Tom Friedman! Stop Trying to Microwave the Peace Process

    Michael Eisenberg
    7 Nov 2009 | 11:58 pm
    Tom Friedman has a great op/ed in the NY Times. He nails it and here is the crux:"Administration has ever dared to do: Take down our “Peace-Processing-Is-Us” sign and just go home.Right now we want it more than the parties. They all have other priorities today. And by constantly injecting ourselves we’ve become their Novocain. We relieve all the political pain from the Arab and Israeli decision-makers by creating the impression in the minds of their publics that something serious is happening. “Look, the U.S. secretary of state is here. Look, she’s standing by my side. Look, I’m…

  • רוח חדשה בארגון המורים היא חיונות לחינוך ילדינו

    Michael Eisenberg
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:34 am
    כל הכבוד לדודי, שמולי וינקי מרוח חדשה בארגון המורים. המאבק שלהם הוא המאבק שלנו לעתיד חינוכי טוב יותר. רן ארז לא יעצור אותם: לא באיומים ולא בבריונות כי המהפכה החברתית חינוכית התחילה באותו לילה בסמינר הקיבוצים.תצפו בסרט ותתמכו. זה חשוב לכולנו.

  • As Chairman of a School Board, This Video is Priceless and Hilarious

    Michael Eisenberg
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:06 am
 
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  • Israel: Both High-Tech Wunderkind and Slave Economy, Go Figure

    Jacob Ner-David
    9 Nov 2009 | 3:57 am
    Two clashing stories flashed across my screen this past week. The first was the launch buzz surrounding the new book by my friend Saul Singer and his brother-in-law Don Senor, entitled "Start Up Nation ." Essentially tackling the question many have asked over the past twenty years -- how did those guys living in a desert, with no natural resources, cut off from their region, turn their country into an economic power house? Well, part of the answer is most certainly the high-tech wave of the past twenty years, which I have been privileged to ride in and benefit from, and still am…

  • No time for Blogging? Yes and No

    Jacob Ner-David
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:22 pm
    As many of "you" might have noticed, I have not posted anything new in quite some time. Is it because nothing is happening? Absolutely not. In fact at times too much is happening. Is it because I don't have enough time? No. I could "make time." But making time is a question of prioritization. Do I spend ten more minutes with my kids on their homework or write a blog posting?  Do I focus on my life partner and talk to each other or write a blog posting? Do I go for a run or a bike ride or write a blog posting? As I have stated in the past, I am not the world's…

  • Twitter Humor: Twittelah for Your Jewish Mother

    Jacob Ner-David
    24 Sep 2009 | 2:27 am
    During this holiday season, when we repent, then jump back into family tension, then repent again, enjoy this twitter humor (thanks to Barry Pasikov for sharing):

  • Is Twitter Worth Billions? Jeff Thinks So. I'm still not convinced.

    Jacob Ner-David
    21 Sep 2009 | 3:22 pm
    See this interview with my good friend Jeff Pulver on the "State of Now" and the "Real Time Internet." Oh, and by the way, Jeff thinks Twitter is worth billions. Now. Well, good thing Jeff is public that he is a shareholder, we wouldn't want him to be objective about this company... Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com

  • Asaf Ramon, Of Blessed Memory

    Jacob Ner-David
    13 Sep 2009 | 2:00 pm
    No words can describe the tragedy that has befallen the Jewish people and the Ramon family. Asaf Ramon, the son of the legendary Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, who followed his father's footsteps in the Israeli Air Force, died today when his F-16 fighter jet broke apart over the southern Judean desert. We can only hope that the Ramon family finds some solace knowing so many mourn along with them. May they never be the victims of horrible statistics again, and only know joy. And may the memory of Asaf Ramon be a blessing to us all, reminding us of the selflessness that still…
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  • Startup Nation

    Yaron Galai
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:47 am
    I recently had the pleasure of hearing Dan Senor, author of Startup Nation, at the most recent TechAviv meetup. I just bought 10 copies of the book, and will be giving them away to 10 Outbrain customers. More details on that below.  Yaron Samid did a great job describing what Startup Nation is about:  "...the book asks and answers the question; How is it that a nation only 60 years old, 7 million people strong (smaller than New Jersey), literally surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding and with no natural resources, has: Highest concentration of startups in…

  • Outloud

    Yaron Galai
    10 Nov 2009 | 7:15 am
    Today we (=Outbrain) are announcing the launch of our sponsored link program called Outloud. Outbrain now powers the recommended/related article links ("People who liked this article also liked these:") on thousands of blogs and newspapers including USA Today, Slate, Fox, Tribune, Golf.com and SportingNews. Using Outloud, companies and bloggers can now submit links to stories into our index. We then show links to those stories on the most relevant pages in our network. The cost is a flat $10-per-month for each story you choose to submit via Outloud. There is no long-term commitments or…

  • Speaking at two events

    Yaron Galai
    10 Jul 2009 | 1:37 pm
    I'll be speaking at two events in the next couple of weeks: The Israeli Business Forum of New York (IBF) is an apolitical, nonprofit organization facilitating quality business discussions among Israeli professionals in New York. I'll be speaking there on Tuesday, July 28th at 6:30pm. Details and registration here. On Wednesday, July 22nd, I'll be speaking on a panel at an event benefiting Rabin Medical Center in Israel. Registration is here. With me on the panel will be Joel Naroff – Chief Economist of TD Bank and Dr. Lindsay Rosenwald – Founder of Paramount BioCapital. Cost is $75, and…

  • Evaluating the real risk of swine flu

    Yaron Galai
    1 May 2009 | 9:33 am
    I am sick and tired of all this swine flu craziness. Does anyone remember the last pandemics which were going to wipe out humanity? - avian flu, SARS, ebola, anthrax, etc... Where did they all go?! And hey - weren't we all supposed to have been mad cows by now?!? I want to suggest a new formula for evaluating the real risk of pandemics like the swine flu:# of infected people / $$'s made by the mediaAnyone out there have the numbers re swine flu? Regular flu? Bee stings? Fire ant attacks?Based on my proposed formula, I bet swine flu is probably one of the safest and mildest diseases in the…

  • "Journalism"

    Yaron Galai
    25 Apr 2009 | 10:26 pm
    Globes published today an obnoxious article (Hebrew) about Better Place - Shai Agassi's electric car venture. From the first word through the last, it was clearly setup as a hit-job by a clueless nobody "journalist" who has obviously never tried to accomplish anything meaningful in her life. Disclosures: I'm not an expert on the subject matter. I'm not very familiar with the company. I've never met or spoken with Shai Agassi, and have no other connections I'm aware of with his company. The "article" attacks Better Place for failing to deliver on a variety of milestones that the "journalist"…
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  • Learning from Starbucks – One Tweet at a Time

    blonde20
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:58 am
    (Guest post by Dorine Sinigaglia) Brands are using effective social media tools like Twitter more and more these days in creative ways to promote their brand name as a way to reach out to their consumers and attract new ones. Some brands really know how to promote their brand well – and this has been their saving force during the economic downfall over the last year. While thousands of businesses worldwide have closed down or filed bankruptcy as they watched their sales numbers plummet, many businesses actually saw an increase in sales this past year and they can thank their use of…

  • An Era of Total Transparency

    blonde20
    16 Nov 2009 | 7:21 am
    These days we live in an era of a historian’s wet dream. We are consistently recording history through all our social tools. Our actions, feelings, thoughts, our everything, constantly being recorded. From where we are eating to what we are annoyed about to what it is that makes us tick. Not only are we recording the “big” things but we are recording EVRYTHING. It’s history without hiccups. Ben Parr wrote an excellent post on Mashable on the topic. Parr: ” For the first time in human history, the day-to-day interactions between people are being permanently…

  • The LinkedIn Connection

    blonde20
    10 Nov 2009 | 9:06 am
    (Guest Post by Dorine Sinigaglia) For years, I have been using social networks like Facebook& Myspaceto reconnect with old friends and make new ones. As much as I love my social networking time and devote hours of my day to it, I have become an even bigger advocate of LinkedIn– a social network that I consider covers my “professional side” – and feel that it doesn’t get as much recognition as it should in the social media world. My friend and I recently got into a brief debate about the effectiveness of LinkedIn, where I stated my strong views about this site being a great…

  • Foursquare: Make The City Your Playground

    blonde20
    9 Nov 2009 | 9:10 am
    (Guest Post by Ilan Peer) Since I don’t have an iPhone, it rarely happens that I update my location status, or tweeting where i hang out. To top this all off, I don’t even fully utilize this cool app that I’m writing about! Since it really caught my attention, I wanted to share my thoughts on foursquare – an application that allows you explore your city – has unlocked a certain code for location based service engagement and positively affected income of many local businesses. An interesting fact about foursquare is that one of their Founders, Dennis Crowley, is…

  • The Brilliance of Twitter Lists and Suggestions for Improvement

    blonde20
    1 Nov 2009 | 3:25 pm
    In my opinion twitter is the best tool we have today to engage with others, spread a message, network, meet other like-minded people, and stay on top of the news, in any industry. The only aspect I’ve always found problematic on twitter was the impossibility of organizing information. This is something that’s changed now with the new twitter lists which allow you to organize people in any sort of list you like. So how have you been using lists? What sort of names have you been giving your lists?It’s quite interesting to see what lists people have put you under and how you…
 
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  • Looking for Rockstar Devs in Israel

    Roi Carthy
    11 Nov 2009 | 11:59 pm
    Ambitious and funded Israeli startup is seeking versatile lead developers with fierce coding skills to build out a transactional platform from the ground-up. Web Developer: Seeking a front-end Web developer with experience in building Rich Internet Applications, with emphasis on rich user interaction and AJAX. Relevant know-how: Concrete experience in planning and building complex rich java web applications from the ground up using one of the following: Spring web / JSP/ JSF / Grails/ GWT. Strong knowledge of CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Web Client Libraries (at least one) - JQuery, Dojo,…

  • Can Israel’s RankAbove Become Kenshoo’s Siamese Twin?

    Roi Carthy
    11 Nov 2009 | 3:08 am
    The importance of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is nothing new. Yet, it seems that more and more advertisers are realizing that the significance of SEO to their business has risen as they have essentially hit a ceiling with their SEM activities. As the SEMPO State of Search Engine Marketing 2008 report puts it: “Despite increasing ad spend and year-to-year growth in the value of search engine marketing, we are likely nearing a pricing plateau as advertisers near their maximum efficacy.” A newly launched SEO platform called ‘Drive’ by Jerusalem-based RankAbove wants to assist large…

  • Seeking Up to $2M in Funding? Talk to Me.

    Roi Carthy
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:24 pm
    I’m helping a friend, who happens to be a private investor, find some interesting opportunities. Scope of operation is pretty much blue sky, but there is a preference for “money making machines”. This however does not include “eye-ball” business. Meaning, if you’re business model is slapping on some AdSense against traffic, then don’t bother. Traction of any sort is always nice, but not a must. A single investment will range from a few hundred thousand dollars, to no more than $2M. This can be a single investor deal, or part of a group. If your…

  • Who’s Scorched Up comScore In September, You Ask?

    Roi Carthy
    17 Oct 2009 | 6:32 am
    What site has jumped five spots between August and September to become the 13th most visited site in the US, leapfrogging properties like New York Times and Viacom Digital? Here are some hints: It’s listed on the NASDAQ. It was founded in Israel and its R&D center is located in Jerusalem. It has raised funding from high-profile angel investors Dr. Yossi Vardi and Ron Conway. Can you name the company? The answer is—Answers.com. Exemplifying that startups are long hauls, Answers.com, née GuruNet, has been plugging away since its founding in 1999. Ten years later, comScore’s September…

  • TodaCell Raises $1M for Smart Mobile Ad Inventory Management Technology

    Roi Carthy
    14 Oct 2009 | 12:39 am
     Israeli TodaCell has raised a $1M round to be used to market the company’s mobile ad inventory optimization solution that analyzes users’ click patterns across ad campaigns that span category verticals and age groups.Through the analysis TodaCell can go back to advertisers and recommend which campaigns will better perform on any of the inventory in its publisher network. The technology doesn’t offer a ‘hit-the-ground-running’ proposition as it may take a month or two for TodaCell to analyze a publisher’s inventory in order to make ‘intelligent’ recommendations. Sure, a bit…
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  • Undergound Gotham Tour

    IsraLuv
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:55 am
    I had a friend who posted pictures from what looks like a total unusual New York experience- an underground tunnel trip in Brooklyn. The tours are hosted by Curious Expeditions or by calling for dates 718-941-3160It's in Brooklyn, on Atlantic Ave and they run tours about 1 Sunday a month (although its getting more popular, so they might be doing them more often). The tunnel was also recently featured on the History Channels “Cities of the Underground” and the tunnel can be seen in youtube videos here, here, here and here.

  • Video of the Tel Aviv 100 Celebrations

    IsraLuv
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:44 pm
    Over the past year, Tel Aviv has been celebrating its 100th birthday. Here is a video showcasing all the different activities that took place (some you might even recognize if you check my flickr pictures)

  • Ahuvah's Collaboration

    IsraLuv
    28 Oct 2009 | 3:51 pm
    I have a new blog - one that focuses on an area that i am very passionate about - technology. I am the kind of person that loves new technology even though i know nothing about computing/programming or engineering.But that never stopped anyone from loving technology least of all this gal.so come mosey on over to my newest blogging venture Ahuvah's Collaboration. it is a work in progress - and have yet to link to all my favorite blogs/sites/etc. kinda daunting since i have so many but i will whittle them down and post them up on the new blog.i will continue to blog here about israel but keep…

  • Shift Happens - Are you Ready For It ?

    IsraLuv
    21 Oct 2009 | 9:47 am
    I love these videos that showcase the immense growth of the internet. These numbers are insane - watch and pay attention.

  • Truly Inspirational Work of Art

    IsraLuv
    18 Oct 2009 | 1:22 am
    I nearly held my breath the entire time I watched this video. Beyond words. COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.(ps thanks to Sarah from Oh So Arty for sharing this with me)
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  • Eggs & Bacon

    Rabbi Yonah
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:32 pm
    I have enjoyed now for the second time in a week the most delicious breakfast: Eggs and Bacon. Now hold a second, Rabbi, bacon is trief! Or so I thought. Jewlicious Festival veteran, and supervisor of culinary arts at the Festival’s VIP wine tasting, Chaim Davids, delivered to me as a house warming gift a package of his home-made Lamb Bacon. LAMB BACON! Davids is the chef behind The Kitchen Table in Mountain View, CA: The Kitchen Table serves California Artisinal cuisine with a twist: We are the only certified glatt Kosher restaurant in northern California. We dairy-free and…

  • The Sweetness of Giving

    Guest Post
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:44 am
    by Ruth Andrew Ellenson When I was little, my father would begin every Shabbat by having each person in my family donate money to the bright blue and white tzedakah box we kept in our dining room. We would collect coins and deposit them into the little metal slot one by one, listening to each one drop with a satisfying metal clink. I wish I could say that I was pious enough as a child to have truly enjoyed this act of charity – this small bit of tikkun olam foisted upon me in a valiant attempt to form my good character. But I did not. Instead, with each dropping coin, I lamented in my heart…

  • I was there

    spawnof6
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:01 pm
    In honor of the new Jewish month of Kislev, I joined my mom at Women of the Wall this morning. Women of the Wall is an organization that has existed for more than twenty years and meets monthly on Rosh Hodesh, the start of each Jewish month. Traditionally, Rosh Hodesh has been a time for women to gather to celebrate their womanhood around the lunar cycle (Hello Red Tent). WOW was founded in reaction to the present reality of the Western Wall in Jerusalem — the women’s section is significantly smaller than the men’s and there is not a place for women to sing or read the Torah…

  • Jewish Headlines

    Rabbi Yonah
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:46 am
    From the JTA: Woman wearing tallit arrested at Western Wall From the JPost: Woman wearing talit at Kotel detained From Haaretz: Police arrest woman for wearing prayer shawl at Western Wall From ArutzSheva: Police Arrest, Release Woman with Prayer Shawl at Kotel. In fact the articles are completely different — JPost says a woman was detained after trying to read from a Torah near the Kotel. The JTA, that she was arrested for wearing a Tallit. The prayer shawl was not the reason she was detained. She was not arrested, obviously, because she was immediately released. I am not judging what…

  • KosherFest with Heshy!

    Guest Post
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:44 am
    Fear and loathing in hechsher land! By Heshy Fried of Frum Satire I set foot into kosherfest and immediately I was overwhelmed, it kind of felt like my first time in Las Vegas, only here, I was actually into what was being delivered to my senses whereas in Vegas I had no interest in gambling – it was just sensory overload. Kosherfest is the worlds largest Kiddush, it’s a building full of free food in Kiddush size portions that the manufacturers and distributors are almost forcing you to try, it’s a food lovers dream, and many of them get to come while on the clock. The 21st annual…
 
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  • How To Best Use Twitter Lists for Job Search

    Jacob Share
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    Learn how Lists make job searching with Twitter so much easier. If you’re new to Twitter Lists, first read my handy guide How To Best Use Twitter Lists and then come back here. In this article you’ll find: Job Search Benefits of Twitter Lists 10 Ways Twitter Lists Can Build Your Personal Brand 10 Twitter Lists Best Practices for Job Seekers 17 Kinds of Job Search Twitter Users to List (with example Lists!) A Can’t Miss Twitter List Strategy for Job Seekers Which Twitter Lists Tools You Should Use and How More Reading About Twitter Lists & Job Search Job Search Benefits…

  • Almost 3000 Words On Everything You Need To Best Use Twitter Lists

    Jacob Share
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    This tip-filled guide will show you how to get the most out of Twitter Lists. (If you’d like to learn about using Twitter Lists for job search, that’s coming up next here on JobMob. Subscribe to JobMob via RSS or email so you won’t miss it.) In this article, you’ll find: The Many Benefits of Twitter Lists How To Create Twitter Lists in 3 Steps How To Manage Twitter Lists: Editing and Deleting How To Manage Twitter Lists: Following 10 Twitter Lists Best Practices 10 Ideas of Twitter Lists to Create A Must-Use Twitter List Strategy for Professionals Your Twitter Lists…

  • The One Thing Your Personal Brand Must Have to Work

    Jacob Share
    9 Nov 2009 | 12:01 pm
    A recent blog post by Jonathan Rick suggests that personal branding isn’t really that important for job search or career success. He’s both right and wrong. Jonathan’s article was guest-posted on Lindsay Olson’s blog. In the well-written piece, Jonathan takes a look at 3 people – Cyrus Krohn, David Kralik and Michael Krempasky - who barely blog, have almost no Twitter followers and a minimal Facebook following, yet are all extremely successful and famous for what they do. He says: “Clearly, these guys are major players in the digital media field. They speak…

  • The Funniest Article Ever About Job Interview Tips

    Jacob Share
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    Steinar Skipsness created a fake office so he could understand how to succeed in job interviews. He filmed the whole thing, and the funny results led to 20 great job interview tips that are true anywhere in the world. This video is just one hilarious example of what went on: Click here to view the embedded video. I enjoyed Steinar’s work so much that I contacted him with more questions about it: 1) Where did you get the idea for the project? The idea sparked from seeing a friend of mind go on a few unsuccessful interviews. I consider him a really outgoing sharp guy, he was getting…

  • A Complete Guide: How To Make An Israeli CV Out Of Your Resume

    Jacob Share
    2 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Immigrating to Israel or making aliya? Here’s what you’ll need to prepare your resume for the Israeli job market. This is a guest post by Leah Aharoni. As you are embarking on your job search in Israel, the first order of business should be putting together a well-built CV. CV (in Hebrew korot chaim, sometimes abbreviated as קו”ח) stands for Curriculum Vitae and it is the Israeli equivalent of the familiar resume. While your existing resume already contains much of the information that Israeli hiring managers will want to see, you’ll need to make certain changes to…
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  • Richard’s Tweets for the Week on 2009-11-15

    Richard
    15 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    @Loweeel How was the Lelabar Israeli wine event in West Village this afternoon?? in reply to Loweeel # Reading Hannah books before bed, asked her if God was married. She says "silly daddy, boys dont get married, only girls do". Good to know # Oh man I love the book "I Was So Mad" for kids by Mercer Mayer. # RT @EstherSteinfeld: The Blinds.com Periodic Table of Marketing: http://tr.im/EGMG What elements make up YOUR table? Did we forget anything? # Pouring/discussing 2 Israeli wines we have on the menu at Lush Wine & Spirits on Halsted in Chicago this Sat from 6-8…

  • Israeli Winemaker Eran Pick on Field Blending

    Richard
    8 Nov 2009 | 8:06 am
    After I read New York Times wine writer Eric Asimov’s fascinating column about the world of “field blends” I asked Tzora’s UC Davis-trained winemaker Eran Pick to comment. A traditonal field blend is a wine whose grapes are planted side-by-side in a single vineyard, and harvested and fermented together. More typical blends are grown, harvested and vinified (fancy wine talk for “made into wine”) separately. Here’s Eran’s response when I asked him to respond to Asimov’s article and to the concept of “field blending” broadly: Hi…

  • 13Celsius in Houston Carries Wine from Israel

    Richard
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:13 pm
    I know I’m always talking about how much I love Texas, and Houston in particular. Well there’s more good news out of that great state. The fun hipster wine bar 13Celsius (get a brie grilled cheese with house-made mustard, pickles and chips on the side when you go) now carries 4 wines from our portfolio. Please ask about these wines the next time you are there! Flam Classico Tulip Mostly Shiraz Tulip White Tulip Pelter Chardonnay Tweet This Post

  • Why Do Texas and Israel Seem to Click?

    Richard
    1 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    Here is a picture of our table during the recent Houston Cellar Classic (we had 5 wines there!) hosted by The Tasting Room in Houston who now carries five of the wines I import from Israel. I have recently been telling people (and it’s true!) Israel and Texas share the Same Hot Latitude and the Same Hot Attitude I love people from Texas. LOVE ‘ em. I’m excited about all the progress we have made in that great state placing Israeli wines. I don’t quite have explained the deep connection I feel between the energy of what I’m trying to do and the energy of the cool…

  • Israeli Wines Take Stage in Houston

    Richard
    27 Oct 2009 | 7:52 pm
    I received the following email from Jim Veal, Israel’s Director of Trade and Investment Promotion in Houston, late last week. He gave me his permission to re-print an unedited version of his email here for you. Jim was kind enough to pour our wines at the Houston Cellar Classic this past week and he has been instrumental in introducing Texans to great wines from Israel, the birthplace of wine. Richard, I believe the events tonight and tomorrow will be incredible. Tonight, your wines will be served in a Reserve Tasting along with such greats as  B.V. George LaTour Cabernet, Milis, Far…
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  • Weekly Links

    Gil Student
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Rules: link (Note that this post will move every day until the end of the week)FridaySALT today: linkMore on Toldos Avraham Yitzchak rebbe: linkR. Kenny Schiowitz wins teaching award: linkIs Asian thinking better suited for the future?: linkPrevious days' linksThursdaySALT today: linkArab media claiming Gilad Shalit to be released soon: linkWoman wearing tallis arrested at Kotel: linkSecular Jewish academic studies: linkThe first Thanksgiving rabbi's sermon: linkChief Rabbi of Israel to punish and maybe fire city rabbis that do not accept Rabbinate converts: linkWednesdaySALT today: linkIntel…

  • Audio Roundup LXVIII

    Gil Student
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:31 pm
    by Joel RichQuestion: If one has a choice between davening with a minyan of his own nusach which requires travel or with one of a different nusach next door, how does one evaluate how much extra effort (if any) must be extended to daven with the minyan of his own nusach? Rabbi Dr. Jacob J Schacter - Must Biblical Heroes Be Perfect?: link R’A Kotler and R’SR Hirsch as approaches to how we view the avot. R’AK – not even a wiff of any defect; R’SRH – they are lessons in overcoming defects. Interesting thoughts on how current culture might tend towards one over the other. Is R’SRH a…

  • Is Blogging Tzniusdik?

    Gil Student
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:15 pm
    There's a question going around the Jewish social media (blogs, Twitter, Facebook): Is blogging tzni'usdik?* It seems to me that the question shows a misunderstanding of blogging but a good understanding of tzeni'us.Blogging is a generic term for a medium and does not describe the written content. For example, you can blog about economics or about your dating life. The former is perfectly tzni'usdik, the latter might not be if too explicit. Blogging can be done in many different styles and about many different topics. I can't see how anyone can make a general statement about blogging without…

  • The Bible In Brief II

    Gil Student
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:21 am
    The Jewish Press on the publication of the second volume of The Nach Yomi Companion by OU Press (my employer) (link):How do you make the most popular book in history even more accessible? Many people own a Bible and even start reading it, but only a small percentage ever complete it. In a new book published by OU Press, Rabbi Jack Abramowitz, associate director of the Orthodox Union's Pepa and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue Services, sets out to change that by paraphrasing the Bible in plain language. In conjunction with the OU's Nach Yomi program of studying a chapter of Bible…

  • Parashah Roundup: Toldos 5770

    Gil Student
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:30 pm
    by Steve BrizelYitzchak and Rivkah, Yaakov and EsauR Michael Rosensweig and R Avraham Gordimer explore the legacy of Yitzchak Avinu: link 1, link 2R Ezra Bick discusses where Yitzchak and Rivkah differed in how the Birkas Avraham would be transmitted and the significance of Yitzchak's blindness: link 1, link 2R Yitzchak Etshalom explores why Yitzchak favored Esau and why Rivkah loved Yaakov: linkR Mordechai Willig, based upon the teachings of R Samson Raphael Hirsch, ZL, and Mishlei 22:6, reminds us that each child must be brought up in his or her way: linkR David Horwitz, based on Midrashim…
 
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    Cross-Currents

  • The Roars of Crowds

    Avi Shafran
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:05 am
    I’ve never experienced a pogrom or been pursued by an angry mob, thank G-d. And yet my genes seem to hold some residue – bequeathed in some Lamarckian way by less fortunate forebears – that discomforts me when a large crowd of people loudly expresses itself. Like the one outside our offices on a recent Friday. Agudath Israel’s national headquarters are located on lower Broadway in Manhattan, on the “Canyon of Heroes” where the adulated New York Yankees are paraded when they win a World Series. Personally, I reserve the word “hero” for people in other pursuits than professional…

  • A Tale of Two Foes

    Yitzchok Adlerstein
    14 Nov 2009 | 11:14 pm
    I would be hard pressed to come up with two names in the recent public limelight that make my blood boil as much as Donald Bostrum and Richard Goldstone. They have both set off waves of anti-Israel activity and imperiled the lives of Jews around the globe. If given the chance, I would not hesitate to heap derision and contempt upon them, treating them as beyond any possibility of civil treatment. I would be utterly wrong, at least in one case. Bostrum is the Swedish journalist who reported that the IDF might be stealing the organs of Palestinians and offering them for sale. He noted…

  • Who Is A Briton?

    Avi Shafran
    13 Nov 2009 | 6:48 am
    To the delight of Jew-haters everywhere, a British Court has in effect deemed Judaism a racist religion. As a result, the blogosphere swarmed with invective about how the Jews had been exposed as imposing, in the words of one jolly blogger, an “ethnic purity test.” What happened is that the parents of a boy whose father is Jewish but whose mother underwent a non-halachic conversion brought a lawsuit against a North London Jewish school for not accepting the child as a student. Britain subsidizes religious schools and allows those with more applicants than seats to give preference to…

  • A Tough Choice for Lakewood Voters

    Jonathan Rosenblum
    12 Nov 2009 | 2:29 pm
    Frum voters in New Jersey faced what was in many ways a wrenching decision in last week’s gubernatorial election. On the one hand, the incumbent Democratic governor John Corzine had proven to be highly responsive to the concerns of the Torah community in his first term in office, a fact attested to by Agudath Israel of America’s New Jersey representative and the endorsement of the Lakewood Vaad and senior figures in Bais Medrash Govoha in their private capacities. Given Corzine’s record on matters of immediate concern to the Torah community, including school funding, there…

  • Double Messages (More on Shidduchim)

    Jonathan Rosenblum
    12 Nov 2009 | 8:17 am
    I envy the ability of my fiction-writing colleagues to sometimes get under the skin of readers in ways that mere “deah zoggers” rarely do. Recently, A.M. Amitz hit a sensitive chord with a story, “Goldmine,” about a family that chooses young women in high-earning fields for their sons, each an outstanding bochur. In one respect, things work out pretty much as planned. The wives are successful, the husbands do not have to work, money is even set aside for the next generation, and the husbands’ parents are spared immense financial strain. But, as the great…
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    Elder of Ziyon

  • "Moderate" Fatah showing their peaceful side

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:43 am
    From Daylife/AP:Palestinian supporters of the Fatah movement loyal to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a march in the west bank city of Nablus. Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.The "moderate" PA pretended to outlaw public displays of weapons in 2005 outside of their security forces. Apparently, that doesn't apply to Fatah.These sorts of organized rallies, together with Mahmoud Abbas' latest statements, all indicate a conscious decision on the Palestinian Arab side to abandon negotiations with Israel and to move towards the more traditional Arab model of diplomacy via threats and…

  • Good news Friday: Israeli breakthrough in bone repair

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:55 am
    From JPost:A team at Jerusalem's Hadassah University Medical Center has managed for the first time in the world to separate platelets and adult stem cells from the blood and bone marrow of patients with fractures and inject them - causing the bones to meld in a quarter to third of the time it usually takes to repair bones, and repairing some breaks that without the therapy would fail to heal at all.Prof. Meir Liebergall, chairman of the orthopedics department on the Ein Kerem campus, gene therapy expert Prof. Eithan Galun and colleagues worked for years on the technique, which he said…

  • "Moderate" Abbas taunts Hamas as being too peaceful

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:46 am
    Mahmoud Abbas was interviewed in Arabic by the BBC last night, and he proved yet again that the oft-used appellation "moderate" is a misnomer.The Israeli press is reporting on some of his more outrageous statements."Those who have to resist are the people, and there are different types of resistance, like in (West Bank villages of) Bilin and Naalin, where people are injured every day"The events that happen in Bilin and Na'alin (weekly, not daily) are anything but peaceful, and IDF soldiers often get injured from the violence.Even more outrageously, Abbas taunts Hamas for stopping rocket…

  • Root causes of media bias against Israel

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:07 pm
    Tonight, Dr. Richard Landes spoke at Rutgers University. He is the author of The Augean Stables blog, The Second Draft blog documenting media manipulation by Palestinian Arabs and their supporters, and the driving force behind the Understanding the Goldstone Report blog. Somehow, he also manages to be a professor of history at Boston University and the author of numerous books and articles on topics I cannot begin to understand.His topics tonight were wide-ranging but centered on the media and the Middle East conflict. He brought up numerous videos showing how the media reported on Gaza and…

  • Algeria beats Egypt, and Algerians beat Egyptians

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:47 pm
    The rivalry between the Egyptian and Algerian soccer teams, which caused so much violence last week, is over for this year, as Algeria prevailed in a tiebreaker in Khartoum, 1-0:Silence and despair loomed over Egypt Wednesday night as the national football team lost their tiebreaker against Algeria in Sudan in a bid to secure a qualification ticket to the World Cup in South Africa next summer.Algerian defender, Antar Yahia scored the game’s only goal in the 40th minute, clinching a spot for his team after a 24-year absence from the world football stage.And the Algerians celebrated in…
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  • Barack Obama is an enemy of Israel

    Vic Rosenthal
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:32 pm
    Until now, I’ve refrained from being sharply critical of President Obama. I’ve wanted to give him time to develop his policies, to learn from his experience that the real obstacle to peace in the Mideast is not Israel. I’ve assumed that his native intelligence would allow him — once he became involved in the process — to get past the unexamined left-wing worldview that came from his educational background and his associations, and to put aside the bad advice that he’s received. I’ve hoped that he would turn out to be a Truman or JFK, someone capable…

  • Palestinians may declare state. So?

    Vic Rosenthal
    15 Nov 2009 | 10:32 pm
    The latest Palestinian threat is that they will unilaterally declare a state: Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – The Palestinian Authority is mobilizing international support for declaring statehood, chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Saturday. “The idea is clear and understandable,” Erekat told the Palestinian daily newspaper Al-Ayyam. “Now we mobilize.” Palestinians will bring the issue to a vote before the United Nations Security Council, which would declare a Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 border with Israel, he explained. This is supposed…

  • Bill Clinton pushes false State Department line

    Vic Rosenthal
    14 Nov 2009 | 1:42 pm
    One sometimes forgets what a fool Bill Clinton was capable of being. And then he reminds us: “In the last 14 years, not a single week has gone by that I did not think of Yitzhak Rabin and miss him terribly,” Clinton told a VIP gathering at the Yitzhak Rabin Center in Tel Aviv. “Nor has a single week gone by in which I have not reaffirmed my conviction that had he not lost his life on that terrible November night, within three years we would have had a comprehensive agreement for peace in the Middle East.”  — Ha’aretz Oh really? What does Clinton think…

  • Straining those unbreakable bonds

    Vic Rosenthal
    13 Nov 2009 | 8:56 pm
    On November 1, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said … at a press conference in Jerusalem that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement on limiting construction in the settlements was “unprecedented.” A senior government source in Jerusalem said Clinton told the prime minister, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak that she had demanded that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas remove his preconditions and renew talks immediately. — Ha’aretz But 9 days later, The United States does not accept continued…

  • France, for sale as usual

    Vic Rosenthal
    12 Nov 2009 | 11:21 am
    This is a couple of days old, but it illustrates something important: France fears that Israel no longer desires a Middle East peace deal, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Tuesday, adding that Paris remained deeply opposed to settlement building in the West Bank… Speaking on France Inter radio, Kouchner made clear he was not expecting any swift break through in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. “What really hurts me, and this shocks us, is that before there used to be a great peace movement in Israel. There was a left that made itself heard and a real desire…
 
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  • מתחזקות הירידות בבורסות וול סטריט

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:19 am
    המדדים המובילים בבורסות מעבר לים ממשיכים להיסחר בירידות שערים, זה היום השלישי ברציפות. הדאו ג'ונס נחלש ב-0.39%, הנאסד"ק משיל 0.74% ומדד ה-S&P 500 מאבד 0.54%. מניית DELL יורדת ב-9.39% ו-DR הורטון צונחת בכ-12%

  • המסחר בבורסות וול סטריט נפתח בירידות שערים

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:08 am
    לאחר סגירה שלילית אמש, המדדים המובילים בבורסות מעבר לים פתחו את המסחר בטריטוריה האדומה. הדאו ג'ונס מאבד 0.19%, הנאסד"ק משיל 0.55% ומדד ה-S&P 500 מאבד 0.35%. מניית יצרנית המחשבים DELL שדיווחה על ירידה של 54% ברווחיה, צונחת כעת ב-9%

  • גורו הפיננסים נחוש להציל את מערכת הכלכלה העולמית

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:32 am
    בעולם הפיננסים הוא נודע בתור החנון הזהיר שחזה את הסכנות של ניירות הערך מגובי ההכנסה. המתמטיקאי פול וילמוט, שהזהיר עוד לפני המשבר הכלכלי שנוסחאות מתמטיות לא יכולות לחזות הכל בעולם הפיננסים, מקווה ליצור רפורמה בתרבות לקיחת הסיכונים בוול סטריט באמצעות קורסים שהוא מעביר

  • הדולר התחזק ב-0.475% ונקבע על 3.811 שקלים

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:30 am
    המטבע המקומי נחלש היום אל מול שני המטבעות המרכזיים. היורו התחזק ב-0.729% ונקבע ברמה של 5.6765 שקלים. כלכלני לאומי: הדולר ייחלש בטווח הקצר

  • גוגל חשפה את Chrome OS

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:04 pm
    ענקית החיפוש הציגה את מערכת ההפעלה החדשה שלה, המתבססת על הדפדפן של החברה. התוכנה תפעל באמצעות יישומי רשת ומיועדת בעיקר למחשבי הנטבוק הזעירים
 
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  • יד: אס"א ניצחה 24:26 את הפועל ראשל"צ

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:08 am
    מחזיקת הגביע ניצלה משחק בינוני מאוד של סגנית האלופה, ללא גיל יעקב, והנחילה לה הפסד בכורה העונה. אולג בוטנקו: "מקווה שרק נלך ונשתפר". בובה זייקמן: "הם שיחקו יותר טוב מאיתנו"

  • לצאת מהאפטר שוק: האנובר תתאושש ממותו של אנקה?

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:58 am
    6 ימים אחרי שליוו את רוברט אנקה בדרכו האחרונה, שחקני האנובר שבים לליגה. איך הם יתמודדו עם החזרה לשגרה? איך מתגברים על הטראומה? בוני גינצבורג, שהגיע למכבי חיפה כמחליפו של אבי רן ז"ל: "בדיעבד אם היתה לי האפשרות, לא הייתי עושה את זה שוב"

  • "שרף בינוני, בלאט טוב ממנו בשתי רמות"

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:35 am
    עוד לפני שערך מאמן ספרטק סט. פטרסבורג את משחקו הראשון בקבוצה, חוטף הישראלי ביקורות מפרשן הכדורסל של העיתון הרוסי "מיום ליום": "אין בו שמץ של גאונות. הוא לא יהיה פה בעונה הבאה"

  • ברוסיה דורשים לחקור את ההפסד לסלובניה

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:46 am
    לאחר ההדחה הכואבת מהמונדיאל, חושדים בפרלמנט הרוסי כי המשחק לא היה כשר: "השחקנים כלל לא השקיעו מאמץ כדי לנצח"

  • הראל לוי העפיל לחצי הגמר בבראטיסלבה

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:29 am
    הישראלי ניצח את אלכס בוגדנוביץ' הבריטי ועלה שלב נוסף בטורניר הצ'לנג'ר הגדול. זכייה בטורניר תכניס אותו ישירות לאליפות אוסטרליה הפתוחה. לוי: "מקווה להמשיך לרכב על גלי המומנטום"
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  • להוריד בגדול: מוזיקה ישראלית להורדה חוקית

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:49 am
    רגע לפני שנכנסת השבת, חיפשנו עבורכם את הפסקול המתאים לסוף השבוע עם כמה מהאמנים והלהקות הישראלים שמציעים את מרכולתם ברשת להאזנה חינמית. מגיבורי הגיטרה הפלסטיק פיקוקס ואסף שריג ועד למוזיקה החורפית של עומרי לוי. חלק שלישי בסדרה

  • הבשורה על פי בשור: הערב נפתחת התערוכה "אינטימיות" של אילן בשור

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:59 am
    בין צילום של פורטרט לצילומי עטיפת דיסק, מצא הצלם אילן בשור את הזמן להסתגר בסטודיו עם ידידות טובות ולצלם אותן לבד, בלי הפנים אבל בעירום. התוצאה: תערוכה ברוח אימפרסיוניסטית שמהללת את הגוף הנשי

  • סוגרים שבוע בתרבות: נינט כן מדברת

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:13 am
    נינט טייב מתארחת אצל אברי גלעד, לארי דיוויד חוזר לביפ, תומר הימן מצלם את המשפחה וכנסיית השכל נותנים בראש. דסק התרבות ממליץ על אירועי סוף השבוע

  • מייקל מור מחוץ לאוסקר

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:31 am
    "קפיטליזם: סיפור אהבה" של הבמאי המוערך לא נכלל ברשימת 15 הסרטים הדוקומנטריים שיתמודדו על האפשרות להיכנס לטקס האוסקר. גם "השמצה" של יואב שמיר בחוץ

  • ויל פארל לא שווה

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:52 am
    הקומיקאי התייצב בראש רשימת השחקנים ההוליוודיים שמקבלים שכר גבוה יותר ממה שסרטיהם מרוויחים. לצדו גם יואן מקרגור, טום קרוז וליאונרדו דיקפריו
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  • Israeli Fashion & Design events 11/14/2009 – 11/21/2009

    Noa Levy
    15 Nov 2009 | 11:24 pm
    Tel Aviv Urban Fair The first Israeli fashion Urban Fair is taking place this weekend. The urban street fashion fascinated Yaara and Karen Zaks for a long time until they decided to do something about it. They gathered under the same roof all of Tel Aviv’s trend-setters for a fashion event offering special fashion brands, photo [...] Related posts:Israeli Fashion & Design events 11/01/2009 – 11/07/2009Israeli Fashion & Design events 10/24/2009 – 10/31/2009Israeli accessories Market Winter 2009

  • Wet and Trendy

    Noa Levy
    15 Nov 2009 | 8:31 am
    Every fall we wait for the moment the rain will come and we can store our beloved flip flops in the closet and get into a trendy pair of boots. There is no reason to deny it- a good pair of boots are the urban most convenient, accessible and cool accessory around. If you take [...] Related posts:Walk On Map Flip Flops, The New Urban Fashion

  • Two In One Bags from DN Private Collection

    Coolil
    13 Nov 2009 | 1:01 am
    Dikla Peretz and Naama Omer-Levy established the DN Private Collection brand two years ago. This brand is inspired by the conception of the “hand-bag” as a reflection of the woman and created according to her idol. The modern woman fulfills many roles and cannot be constrained to one function, and therefore many of the items [...] Related posts:Magnes Sisters Present Their New Spring Handbag CollectionEfika’s New Collection Has a Positive EffectIsraeli accessories Market Winter 2009
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  • Palestinians Start to Show Progress

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:40 am
    (U.S. News) Mortimer Zuckerman - The Arab assault on the Jews has continued for more than half a century. After Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres promoted the Oslo agreements, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and Ehud Olmert, prime ministers all, made dramatic proposals in search of a live-and-let-live relationship with the Palestinians - and all were rejected. Prime Minister Sharon voluntarily withdrew every last Jewish settler and soldier from Gaza. It meant forcing close to 10,000 Jews out of their homes. Did it bring peace? No, the Gazans hunted the Jews who had left. They turned Gaza into a…

  • Israel Water Tech Thrives in Weakened Economy

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:39 am
    (Reuters) Ari Rabinovitch - Israel's water technology sector has prospered despite the global financial crisis, largely due to global stimulus packages and penetration in developing countries, officials said on Wednesday. Water companies benefit from both infrastructure and cleantech spending, both cornerstones of stimulus packages. Water recycling company Aqwise, whose system breeds bacteria to break down organic waste, saw its sales increase 50% in 2009.

  • Bone Repair "Breakthrough" at Hadassah

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:38 am
    (Jerusalem Post) Judy Siegel-Itzkovich - A team at Jerusalem's Hadassah University Medical Center has managed to separate platelets and adult stem cells from the blood and bone marrow of patients with fractures and inject them - causing the bones to meld in a quarter to third of the time and repairing some breaks that would have failed to heal.

  • Tel Aviv University Develops New Wound Dressing with Antibiotics

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:37 am
    (Medical News) About 70% of all people with severe burns die from related infections. But a revolutionary new wound dressing developed at Tel Aviv University could cut that number dramatically. Prof. Meital Zilberman of TAU's Department of Biomedical Engineering has developed a new wound dressing based on fibers she engineered that can be loaded with drugs like antibiotics to speed up the healing process, and then dissolve when they've done their job. A study published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Applied Biomaterials demonstrates that, after only two days, this dressing…

  • Israeli Invention Allows for Early Detection of Cancerous Skin Tumors

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:36 am
    (Ha'aretz) Dan Even - A new Israeli invention allows cancerous tumors on the skin to be detected and examined before they become visible to the naked eye, Ben-Gurion University announced. The developer of the new instrument, Ofir Aharon, a doctoral student at the electrophysiological department at Ben-Gurion University, said the technology "allows manipulation of different light frequencies and adjustments to electric fields to examine skin lesions."
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  • Shia Rebel Leader Killed: Yemen

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Yemeni government troops have killed a leader of Shia rebels and Saudi forces backed by helicopters have attacked the insurgents across the border, state media said yesterday. Saudi television said Saudi forces combed the mountainous Jabal Dukhan region, where the Yemeni rebels launched an attack on Saudi border guards earlier this month.

  • Arab Reformist Writer Mansour Al-Hadj: In My Youth, I Was Taught to Love Death

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    In an article in the liberal e-magazine Aafaq, reformist writer Mansour Al-Hadj, one of the magazine's senior reporters, described the Islamist education he received as a youth in Saudi Arabia, which stressed the culture of death and the glorification of martyrs. The same messages, he said, were conveyed by the Islamist propaganda to which he was exposed as a university student in Sudan.

  • Why China Isn't Willing to Get Too Tough on Iran

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Unlike Russia, China defines a harmonious relationship with the U.S. as being among its core interests. But China now imports a growing share of Iran's oil output — Tehran is China's third largest foreign supplier (behind Saudi Arabia and Angola), and Beijing has also significantly increased its investments in natural-gas projects in Iran. Being forced to choose between an expanding energy relationship with Iran and maintaining diplomatic accord with the U.S. is precisely the kind of dilemma that makes China's leadership assume the foreign policy equivalent of the fetal position.

  • Al-Hashemi Vetoes Iraqi Electoral Law

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi vetoed the new Iraqi election law on Wednesday, something that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki described as "a serious threat to the political process." Al-Maliki called on the Independent High Electoral Commission [IHEC] to continue its preparations to hold the [Iraqi] elections on schedule on 16 January 2010. However IHEC announced that it has stopped its preparations in this regard.

  • Is Turkey Leaving the West?

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Many suggested that the AKP's rise to power presented Turkey with an opportunity to "go back to the Middle East" and adopt more of an Islamic identity. The hope was that such a shift would help "normalize" Turkey, recalibrating the secularizing and nationalist reforms of Kemal Atatürk, who turned Turkey to the West in the early 20th century. The outcome, however, has not been so positive. Turkey's experience with the AKP proves that Islamism in the country's foreign policy may not be so compatible with the West, after all.
 
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  • 101 things to see, try, taste and do in Israel

    Ashley
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:03 pm
    Looking for the ultimate checklist of things to see and do in Israel? We’ve compiled our Top Ten list previously, but here’s a quick list of things (101 of ‘em!) to see, try, taste and do in Israel. Some (no, all!) of which you really should try and squeeze into your visit here… And if we’ve [...]

  • Tel Aviv: One Big Parking Lot

    Scott
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:02 pm
    “That’s OK, we can walk to the curb from here.” Annie Hall fans will recognize the famous quote Woody Allen says to Diane Keaton after her awful parking job in 1977’s Best Picture. If that film were remade in Tel Aviv today, the dialogue could make sense rewritten as – ANNIE HALL: “Wow, a parking spot!” ALVY [...]

  • Keeping tabs on Israeli fashion & culture!

    Simona
    16 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    OK, so time for another new columnist, we thinks! Welcome to the world of Simona, originally from the US, who will be keeping you updated with Israeli fashion, style and pop culture. Crikey, does that mean I have to dump my flip-flops…?! Stay tuned if you want to know what’s happening and hip in Israel…and [...]

  • October’s a record breaker for Israeli tourism!

    Ashley
    14 Nov 2009 | 11:44 pm
    So if you were thinking that perhaps tourism to Israel might be taking a hit, what with the recent worldwide economic problems, you might be surprised to know that October was a record breaking month: some 330,000 tourists entered Israel during October, the highest ever monthly total! According to official figures released, those 330,000 visitors mean [...]

  • Israel: the new tax haven

    Ashley
    13 Nov 2009 | 9:10 pm
    For the majority of hard-working Israelis, the tax system in Israel is always ripe for an insult or three. And to hear that Israel is handing out a multitude of tax breaks to some tycoons and entrepreneurs is hardly going to endear the Israeli public to the tax system… But if you’re a new immigrant with [...]
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