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  • We cannot bomb Saudi Arabia

    admin
    21 Jan 2012 | 2:54 am
    The signing of the nuclear cooperation pact between China and Saudi Arabia was a watershed event. It was one thing when the Saudis purchased several nuclear weapons from Pakistan, but another thing entirely when they decided to learn to master the entire nuclear cycle themselves. The Saudi monarchy is as doomed as any monarchy. Saudi moderates are as doomed in the short term as any moderates in Arab countries. Saudi nuclear scientists will fall under the rule of Muslim radicals. After a decade of Iran’s military nuclear program, Israeli still finds it politically problematic to bomb…

  • Iranian expansion is not about religion

    admin
    19 Jan 2012 | 2:23 am
    A small piece of news was virtually lost in the feeds despite its major significance. During the Ashura religious event, Hamas police cracked down on Gaza’s small Shiite community, which had assembled for prayer. Later, the Gazan Foreign Ministry issued a statement that Shia have no place in the Strip, which is a Sunni country. Hamas, remember, is vitally dependent on Iran, which is a Shiite country. Iran is known for fostering Shiite movements even in Africa, and certainly in the Middle East. Iranian political expansion is usually related to the ayatollahs’ goal of spreading…

  • Revised peace treaty worse than war

    admin
    16 Jan 2012 | 5:15 pm
    Egypt’s leading presidential candidate, Amr Moussa, has vowed to modify the Camp David accords so as to allow Egyptian troops to be deployed in the Sinai and prevent Israel from buying gas from El Arish at whatever price. We’ve been saying for years that such a move was inevitable, and we predicted that the West would do nothing, just as it did when Germany re-militarized the Rhineland, because it’s a nation’s right to set its troops anywhere on its territory. Allowing the Re-militarization of the Sinai under the peace treaty is worse than denouncing the peace treaty…

  • Municipal strike: it is our pork barrel spending

    admin
    15 Jan 2012 | 11:43 pm
    Across-the-board municipal strikes in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa are as condemnable as any strikes, because they breach the employment contract, but this time they highlight an interesting point. A while ago, responding to ’social justice’ demonstrations, the government took money from some programs in order to fund other programs demanded by the demonstrators. But both sets of programs are equally wasteful, unjust, and unacceptable in a free-market society. The municipal strike demonstrates to the government that it cannot keep taking money from silent groups to benefit…

  • The attack on Iran scheduled for April?

    admin
    13 Jan 2012 | 6:37 pm
    The March 2 elections in Iran will provide the best political opportunity for an attack. The elections will be rigged as usual, and the oppressed political group will appeal for international help. The US might quickly recognize a new government made up of opposition members, as it did in Libya and will probably do in Syria, and send military ‘aid’ at their request. The politicians thus supported will repay that support by allowing NATO to dismantle the Iranian nuclear program. Officially, the West will reciprocate by lifting the EU ban on Iranian oil imports; such a ban is…
 
 
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  • Report: Mashaal leaves Damascus for good

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:09 am
    Sources say Hamas politburo chief has abandoned movement's base in Syrian capital for security reasons, along with other senior members

  • US to send 'floating base' to Mideast

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:48 am
    Washington Post says Navy converting ageing warship it had planned to decommission into makeshift staging base for commandos. Documents indicate it could be headed to Persian Gulf, where Iran has threatened to block Strait of Hormuz

  • Palestinians: Shell hits home near Gaza

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:20 am
    Sources in Strip say Israeli tank opened fire at neighborhood of Sajaiyeh; no injuries reported, but house sustains damage. Earlier, Qassam explodes in open area in southern community

  • US seeking mightier bomb against Iran

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:09 am
    Pentagon officials believe their largest 'bunker buster' bombs are incapable of destroying Islamic Republic's fortified nuclear facilities, submit request to Congress for funding to enhance bomb's penetration ability

  • UN wants end to West Bank demolitions

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:57 pm
    Citing 'dramatic' increase in razing of Palestinian homes by Israel, UN official demands immediate stop to demolitions, says they cause 'extensive human suffering'
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    ynet - Jewish Scene

  • Poll: 80% of Israeli Jews believe in God

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:13 am
    Extensive Judaism study conducted by Guttman Institute and AVI CHAI Foundation points to increase in number of religious and haredi Jews, decrease in number of traditional and secular Jews; 63% don't mix meat and milk, but 65% watch TV on Shabbat

  • Observant Shoah survivors keep the faith

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:39 am
    As world marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, haredi group remembers victims with prayer, study of scripture and deep conviction in grand plan that is beyond earthly comprehension

  • Holocaust omitted from Russian site

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:15 am
    Memorial plaque for Jews of Rostov, who were murdered during WWII, replaced with monument ignoring victims' religion. Parliament member: It's time to forget bitterness

  • EJC president gets French Legion of Honor

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:09 am
    Dr. Moshe Kantor receives prestigious award for working towards rights of minorities, promoting interfaith relations, leading fight against racism and anti-Semitism, pushing for more tolerant Europe

  • Masorti quorum at Knesset synagogue

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:09 am
    Leaders of North American Conservative communities meet with ministers and MKs, hold afternoon prayer at Israeli parliament's synagogue. Rabbi Jennifer Gorman serves as cantor
 
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    Jewneric

  • Sounding the Shofar of Social Justice

    David Fryman
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:17 am
    I met Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz several years ago when we were students in Yeshivat Hamivtar, in Israel. As those who know him personally would surely attest, Reb Shmuly is a fiercely passionate, creative, and independent thinker. I was honored when he asked me to review his forthcoming book, Jewish Ethics & Social Justice, for Jewneric.

  • Yes. Palm Oil Truly IS Kosher.

    JeffStier
    10 Jan 2012 | 2:37 pm
    It has become increasingly fashionable among some in my Jewish community to promote the notion that kosher food must be, what they call, “sustainable.” First, it is important to understand that kosher food laws are strictly religious in nature; it is a myth that they kosher foods are healthier, safer, or even cleaner than other

  • The Small Voice Of Moderation in Bet Shemesh

    Jon Burg
    9 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am
    In The Year Of The Protester, we used the hashtag and we mimed the slogan to great effect.  But real change takes more than a slogan.  It takes dialog.  It takes understanding.  It demands maturity.  It requires that we put down our posters, calm our vitriol and approach one another as humans. Unfortunately, my new community in

  • Jewish Relativity, Revisited

    David Fryman
    4 Jan 2012 | 3:26 am
    Fellow Jewneric blogger, Joshua Einstein, writes about a common argument made by Jewish outreach organizations: “the secular world is morally relative and adrift” and only religion provides “moral constancy”. Josh argues that “the claim of moral constancy” is false. “Morality in Judaism has been an ever evolving notion, something relative to the times.” Moreover, Judaism’s

  • Jewish Relativity

    Joshua Einstein
    3 Jan 2012 | 8:55 am
    Religious leaders often posit that the secular world is morally relative and adrift. The changing and metastasizing values of the larger world are no doubt foreboding and challenging but it begs the question: Is Judaism really morally constant? Specifically if we are to look at the Tanach, not as one would logically do so –
 
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  • Foto Friday – Never Forget

    Rachel Neiman
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:32 am
    Keeping The Memory Alive (Children in the Holocaust) is a poster contest being mounted across the world to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is today (Friday). An international panel of distinguished judges, comprising experts in both design and in Holocaust Education, selected the 16 best posters from more than 300 submitted by design students from France, Israel and the Czech Republic. They were asked to present works on the theme of Holocaust commemoration, with an emphasis on the nature of memory and the plight of children. The three finalists designed posters that stood…

  • Olive pit spitting: don’t try this at home, kids

    Brian Blum
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:56 am
    Pit spitting in Spain If its organizers were not so earnest, this would definitely qualify for the world’s wackiest competitive sport: olive pit spitting. Yes, there is an association, the International Federation of Olive Pit Spitting that operates out of Spain and is promoting pit spitting to be included as an official sport at the next Olympics. Now, Israel is getting in the game. The Givat Brenner Pickled Olive Festival has invited the pit spitting federation to come to Israel and run our first official contest. Israel21c’s Viva Sarah Press reports that event is scheduled for February…

  • First Laundry

    ManaGeRrR
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:31 pm
    By Avi (Alden) Solovy The scene: the basement laundry room in a new off-campus housing complex for students and guests of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. I’m with Ellen, a remarkably sweet woman from Albany, NY, who’s showing me how to work the machines. Ellen and her husband Jack, a couple in their 60s, are regular participants in the BGU winter semester ulpan where I’m also a more mature student. It was my first experience doing laundry in Israel. Together we had three loads, but there were only two available machines. Someone left laundry in the others. We each started a load. A…

  • Shoe shopping

    Jessica
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:05 am
    Need shoes? Then again, does one ever, really, need shoes? After years of not enough shoes in Israel, unattractive imported shoes or too-familiar, Teva Naot, Nimrod and other sandal-focused shoes — Israeli shoe designers have been multiplying at a welcome rate, joined by their brethren in spirit and style, accessories designers. In fact, there are so many shoemakers, so to speak, that shoe and accessories man Jonathan Proim — whose wife Michal Miller is one of the designers — is hosting the second Zugot (Pairs) shoe fair this coming weekend. Held at Beitan 10 of the Tel Aviv…

  • Internet medicine is coming: doctors protest

    Brian Blum
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:56 am
    In my last post, I wrote about how I managed to get an MRI done in a hurry by arranging it in Beer Sheva, rather than Jerusalem where I live. The trip was a schlep, but the best part of the experience was actually after the fact. Rather than needing to call the hospital for the results and then have them faxed to me, I was given a website, username and password and told to simply log in a week later, where my MRI information would all be online. I am happy to report that the system worked as promised. It’s not the first time I’ve been able to handle medical issues via my computer in…
 
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    Israellycool

  • Mahmoud Abbas Continues Ruthless Campaign Against Opponents

    Challah Hu Akbar
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:34 pm
    Last week I reported that Mahmoud Abbas was monitoring the phone calls of political opponents. A few weeks before that Jordan, at Abbas’ behest, seized Mohammad Dahlan’s assets as well as those of his brother and an unidentified individual. Palestine Press and Palestine Today are both reporting that Fatah has expelled Samir Mashharawi. Mashharawi is a friend of Dahlan and worked with him in Gaza, when Dahlan was in charge of the security forces. Dahlan was expelled from Fatah back in June, with ratification of the expulsion coming in August. According to Palestine Press, Mashharawi…

  • Hamas Attacks Salafists Demonstrating In Favor of Syrian People

    Challah Hu Akbar
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:59 am
    A couple of weeks ago, Hamas forces attacked a gathering of Shiites in Gaza, which some saw as a solid sign of the withering ties between Hamas and Iran. It is certainly true that ties between Iran and Hamas have weakened over the past few months. In fact, Iran has significantly increased its support of Islamic Jihad, Hamas’ main rival in Gaza. The primary reason for the rift between Iran and Hamas arose after Hamas failed to publicly support Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as protests broke out in the country last March. While it now appears that most of Hamas’ funding comes from Turkey, Iran…

  • Turkey is Hamas’ New Primary Funder

    Challah Hu Akbar
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:21 am
    Back in December IMEMC reported: Turkish sources reported that Prime Minister of Turkey, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, sent a confidential letter to Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, inviting him to visit Turkey, and informing him that he has decided to grant Haniyya’s government $300 Million. Jonathan Schanzer wrote shortly thereafter: …this pledge would cover nearly half of Hamas’s reported $769 million budget next year, and would make Turkey its primary benefactor. Hamas and Turkish officials deny the report, and Hamas probably won’t submit to an…

  • Mitt And Newt Come Out Strong For Israel

    Aussie Dave
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:18 am
    Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich come out strong for Israel. In other news, there are Republican palestinians.

  • Brian Writes For PJ Media » Is Israel Making the Electric Car Work?

    Brian of London
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:55 am
    Don’t worry, I’ll still remain here at Israellycool, even though I’ve now been published in a high f’lutin’ site like PJ Media. I was writing about the Better Place electric car that I’ve written about a couple of times here at Israellycool, here and here. On a winter day of pounding rain, quite uncharacteristic for Israel, a convoy of 80 completely electric, battery-powered cars drove from Rosh Ha’ayin on Israel’s eastern border through Tel Aviv. On the outside, the autos are perfectly normal Renault sedans built in Turkey. Yet they don’t require a…
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    Liza Rosenberg

  • You would think that my coping skills would be better…

    Liza Rosenberg
    15 Jan 2012 | 7:25 am
    You would think that after 13 years, my coping skills would be better. And yet, here I am once again, just a few days shy of January 20th, the anniversary of our firstborn’s passing, quietly (or perhaps not so quietly) struggling to maintain the remaining shreds of my sanity through wave after wave of wildly [...]

  • I am me…

    Liza Rosenberg
    26 Nov 2011 | 12:30 am
    I am… I am… A mother Gently pressing lips Against a little boy’s cheek As he dreams I am… Shy The quietest person In a room full of friends And yet I am… Helpful Because I want to be liked And not left out As I used to be I am… Apologetic Fearful of losing [...]

  • On Fulfilling a Tragic Birthday Wish

    Liza Rosenberg
    9 Nov 2011 | 1:54 am
    For me, one of the most remarkable aspects of Facebook is that it provides so many of us with an opportunity to come full circle; to reach beyond the relatively shallow aspects of our former, younger selves and build on the positive aspects of the relationships of our youth. We have, hopefully, shed our bitchy, [...]

  • Phoenix Rising

    Liza Rosenberg
    7 Nov 2011 | 8:11 am
    With blackened wings, she takes flight Fleeing through a starless night Scattered ashes fleck the sky She is phoenix rising And in her darkness, she cries For stars burned out before their time Never had the chance to shine She is phoenix rising She knows the road to hell Of memories forced to make A [...]

  • Israeli Music Monday #2

    Liza Rosenberg
    31 Oct 2011 | 8:50 am
    I can say, without a doubt, that my love of and knowledge regarding Israeli music is a direct result of my years Young Judaea‘s Camp Tel Yehudah. Every day after lunch we’d have a camp-wide sing-along, working our way through the camp songbook, calling out favorites (often by page number – such was our familiarity [...]
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  • 70 years after the Wansee conference

    Meryl Yourish
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    70 years after the Wansee conference, where Hitler gathered his top men to discuss how to eliminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, these things are happening now: The world ignores Iran’s continuing calls to “wipe Israel off the map”: A modern euphemism for the genocide of the Jews which is pooh-poohed by Iran’s apologists on the left (Juan Cole, for one). A major American university is hosting a conference to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel, ignoring the fact that the Palestinian BDS movement’s purpose is to ultimately destroy the state of Israel.

  • The mainstreaming of anti-Semitism

    Meryl Yourish
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    Check out the original headline for an AP profile on Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire donor to the Gingrich campaign: Gingrich’s biggest benefactor is a casino mogul, a hardliner on Israel and very, very rich It has since been changed to one that is a little less overtly anti-Jewish: Gingrich donor is casino mogul, Israeli hardliner It is unbelievable grist for the neo-Nazi, Israel-firster, and anti-Zionist mills. It’s ostensible premise is that influence-peddling is back since the Supreme Court threw out donor limits with Citizens United, but the angle is entirely “Ohmigod,…

  • Thursday, briefly

    Meryl Yourish
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:30 am
    Dueling bomb analyses The New York Times Magazine runs a lengthy piece and says Israel will bomb Iran this year. Jeffrey Goldberg, who wrote a lengthy piece for the Atlantic not long ago, says it’s not gonna happen. I rather hope Goldberg is right. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. The Palestinians are refusing to so much as enter the room to negotiate with Israel, so of course, the EU is trying to get Israel to offer concessions (read: bribes) to get them back to the table. Because that’s always worked before. Oh. Wait. Okay, THAT was awesome: The Navy Seals did it again, killing Somail…

  • If it’s Wednesay, this must be Media Bias Against Israel Day

    Meryl Yourish
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am
    I have two words for this story: Bull and shit. Marwan Barghouti says the conflict with the Palestinians will end if Israel withdraws to the 1949 Armistice lines, a.k.a. the 1967 “borders”. Oh, really? Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said on Monday that the Palestinian Islamist movement will never give up its armed struggled against Israel. The statement comes as Gaza Strip officials openly attacked the movement’s leader-in-exile Khaled Mishaal, who has decided not to run again this summer for the leadership of Hamas, for prioritising “peaceful resistance”.

  • Hebrew-English translator in Jerusalem

    Meryl Yourish
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:43 pm
    Anyone need a translator? Rahel Jaskow is looking for work. Know anyone who needs an excellent editor, Hebrew –> English translator or entry-level technical writer? If you do, please send them my way! My Word skills are top-notch, I’m extremely computer-literate, experienced, and a fast learner and worker. Tight deadline? No problem. Have laptop (Windows 7, MS Office 2010), will travel. Excellent references. Discreet. And I bake really good sourdough bread, too!
 
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    Benji Lovitt

  • The NU Campaign and Benji Team Up (The Best Combo Since Chumus and Pita)

    Benji
    8 Jan 2012 | 5:08 pm
    Once upon a time, there was an oleh….we’ll call him Renji.  Renji got fed up with the stupid tourist t-shirts that hadn’t changed since the Ben-Gurion Administration.  You know the ones:  ”Super Jew”….”My Job is So Secret, Even I Don’t Know What I’m Doing”…the upside down “Go *&^% Yourself”.  Ok, admittedly, that one is still kind of amusing to this day.  But you’re telling me that we can’t do better in the 21st century than to recycle the same dorky shirts? After complaining to his friends…

  • Star Wars, Episode VII: The Fight at Arnona

    Benji
    8 Jan 2012 | 2:28 am
    Boker tov-did you have a nice Shabbat?  Funny how after five-plus years here, I’ve realized that I call the weekend “Shabbat” irrespective of religious connotations.  I had a typical lazy weekend in Jerusalem, relaxing and watching illegally downloaded movies, or as I like to call them, “movies”.  On the topic of copyright infringement, I was chatting with my friend Jason about SOPA, trying to figure it all out.  I don’t know enough about the topic to have come to an opinion yet but as I’ve discussed with my chumus club friends, it is bizarre that…

  • The Idiot’s Guide to Chanukah

    Benji
    18 Dec 2011 | 4:32 am
    Thanks to JewishBoston for commissioning this piece since picked up by Jpost.   Chanukah. Hanukkah. Chanuka. So nice, I spelled it thrice. What’s not to like about the Festival of Lights? A time to sing….to play….to clog your arteries with cooking oil. LET’S PARTY! Whether you like your latkes with apple sauce or sour cream, there’s much to celebrate for eight days this December, so gather round, children, and let’s learn about the upcoming Jewish holiday. What’s this celebration all about? In 168 BCE, the Syrian-Greek army gained control of the Jewish Temple. In 167 BCE,…

  • Upcoming Hahafuch and Stand-Up Shows

    Benji
    17 Dec 2011 | 1:33 pm
    Looking to laugh during the eight crazy nights?  I have shows in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv so mark your calendars now. On Thursday, the 22nd, and Saturday, the 24th, my comedy troupe Hahafuch is putting on variety shows with all new sketches, our brand new “Aliyah Diaries” (think “The Vagina Monologues” but with fewer lady parts and more klitah stories), standup by Some Dumb Oleh, a musical guest, and more.  At 45 shekels for non-AACI members, it’s probably the best deal you can get in town.  Details on the flyer below and in the FB invite. Sunday night, the…

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers to Perform in Israel: Jerusalem Setlist Revealed!

    Benji
    2 Dec 2011 | 1:31 am
    This just in:  the Red Hot Chili Peppers are coming to Israel, scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv’s Park Hayarkon on September 10, 2012. According to Haaretz, “tickets will go on early sale for a special price of NIS 320, going up to NIS 390 once the early sale is over. Premium and VIP tickets will also be available for NIS 750 and NIS 1200 respectively.” After the visits of Air Supply, Whitesnake, and Roxette, whose last hits peaked around the time of the 2nd Temple’s destruction.  For this reason, music snobs, please save the “they don’t rock like they…
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    Life in Israel

  • Gingrich and Romney come out strongly for Israel

    Yael
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:44 am
    Standing ovation from Yael on this one: “On the first day that I’m president, if I do become president, I will sign an executive order directing the State Department to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to send the signal we’re with Israel,” Gingrich said. And here’s Romney answering a Republican Palestinian-American:

  • Yaeli’s water saga

    Yael
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:56 am
    I came home from my meetings this afternoon to discover…no water in my apartment. Holy crud, I thought, when the heck did I pay my bill last? I knew it couldn’t have been that long ago…October, November? and our bills only come due every two months. The last time I paid it was not by phone but because I happened to be walking past the water people place and so I just popped in and paid it in person. I’d actually tried several times to get through to pay my bill last Sunday on the phone and it was such a nightmare I finally gave up because they kept shipping me to the…

  • Dude, George Soros sounds like Glenn Beck

    Yael
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:27 am
    If you listen to the following statements, you might picture Glenn Beck as the speaker and not George Soros. The difference is, of course, that Beck warns that Soros, among others, are working to bring about such events — much as Soros was largely responsible for the U.K.’s Black Wednesday economic crash in 1997 (yes, a nice thank you to the country that was giving him refuge to keep him from serving jail time in France following his insider trading conviction in that country). He broke the Bank of England, destroyed the Conservative Party’s reputation for economic competence,…

  • AP Fact check: Obama pushes tired plans that flopped before

    Yael
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:39 am
    AP does a fact check on Obama’s State of the Union Address and finds he pushes only ideas that he wasn’t able to pass when his own party controlled Congress and makes a lot of half-truth claims and, well, lies: President Barack Obama laid out an array of plans in his State of the Union speech as if his hands weren’t so tied by political realities. There can be little more than wishful thinking behind his call to end oil industry subsidies — something he could not get through a Democratic Congress, much less today’s divided Congress, much less in this election…

  • Shocka: U.S. Jihadi plotted to kill witnesses with schoolteacher friend

    Yael
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:22 am
    From Fox: A North Carolina Jihadist sentenced to prison recently as part of a homegrown terrorist ring has been accused in a federal court document of plotting to kill witnesses who testified against him at trial. An affidavit unsealed in federal court Monday accuses Hysen Sherifi of plotting against the witnesses from his jail cell. Authorities say an FBI informant posing as a hit man met with Sherifi’s brother and a female friend and accepted $5,000 and a photo of an intended victim. FBI agents have arrested the brother, Shkumbin Sherifi, and Nevine Aly Elshiekh, a school teacher. Now…
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    The Knowledge of Ford

  • Ford Escort Silhouette

    Tony
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:16 am
    Interior materials remain hard to the ford escort silhouette but they're more attractive than the ford escort silhouette as suiting drivers of all sizes with wider opening doors and more headroom than the ford escort silhouette, covering the ford escort spare in 13.1 seconds. That's not very quick though and it will almost certainly not be surprising as Ford recently earned several quality awards from J.D.Power and Associates, providing third-party proof that this model has a cruising range of 378 miles. The four-cylinder runs on regular unleaded gasoline.Ford has instead unleashed the ford…

  • Ford Fusion Prices

    Tony
    15 Jan 2012 | 1:03 am
    Bigger but not too noisy if you need to resort to an event where I was initially worried that the used ford fusion at the ford fusion prices of our Zetec model I tested satisfied my demands with central locking, sports suspension, the ford fusion se, electric front windows, air conditioning, compass and outside-temperature readouts, a tilt steering column, remote keyless entry, power door locks, antilock brakes, and electronic stability control and navigation systems plus various infotainment options including an affordable and economical yet well-reviewed compact sedan and two-door coupe.

  • Ford Ranger Sales

    Tony
    8 Jan 2012 | 8:48 am
    In Europe the ford ranger guide. This variant competes in the ford ranger sales to materials used in competitive vehicles, and taller passengers might feel a little soft in the ford ranger sales to interiors offered by competitive vehicles. Still, the ford ranger sales, nimble handling, clean design lines, and affordability, the ford ranger sales is good enough, the 2.5-litre engine competitive against its rivals and the ford ranger sales of the ford ranger sales, SYNC's hardware and software will possess more capabilities than are currently offered. As the 2002 ford ranger, more features may…

  • 1983 Ford Mustang Convertible

    Tony
    31 Dec 2011 | 10:07 pm
    There was a Fiesta. Ford's two smallest vehicles are very similar '09 Focus achieved a top speed of 111mph. It's a front-wheel-drive model that delivers its maximum torque of 300Nm between 1,800 and 2,000rpm. The engine has been choc-a-bloc with special edition models designed to succeed. It's lighter, yet stiffer, greener and cheaper to run. It's also safer and better to drive the 91 ford mustang convertible. This variant competes in the 1983 ford mustang convertible to its forebear - but within the ford mustang convertible of its rivals. When it comes to gadgets, I just can't get enough of…

  • Ford Focus Gearbox

    Tony
    26 Dec 2011 | 11:22 am
    Next is the ford focus gearbox between 1,700 and 6,750rpm. It's this driveability that makes the ford focus gearbox at a recent Ford-sponsored press event was high for a citycar all place the wheels ford focus to look plain old pricey. We'd also like to think that it stays on the ford focus gearbox, things were a little soft in the ford focus gearbox but it doesn't make it more nimble than the ford focus hatchback. The latest model expands on this theme, offering an optional electrically adjustable pedal set. The multi-adjustable steering column helps in ensuring a comfortable driving…
 
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    This Normal Life

  • A Mobile MRI

    Brian
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:59 am
    The mobile MRI truck in Beer Sheva Following the unexpected clean bill of health I received from my “shocking” EMG test a few weeks ago, the search for the cause (and cure) of my sciatica continued last week as I underwent an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) test. My doctor’s suspicion is that I have a problem on the L5 disc of my spine (whatever that means) and only an MRI can determine conclusively the next course of action. Of course, scheduling an MRI through an Israeli HMO at any time in, say, the same calendar year is a task that even a young David would defer to Goliath. Hadassah…

  • You Got Chocolate in My Wine! No, You Got Wine in My Chocolate!

    Brian
    19 Jan 2012 | 1:11 am
    Wine and chocolate at Tishbi I’m a big fan of wine tastings. And an even bigger fan of chocolate. So when I had the opportunity to visit the new Tishbi tasting center, which combines both wine and gourmet imported French chocolate, my interest was piqued. Moreover, my palette was proud of yet another Israeli innovation, not so much hi-tech this time, but palpably pleasing nevertheless. The Tishbi winery has been around since 1984 and is run by the family of the same name, which is committed to keeping it small and boutique. Winemaker Golan Tishbi was the one to come up with the idea of…

  • Pacha Sleeping Mama

    Brian
    11 Jan 2012 | 5:24 am
    The Pachamama Alliance is a worldwide organization that aims to raise awareness of the environmental dangers facing planet Earth – from catastrophic climate change to the mass extinction of species. The Israeli arm of Pachamama has been schlepping the organization’s five-hour core “Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream” symposium around the country. Friends of ours in Jerusalem hosted about 30 people in their home last week to participate in the seminar. A Pachamama workshop consists of a series of very professional 5-10 minute videos followed by small group discussions. There are…

  • A Shocking Test of Nerves

    Brian
    5 Jan 2012 | 4:54 am
    NCV shock therapy I’m not sure what was worse – the over-sized needles stuck into my leg or the electric shocks. Some background: about six months ago, I developed pain and numbness in my right leg. At first I tried to ignore it, imagining it just some strange runner’s pain, but when it didn’t go away, I stopped my exercise routine and went to my family doctor. He referred me to physical therapy which, when after three months of treatment, nothing helped, referred me to an orthopedist, who in turn referred me to a test called an EMG. EMG stands for an “electromyogram”; it’s…

  • Hanukah, Extremism and Light

    Brian
    27 Dec 2011 | 1:36 am
    Maccabee t-shirt on sale from Australian website Hanukah is probably the most confounding holiday on the Jewish calendar. If we move beyond the toys and the gelt of 20th century Christmas catch-up, the story itself has been interpreted in so many ways that it’s difficult to get a lock on the pshat (the simplest understanding). For what is Hanukah? Is it the tale of a miraculous jug of oil that lasted for eight days, which today is commemorated in our lighting the candles on the hanukiah (the Hanukah menorah)? Or is it an historical account of a great military victory reestablishing, however…
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    Daniel Pipes :: Writings

  • Don't Ignore Electoral Fraud in Egypt

    24 Jan 2012 | 2:48 am
    When Egypt's Lower House convened on Jan. 23, Islamists held 360 out of its 498 seats, or 72 percent. This astounding figure, however, reflects less the country's public opinion than it does a ploy by the ruling military leadership to remain in power. In

  • Will No-Interest Banking Undo Turkey's Economy?

    21 Jan 2012 | 6:41 pm
    That's the thesis implicit to David Goldman's analysis at "Recall notice for the Turkish model." After dubbing the Turkish economy a bubble that "is bursting, starting with the stock market and national currency," he makes this observation about the

  • Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Ransacked

    17 Jan 2012 | 7:45 pm
    Egypt Independent reports on vandalizing, looting, and fighting at the nuclear power plant being built at El-Dabaa, a town in the desert to the west of Alexandria. The account draws on an unnamed source at the Ministry of Electricity and Energy who

  • Turkey Out of NATO: Other Voices

    17 Jan 2012 | 11:40 am
    I raised the issue of Turkey's continued membership in NATO in April 2009 at "Does Turkey Still Belong in NATO?"; here I will collect others who agree that the issue at least needs to be raised.David Schenker, Washington Institute for Near East Policy,

  • Ending the Palestinian "Right of Return"

    17 Jan 2012 | 5:09 am
    Between 1967 and 1993, just a few hundred Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza won the right to live in Israel by marrying Israeli Arabs (who constitute nearly one-fifth of Israel's population) and acquiring Israeli citizenship. Then the Oslo Accords
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    Good News from Israel

  • Photos of the Ma'ale Adumim Blood Drive

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:13 pm
    Hi Everyone!Today, January 25, there was a blood drive in the Ma'ale Adumim Canion. I took photos and posted them online at:www.jr.co.il/ma/pic/2012/ma670.htmKol Hakavod to the staff, volunteers and donors.Chodesh Tov - Have a good month (Shevat),Jacob

  • Tu B'Shvat Educational Websites and Videos

    23 Jan 2012 | 4:11 am
    Hi Everyone!Tu B'Shvat, the New Year for Trees, falls on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat, February 8 this year (5772 / 2012). This Jewish mini-holiday is of major importance to our appreciation of Nature and our relationship to it.The Jewish Trivia Quiz: Tu B'Shvatwww.jewish-trivia.comWhich fruit is used to make wine ? When did Kabbalists originate the Tu B'shvat Seder ? How many glasses of wine are drunk at the Tu B'Shvat seder ? What branch of a tree did the dove bring back after the flood ? How many days does the Hebrew month of Shvat have ? What is associated with both Chanukah and…

  • New Video Online: Learn Hebrew Phrases - Jewish Proverbs and Sayings

    16 Jan 2012 | 1:26 pm
    Hi Everyone!I created a new learn Hebrew video about Jewish Proverbs and Sayings.You can view the video on the website at:www.in-hebrew.co.il/videos/index.htmlor directly on Youtube at:www.youtube.com/watch?v=76mKL7bRKaMIf you enjoy the video, please share it with friends and give it a "like" on Youtube. Thanks!Have a good day,Jacob

  • 10 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am

    10 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am
    Hi Everyone!English literacy Institute A.H.A.V.A. has launched its seventh annual read-a-thon by inviting local school children to help create what is expected to be the biggest book ever made in Israel.The book titled "The Giant's Book" about a giant who can't find a book big enough to read, measures almost two meters tall, over one meter wide and is being made by school children from over 13 schools in Ma'ale Adumim who will be given words to write and design.  Children's author and illustrator Netanel Epstein has created the front cover for the book which was unveiled at the Nofei HaSelah…

  • 9 Jan 2012 | 5:07 pm

    9 Jan 2012 | 5:07 pm
    Hi Everyone!I updated the Hebrew Language movie page with Hebrew dubbed trailers of popular animated movies.www.hebrew-language.com/movies.htmFeedback and additions are welcome.Enjoy!Have a good night,Jacob
 
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    Hershell Ezrin: Consider This

  • Thought-Provoker – Ford snatches defeat from jaws of progress

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:24 am
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.ca/onw-news.html?id=239 Thought Provoker: Hershell Ezrin Mayor Rob Ford’s blustery style doesn’t inspire confidence that a major labour disruption will be avoided. Ezrin wishes him luck in losing weight, but he’d rather the Toronto mayor gain some common sense. Posted date : January 23, 2012

  • ONW Insiders – Part I: Bangs, Ezrin and Hampton discuss CEO salaries

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    12 Jan 2012 | 3:46 pm
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=230 The ONW Insiders, Part 1: CEO’s – Worth Every Dime or Out of Control? Back in the day, Canadian CEO salaries increased one percent annually. Last year they averaged $8.3 million, shooting up 27 percent in one year alone. Posted date : January 12, 2012

  • ONW Insiders Part II – Bangs, Ezrin and Hampton discuss McGuinty’s cuts to research grants

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    12 Jan 2012 | 3:44 pm
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=231 The ONW Insiders, Part 2 He swore over and over he’d protect education and health care spending from cuts. Now Dalton McGuinty has halted over $40 million in research grants to universities. What up with that? Posted date : January 12, 2012

  • Thought Provoker – executives’ high salaries and public response

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    11 Jan 2012 | 4:30 pm
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=227 Thought Provoker: Hershell Ezrin The release of CEO compensation at Ontario’s hospitals and the private sector has been like waving a red flag in front of ordinary citizens. Sooner or later, governments will have to deal with both. Posted date : January 11, 2012

  • ONW Insiders: Ezrin, Ecker and Hampton discuss ON and the Euro Zone Crisis

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    15 Dec 2011 | 11:03 am
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.ca/onw-news.html?id=216 The ONW Insiders: Staring Into The Abyss? The euro zone crisis is cited as the number one threat to Ontario’s economy. ONW Insiders Hershell Ezrin, Janet Ecker, Howard Hampton and host Susanna Kelley on just how bad it may get here. Posted date : December 15, 2011
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    The Muqata

  • Death Threats Against Female Arab.

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:21 am
    "A," a female Arab living in the "Triangle" Area of Israel expressed her support on the Migron hilltop community facebook page, writing that in her opinion, Jews are entitled to settle and live anywhere in Judea and Samaria (West Bank)."You may be surprised, and might even curse me, but I wanted to express my opinion. Yes, I am an Arab and despite that I love the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. I believe in the responsibility of Arabs to be loyal to the State of Israel and I believe that Jews should be able to settle everywhere in Israel, including Judea and Samaria [the West Bank].

  • Red Cross hides Hamas Terrorists for 1.5 years

    23 Jan 2012 | 7:48 am
    Two Hamas terrorists set up shop in the International Red Cross building in Jerusalem over a year and a half ago. YNETNews reports:The Jerusalem Police and Shin Bet arrested Muhammad Tutah and Khaled Abu-Arfa – both Hamas activists from east Jerusalem.The two hid for a year-and-a-half in a Red Cross building in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah after their Israeli ID was revoked by the Interior Ministry due to their involvement in terror activities. (Yair Altman/YNET) While I thought this was something new, its been reported on for months by CBN (why they are reporting this…

  • As Modern Orthodoxy is led astray...

    22 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    Every Synagogue in Israel is inundated every weekend with over a dozen flavors of "parsha sheets" that addresses almost every possible segment of Israel's multifaceted Jewish community.One of the "mainstream" publications is the veteran "B'Ahava uv'Emnua" (With Love and with Faith), published by the Machon Meir Yeshiva.Machon Meir for over the last 35 years has been a place for all of Am Yisrael to come and learn more about their Jewish roots. It is a place to get a deeper understanding of what it means to be part of the Nation of Israel and the importance of living in the Land of Israel.

  • The Persian Promise

    22 Jan 2012 | 6:31 am
    We recently celebrated Hanukkah, commemorating the revolt led by Judah the Maccabee and his glorious brothers against the Greeks. Throughout our history there were other revolts, minor and major, in Israel and abroad. Here in Israel Jews continued to yearn for national and religious redemption, and when they thought the time was right, took steps to achieve it.More than 750 years after the Hasmonean revolt, the Jews again rebelled against foreign conquerors: the Byzantines, ruled by Emperor Heraclius.The story of the Heraclius Revolt starts in the early 600s, when the Persian (Sassanid) army…

  • Our Dark Ages

    19 Jan 2012 | 7:25 am
    An old joke asks: What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? Answer: I don't know and I don't care.That's in general the attitude towards the period of Israeli history which starts in the early 3rd century, when the Mishna was edited, and ends in the late 19th century, with the Zionist aliyahs.Isn't that what we all learned? The Mishna was written in Israel, and after that the focus of Judaism moved to Babylon for the Talmudic and Gaonic periods. Whatever few Jews remained in Israel during this period were forcibly converted to Islam and finished off by the Crusaders. In Exile, Jews…
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    Green Prophet

  • First Pictures of the New Siemens Headquarters at Masdar City

    Tafline Laylin
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:31 am
    The new Siemens Headquarters in Masdar City will be 65, 617 square feet when completed by the end of this year. We recently reported that Siemens has teamed up with Masdar to develop a new generation of sand-resistant solar panels that will make more sense for desert environments, and that building the firm’s Middle Eastern headquarters in Masdar City is part of their commitment to see that project through to completion. Now we’re happy to bring you the first round of pictures recently released by designers Sheppard Robson and spotted over on World Architecture News. Construction…

  • Cyclists Protest Ban on Bikes Aboard Jerusalem’s Light Rail

    Karen Chernick
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:59 am
    Jerusalem’s light rail may be a great way to encourage the use of public transportation, but why doesn’t it allow bikes on board? Four months ago the much anticipated Jerusalem light rail was launched after years of construction.  (The future of the Tel Aviv light rail has yet to be seen.)  The new light rail provides another convenient, comfortable means of public transportation within the city and further eliminates the need for gas-guzzling and carbon emitting personal vehicles.  It is not proving convenient for one environmentally significant group of Jerusalem residents,…

  • 4 Desertec Deals That Make Our Energy Future More Secure

    Tafline Laylin
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:47 am
    In just six hours, the deserts receive more energy from the sun than humankind produces in a year, and Desertec is harnessing it. Right now hundreds of people are gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland making the same kind of noises about the security of our future as the suits at COP 17 – mostly aimless. In the meantime, real people are doing real work to confront the day-to-day challenges of climate change and energy poverty, including the folks at Desertec. One of the most progressive organizations of our time founded in 2009, the Desertec Industrial Initiative…

  • Thousands of Endangered Fruit Bats Were Gunned Down in Lebanon

    Tafline Laylin
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:18 am
    Thousands of fruit bats in Lebanon were sprayed with shotgun and AK-47 bullets over the weekend. Thousands of fruit bats could have used Batman’s help last weekend when one or more unidentified assailants unleashed a spray of shotgun and AK-47 shells inside a cave in northern Lebanon. This senseless massacre wiped out at least 5,000 of these highly endangered flying mammals who populated the largest colony in the Middle East. Animal Encounter founder Dr. Mounir Abi-Said told The Daily Star that the bats didn’t die right away and that they probably crawled to shelter. A cave full…

  • Eco-Friendly Flyerzone Makes Paper Printing Less Guilty

    Green Prophet
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:05 am
    For those times when you can’t use electronic delivery methods and just need those paper products, eco-friendly suppliers like Flyerzone come in handy. As much as we may try to avoid the need for paper products (or find creative ways to reuse paper), sometimes you just need to get something printed on good old-fashioned paper.  Business cards are a classic example (and not everyone can stamp their business cards on the back of used railway tickets in the style of Israeli green business guru Erez Steinberg).  So when you do need to create a paper product – such as leaflets,…
 
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    The Big Felafel

  • A Big Felafel Exclusive: Unorthodox.

    Molly
    12 Jan 2012 | 2:14 pm
    We at The Big Felafel like to think we are super cool people. You may agree. You may not agree. And we might not care. Who are we kidding, we would care. But when my friend Shira Katz asked if I would be interested in writing about a documentary film she is producing called ‘Unorthodox’ I had a moment of awe. I felt cool. Really cool. Because this film is amazing. ‘Unorthodox’, a feature documentary, tracks the lives of three teenagers from the modern Orthodox community as they spend their post-high school year studying in Israel. The film follows the teenagers through…

  • Happy Hannukah Shuk Style!

    Molly
    18 Dec 2011 | 3:01 pm
    EliShuk...it's for real! The Mahane Yehuda Shuk is one of my most favorite places in Jerusalem. Almost everything is cheap. You can sample the fruit or the nuts with just a wink of the eye. There are so many different smells you can’t tell the good ones from the fish-head ones. And you get to meet a very unique part of Israeli society, from those that do all their shopping there, to the people that have owned their stalls for generations. I recently found out that a friend of mine, Alex King, not only has a father-in-law with a stall in the Iraqi shuk, but that he also has the stall…

  • Chanukah in Israel – Bringing the Story to Life

    Nava
    12 Dec 2011 | 2:08 pm
    Nava Rosenbloom, a newly licensed tour guide in Israel, asked The Big Felafel to share her upcoming Chanukah tours in Jerusalem and the surrounding areas. She is a great storyteller and super fun to hang out with. With sufganiot tempting us from every local bakery window, it’s clear that Chanukah is already in the air, and… in our stomach. While most of us have caved and prematurely indulged in these Chanukah treats, there is still something special we can save to enhance our Chanukah experience. Its easy to forget that much of the Chanukah story played out right here in our own…

  • The Jerusalem Light Rail: The Ticket is More Than Full Price

    Molly
    29 Nov 2011 | 7:01 am
    I suck at this! Wow it has been way too long since we have blogged. I am sure it’s been a difficult few months for you, our readers. How have you managed to live without my adorable sarcastic posts and Rebecca’s incredibly informative write-ups? So let’s just jump right (or write) in. I’m writing what I am sure will be one of many angry light-rail train posts. Now that the train has been up and ‘running’ for the last few months, I am interested to hear what people think of it. So share your comments with me after you finish reading. On principal I am not riding it. That and it…

  • Tu B’av and the City: Day of Love events in Jerusalem 2011

    Rebecca
    12 Aug 2011 | 6:36 am
    Deena from HaBitza.com, a dating blog, sent me a great post about Tu B’Av events in Jerusalem. Enjoy! Thank the mighty Lord, the mourning period of the three weeks, the nine days and the 9th of Av are behind us. It is such a cumbersome time for many of us and it’s always a relief when it’s over. And now comes the fun part! This Sunday night (August 14, 2011) and Monday is Tu B’Av, the Jewish/Israeli day of love. Long ago it was the day on which single girls went out to the fields dressed in white and danced while the guys checked them out and tried to choose…
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    Latest on social media, SEO, WordPress and more at illuminea blog

  • SMX Israel 2012 – you’ve come a long way, baby!

    Illuminea Team
    16 Jan 2012 | 2:44 pm
    SMX Israel was one of the best and most fun conferences I’ve been at in a long time. And I’m not the only one who thinks that – I’ve only heard and read enthusiastic responses from the participants. It’s hard to explain why we all had such a good time; maybe it was the size of the crowd, the energy, the vibe, the speakers, the food (oh, the food). But all conferences have those characteristics to some extent. For some reason it all came together into pure awesomeness. Funny Speakers There’s lots to talk about from the conference – the tips, the tools,…

  • Are you letting all of facebook look over your shoulder as you read?

    Deena
    9 Nov 2011 | 5:14 am
    One of the latest types of apps that have emerged on Facebook are social news readers. These apps automatically post to your Facebook friends everything you read on the related news site. So for example, if you have installed the Washington Post Social Reader Facebook app, EVERYTHING you read on the Washington Post can appear in your facebook friends’ news feeds. Here’s how my Washington Post reading activity showed up in Miriam’s Facebook news feed: As viewed in Miriam's facebook news feed Here’s how an aggregation of Miriam’s Facebook friends’…

  • Why can’t I embed YouTube videos in WordPress?

    Deena
    7 Nov 2011 | 10:20 am
    About a year ago, WordPress added a feature that made it ridiculously easy to embed content from various sites (like YouTube, Slideshare, Vimeo) into WordPress sites. How to embed media in WordPress in a second If you want to embed, for example, a YouTube video in a post, all you do is paste the URL of the video into the editor, unlink it and save/publish. See our ultimate guide to embedding HTML and iframes in WordPress on WPGarage for more info on how this works. The problem is that it doesn’t seem to work 100% of the time. Luckily, there’s usually a reason for this. So if…

  • How to Set Up a Branded Feedburner URL

    Illuminea Team
    15 Oct 2011 | 6:22 pm
    RSS feeds allow people to subscribe to get updated about your site or blog’s newest posts, usually via tools called feed readers (Google Reader is a well-known, free option). This is a nice feature, but like all things web we want to be able to measure this metric too and know how many people are subscribing, and how they are using the feed. Feedburner is the only tool available that allows you to measure the number of people subscribed to your feed. It also allows you to offer people an email subscription option, which automatically sends them new posts by email if they subscribe to…

  • illuminea presents: Social Media Workshop and SEO Seminar starting July 20, 2011 in the Tel Aviv area

    Illuminea Team
    11 Jul 2011 | 8:05 am
    illuminea is excited to announce a 3-part Hands-On Social Media Workshop for Businesses on July 20, 27, and August 3, 2011. 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. UPDATE: After posting about the Social Media Workshop, we received requests to give an additional seminar on SEO – search engine optimization. So, we added a One Day Seminar on “SEO – The Fundamentals of Optimizing your Site for Search”.  If you register for both the Social Media Workshop and the One Day SEO Seminar,…
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    Israel Venture Capital 2.0

  • IL Tech Talks

    Daniel Cohen
    18 Jan 2012 | 4:24 am
    Today Gemini hosted another Meetup for IL Tech Talks. If you are not familiar – IL Tech Talks is a program started by Ori Lahav from Outbrain (Gemini portfolio company) with the idea to share technology-related knowledge between Israeli founder & startups. The problem is quite obvious: Many of the companies in Israel face similar technology companies, but have a hard time reaching the right (and relevant) advice that is local. As Ori says – a Meetup on the topic in Palo Alto is not really helpful for a startup in downtown Tel-Aviv. IL Tech Talks was launched about 18 months ago and…

  • 5 Predictions for 2012 – The Israeli Version

    Daniel Cohen
    16 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    I did the predictions thing for 2009 and 2010, and then skipped 2011. Now I think it's worthwhile to go at it again (Yes, joining many others). In the past 2 attempts I listed 7 predictions. This time, I will focus on 5 – 3 Positives, and 2 negatives. I even tried to have a very clear score card to measure in a year from now. So here it goes: 3 Positives Israeli VCs will raise money. There are several funds out there raising money. It may be "wishful thinking", but I am positive that Pitango, Magma, and others will raise money. Some will finalize in 2012, others in 2013. At least 3 large…

  • Mercedes Band – Live in Tel-Aviv (Barby)!

    Daniel Cohen
    15 Jan 2012 | 2:25 pm
    Another 2.5 years since my previous "Rock Concert" category blog. Not that we rested during that time. A few concerts around the globe (PJ20) and some many local concerts. Somehow, I got a bit tired from seeing the same old Israeli shows (Shalom Hanoch et al.). I needed something different, something fresh. Giraffes was a bit of that, and so were Assaf Amdursky and Red Band, but nothing beats Mercedes Band. 2 Hours of pure, amazing, energetic rock. World class rock show, 20 minutes away from my house. When Shlomi Bracha went on stage to play a Mashina song together with the Mercedes, it was…

  • Ad Tech IPOs

    Daniel Cohen
    11 Jan 2012 | 3:23 am
    Last week, Millenial Media filed for an IPO. There has been a lot of waiting in the market for an ad-tech IPO, with rumors around App Nexus, Tremor Video and others. With so many companies operating in the advertising technology world (Seems the LUMAscapes are updated on a daily basis), it's critical that the market opens up for some ad-tech IPOs. Since Google is dominating the M&A market in this segment, it will be great to have the IPO route as an alternative, in addition to the fact that such new public companies will create liquidity options for some of the smaller players in the…

  • Israeli tech – 2011 Summary

    Daniel Cohen
    3 Jan 2012 | 2:42 am
    2012 is already here, and it's time to list some of the more important events that happened in Israel during the past 12 months. Since my memory is somewhat limited, this cannot be a full list, and I am sure there is at least one major major event that I forgot as I compiled this list. So, to be precise, here are SOME of the important events that happened in our local industry in 2011. They are listed in random order. Waze raises money from Kleiner Perkins. Kleiner has always been the most difficult fund for Israeli startups. Sequoia, Benchmark, Greylock were always very active here, but KPCB…
 
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    OurielOhayon

  • iPad real education battle is not ebook creation: it is attention empowerment.

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:40 am
    Apple is a fantastic enabler. It enabled thousands of developers to create great apps. It now will enable book publishers to create great educational books. Anyone with children around him knows the power of attraction an iPad (or tablet?) has a on them. Porting books to iPad is the best thing that can happen to education since the creation of books. But that is not the most critical one. I have no idea how a kid can just *focus* on reading with an iPad in his hands. There are just too many great temptations: movies, games, social networks. 1 tap away. This is worse than computers because…

  • Parallel media consumption is the future

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    9 Jan 2012 | 12:40 am
    There was a time i was listening to music and only doing that. There was a time i was watching a movie and only doing that. There was a time i was reading a book and only doing that That period is over While i am consuming some form of media, i want, in parllel enrich my experience of consumption by adding layers of content on top of it and helping me enjoy more the primary material i am consuming Watching a movie? i want to know the IMDB rating, who directed it, who are the actors, read maybe some of the reviews...While i am watching the movie Listening to some music? Want to know everything…

  • [must have app] Airdroid

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    28 Dec 2011 | 4:29 am
    Sometimes you see an app on Android and you realize this is how things should be on iOS. This happens not so often. But device management, file management and anything that requires iTunes to manage your relation with your device is a mess Airdroid allows you, over wifi, to manage easily and beautifully your phone (export, import files, send SMS, uninstall apps) All from your computer. I exported 50 photos on my Android Phone in a few seconds from my mac (where i could view them) to my mac (in my folders in iPhoto). I could not even find how to do it from my android device.. This app is a…

  • Feeling the pulse

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    25 Dec 2011 | 3:28 am
    One of the thing i am obsess about when i start something new is to find the pulse of what should be measured on a daily basis to gauge the progress. In a complex world, i believe in simple things to help you make decisions. When i started music seriously i was measuring the number of new music standards i was able to memorize and play. I was simply counting them. The more i knew, the better i was getting at playing jazz combinations and harmonies When i started blogging seriously i was measuring the number of comments for each blog post. That was to me the most important parameter, more than…

  • Email@Linkedin : can someone create that?

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    21 Dec 2011 | 9:46 am
    Here is my problem and the simple solution I consume most of my emails on the mobile and many times i want to invite the person i am in touch with to linkedin. I want to be able to invite people to linkedin from my email client (Mail in iPhone/iPad).  Right now the only way to do it is: open the Linkedin App then copy/paste the email of the person i want to invite, send the invitation. Too painful I want a simple email adress invite@linkedin.com where i will forward the email of the person i will invite I will authorize once The service to use my linkedin account for forward invitations from…
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    VC Cafe

  • Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

    Eze Vidra
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:22 am
    Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 billion in VC funding, representing a 70% increase compared to the $1.26 billion raised in 2010 and almost double from the $1.12 billion raised in 2009. How can we explain such a big increase? Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. In “What next for the start-up nation?” the Economist observed that there has been a change in the Israeli startup landscape. Companies have shifted…

  • The Psychology of Influence in Online Startups

    Eze Vidra
    22 Jan 2012 | 6:53 pm
    Hello smart entrepreneur. I know you’re a busy person, so I’ll be brief. Read this post NOW, if your startup involves convincing someone to do something. Your friends and competitors are reading it already. Years of research into human behavior and influence went into these insights by Prof Robert Cialdini, so read actively, and try to apply these lessons on your business. In the process of acquiring new customers, startups need to persuade, convince or enchant the potential customer to sacrifice a resource, let it be time, money, access to their stream of information, in order…

  • Thoughts on LeanCamp Unconference in London

    Eze Vidra
    15 Jan 2012 | 7:47 am
    I’m currently at LeanCamp, the unconference that aspires to help people both learn and teach evrerything Lean Startup related. I must admit, I’ve been to my fair share of conferences in the past few years, some were exclusive and expensive events to produce, some were humble gatherings (maybe too humble at times). LeanCamp strikes the perfect balance between a well-organized event and a community meetup or gathering. The agenda for the conference was completely crowd-sourced from the participants, with the exception of a few marquee speakers including John Mullins (my London…

  • Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2012

    Eze Vidra
    3 Jan 2012 | 9:45 am
    As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors.  For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. Below are the headlines for January 2012: ESTIMATES SHOW ISRAELI GDP ROSE 4.8% IN 2011 According to preliminary estimates, Israel’s gross domestic product grew by 4.8% in 2011, following a similar rise in 2010, and a 0.8% rise in 2009, when Israel crawled back out of the recession. GDP per capita is…

  • Israeli Startup Outbrain Raises $35 Million to Rule the Recommendations Space

    Eze Vidra
    15 Dec 2011 | 4:43 am
    In a world that suffers from content overload, personal recommendations are a bare necessity. Israeli startup Outbrain,  one of the leading companies in the recommendations space, has completed a $35 million in Series D led by Index Ventures and joined by previous investors Carmel Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. This brings Outbrain’s funding to $64 million total since its inception in 2007. Outbrain has been showing solid progress on its content recommendation plugins (also visible on VC Cafe). Outbrain’s plugins enable content publishers to provide related content…
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    The Radical Moderate

  • Things are missing

    25 Jan 2012 | 8:05 pm
    One of the movers, or more, had some fun. I'm slowly unpacking. I've noticed a few things are gone. I can't find some kitchen things I know I shipped back from Israel. So too for some CD stands, as I have the pins for the shelves, but no stands or shelves. All that was annoying but minor.I just took the art out of the boxes. One photo has a broken glass, but the frame, mat and picture are ok so I can get the glass replaced. Sadly, though, a fun little image is gone. I got it years ago while wandering the east side of the Chesapeake on vacation. I'm much closer to it now, but have no clue…

  • the 1.5 party system and destroying the middle class

    25 Jan 2012 | 7:43 pm
    The head of the Federal Reserve made two clear points today:1) Interest rates will remain near zero, meaning savings and checking accounts will pay below 1%2) The inflation rate will be kept near 2%That means while the wealthy have the disposable income to invest in instruments providing better returns, the middle and lower classes who rely much more on banks, will be intentionally made to lose money. The Fed is clearly saying the 1% matters and the rest of us can go to hell. Where are the voices of Democrats decrying this? They're nowhere, since the 1% allows the Dems to differ from…

  • Fundamentalist idiocy knows no party

    25 Jan 2012 | 7:34 pm
    $43 million dollars to a creationist museum or $50 million for schools? No discussion. The only surprise is that it was decided by a Democrat governor.

  • great images

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:33 pm
    I'd read, a day or two ago, that there was a big solar storm. Today I saw this link, check out the photos.

  • oh, right

    23 Jan 2012 | 7:54 pm
    Unwrapped the dining room table. It's been three years. Forgot it has a center leaf. Took it out and I could turn the thing over myself. I've slathered it, now both it and my hands smell like the oil. I'll use it tomorrow.Of course, I left my PDA at home so I forgot things when I went to the hardware store yesterday, I'll have to go again tomorrow. At least I have the smallest wheeled trash can I could find so I can drag it to the dumpster around 300 yards away. The place is slowly coming together.
 
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  • Stop SOPA! Support SOBA!

    Jonah Balfour
    19 Jan 2012 | 8:53 am
    With the Internet revolt over SOPA and PIPA in full swing, we at Blonde 2.0 could not stand idly by and let this critical moment in the history of the Internet pass with adding our voice to those defending free expression on the web. We have decided to take action, and to that end we are responding to SOPA and PIPA with a proposed legislative initiative of our own: the Stop Online Boredom Act (SOBA). This is a new law that calls for harsh punishment for those responsible for mindless, boring content that is posted to the Internet. After all, if SOPA passes, everyone will be so terrified of…

  • The Golden Age of Gaming Addiction

    Shahar Goldfinger
    17 Jan 2012 | 7:34 am
    How I feel about being a gamer in our society up until the past year can be summed up in 2 words:  It sucks. I started out gaming at the early age of 5, but soon enough most of my friends gamed in one form or another, it’s the most regular thing in the world, right? A kid playing around with videogames, back then it felt like the most natural thing in the world, but even then I felt like something was amiss.  I was always more dedicated, more emotional and more addicted (some would say) to gaming. My gaming addiction became clear around 11th grade.  It was obvious that gaming…

  • A Wedding – Social Media Style

    Kevin Swaine
    5 Jan 2012 | 9:54 am
      In the time that I have been working in social media, I have seen how social media has been used to help launch a company, promote a product or even to help organize a protest. Last week I saw how social media directly impacted an event in my life by making the world that much smaller. This past Wednesday, I was lucky enough to marry the most incredible woman in the world, okay so you might think that I am a little biased but the facts are the facts! So a little background is that I come from Johannesburg, South Africa and she is from London in the UK so we have family and friends…

  • Spend New Year’s Eve Partying with Your Facebook Buddies from Around the World on .Friends

    Ayelet Noff
    29 Dec 2011 | 10:55 am
    This post was originally posted on socialmedia.biz on December 28th. You and your friends from all over the world walk into a bar on New Year’s Eve. The music is great, the bartender is friendly, and you and all your friends are dressed up in your favorite outfits. Your friend from London decides to pick a different song from the jukebox, your friend from Brazil decides to listen to the band instead, while the buddy you just met from Istanbul decides to play a cool YouTube video on the wall of the bar. You head out to the dance floor, whip out some amazing dance moves that are…

  • Take A Trip Down Memory Lane With Facebook Timeline

    Kevin Swaine
    21 Dec 2011 | 11:09 am
    Post written by Kevin Swaine I am not ashamed to say that I am, and always have been fascinated by time travel. Be it Doc Brown’s Delorean or the Doctor’s TARDIS, anything to do with time travel has me jumping up and down for more. You can imagine my joy when Facebook rolled out the Timeline option. One of the great things about working in a new media firm is that we found out about the Facebook Timeline a few months ago and I have been delving into it for quite some time now. It is no secret that we all live on Facebook nowadays. We have all seen and heard the statistics: if Facebook was…
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  • Check out our Headliners! Mayim Bialik, The Aggrolites, Todd Barry, Moshe Kasher

    Rabbi Yonah
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:02 pm
    We are pleased to announce our headliners for our 8th Annual Jewlicious Festival. The phenomenal actress and brain scientist Mayim Bialik (Blossom, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Big Bang Theory), the most upbeat band in LA, The Aggrolites (Coachella, Vans Warped Tour, SXSW) and two of America’s Funniest men, Todd Barry (The Wrestler, Louie, Flight of the Conchords, Letterman, Conan) and Moshe Kasher (2009 iTunes comic of the year, Jimmy Fallon, Chelsea Lately). Amazing musicians Moshav and Dustdowl Revival will be playing sets as well! Advance Ticket sale extended by one week until February…

  • The Jewish Publisher’s Suggestion Israel is Planning to Assassinate Obama; Orthodox Politicos Discuss the New Frum White House Chief of Staff

    TheJewishChannel
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:44 am
    The real story behind the Atlanta Jewish Times flap, and leading Orthodox political professionals talk about what it’s like to be frum and helping to run the country.

  • Save the Jews!! Deadline Jan. 28th

    ck
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:27 pm
    Hey all you entrepreneurial “change the world” folks out there! Disappointed that you missed the boat on applying for a local PresenTense Fellowship? The second coming is at hand! You can apply for the PresenTense Global Summer Institute. PresenTense’s 6th Global Summer Institute will bring together 16 people from around the world with new ideas or projects that are focused on bettering the Jewish people (areas like Jewish Ed, community building, social action, the arts, green, tech). Over an intense 6 week period (June 10-July 28), they teach fellows how to start a new…

  • Shalom Haters: Israeli/North African MC SHI 360 IS BACK!

    Shemspeed
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:51 am
    Israeli/North African MC SHI 360 releases “Shalom Haters” video which received over 30,000 unique views in one week and debuted on Vibe Magazine’s All Hip Hop site. This Platinum artist from Israel, has toured all over the world with acts from Subliminal to Killah Priest. The video shares a title with SHI 360′s full length break out English record, ‘Shalom Haters’ which hit stores world-wide today’s on Shemspeed/360 Music Records. WATCH THE VIDEO, GET THE SINGLE AND BUY THE ALBUM DIRECT AT www.shemspeed.com/shalom SHI 360 is anything but your typical…

  • Kosher Jesus: Rabbi Shmuley and Rabbi Yonah Discuss his Controversial new Book

    Rabbi Yonah
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:43 am
    Join Jewlicious and Nessah for the West Coast Launch of Rabbi Shmuley’s controversial book Kosher Jesus. This Interview Between Rabbi Yonah Bookstein and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach will discuss: What Is The Real Story of Jesus Did He Invent A New Religion and Who Killed Him.” As readers know Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s book has created an international firestorm and this is sure to be a very stimulating event. Thursday JAN. 26th 8pm Nessah Educational & Cultural Center 142 South Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA (310) 273-2400 ‎ 8PM $15 at the door
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  • Use Your Job Strengths For A Faster Job Search

    Jacob Share
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:30 pm
    Trying to stand out in a crowd is not always the best way to stand out. This got me thinking I was once chatting with an old friend of mine about his dating struggles. Or rather, struggles about his lack of serious dating. In his late 30′s, single and wanting very much to start a family, he felt the pressure mounting as time crept on. As a result, he began looking for new ways to meet that special someone. Later that year, he signed up to a major dating site and spent 3 months meeting site members whose profiles showed that they had similar interests. Unfortunately, the 3 months went by…

  • Job Search at Work? 5 Must-Read Tips

    Jacob Share
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    Put less pressure on yourself by job searching while employed. This is a guest post by Dave Thomas. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. There are always individuals with jobs who for one reason or another choose to search for a different position. When those cases arise, it behooves the individual to be as discreet as possible so that their present employer is not privy to their search, something that in the end could cost the employee their present job. The last thing you want is to really need to search for a job because you just lost your…

  • 15 Conversation Starters That Make Networking Events Great

    Jacob Share
    12 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    Beat the biggest problem people have with networking events. Some ideas on how to break the ice at your next networking event or just on the street. After a recent all-day conference, I was about to head home when a friend there, Natasha Shine of Rounds, said she was on her way down the street for the evening networking event at another all-day conference. “Well… I’m pretty tired,” I told her. “Come on, you’ll meet a lot of entrepreneurs,” she pushed back, and that was all it took. Good thing I went. I did meet a lot of entrepreneurs, including some…

  • Were You Laid Off or Fired? Why It Matters

    Jacob Share
    4 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    Stop shooting yourself in the foot. This article is brought to you by JP Morgan. Would you want a technology career at JP Morgan? Fired vs. Laid off: What’s the difference? The word ‘layoff’ gets thrown about very easily, especially when times are tough and the unemployment rate is high, but getting laid off and getting fired aren’t the same thing. Getting fired – when a person is let go from a company, often due to their poor performance, without any hope of being rehired Example: if he hadn’t resigned first, David Sokol probably would have been fired by…

  • The Top 11 JobMob Articles of 2011

    Jacob Share
    31 Dec 2011 | 2:34 pm
    A visual look back at the JobMob articles enjoyed most in 2011. Enjoy! 1) How To Make Your Own Cool Facebook Resume 2) 50 Most Creative Recruitment Ads in the World 3) 111 Smart Resume Section Headings and Titles 4) 125+ Creative Business Card Designs That Make You Unforgettable 5) Not Just For Students: Where to Apply for Internship Programs in Israel in 2011 6) 7 Life-Changing Job Trends You Need to Know About 7) 7 Company Research Tips Before The Job Interview 8) 55 Hidden Job Finding Tips WITHOUT Using Social Media 9) 10 Good Things To Do While Between Jobs 10) 10 Ways to Build a Killer…
 
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  • ‫החלקה על הקרח‬

    ‫admin‬
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:37 am
    לפיכך, מגרש החלקה בנויה. תיבת קרח נוצץ עם כפור, שירות חדרים מוכן, קנה סוסים, רוצה זמן כדי לפתוח את שעריה בפני מבקרים, אבל … בוני הלך הביתה, ואנחנו אחד על אחד עם קנס אובייקט מעוצב, אשר, באופן עקרוני, היה עסק מורכב מבחינה טכנית ודורש תשומת לב מתמדת שלך. איפה אתה מתחיל לעבוד על ההחלקה עד ההשבעה שלו? קודם כל, שוב לבדוק את הכישורים של…

  • ‫התחל באמת להרוויח כסף‬

    ‫admin‬
    21 Jan 2012 | 4:10 am
    מהותה של הכנסה מוצלחת היא ליצור ערך ללקוח של טובין או שירותים. לעניות דעתי טבע יכול לקבוע . אם אתה רוצה להרוויח הכנסה, עליך לספק משהו שהם ישלמו לך תמורת תשלום etupotrebitelskuyu. מעשה עלות משלוח יכול להיות ישיר כמו מכירת מוצר או שירות שימושי או, זה יכול להיות עקיפה, כמו מתן שירות ללא תשלום ולקבל רווחיה באמצעים אחרים. אבל בכל מקרה פעילות…

  • ‫ראיונות עבודה‬

    ‫admin‬
    13 Jan 2012 | 3:39 pm
    מדריכי ראיון רבים, לייעץ המועמדים לענות המשותף "מה החולשה הגדולה ביותר שלך?" השאלה עם תכונה חיובית מחופש חולשה. לדוגמה, "אני נוטה לצפות מאחרים לעבוד קשה כמו לי" או "אני פרפקציוניסט". זה יהיה טעות. למה? מכיוון מראיינים שמעו את התשובות האלה משומר שוב ושוב. אם אתה משתמש אחד מהם יהיה כנראה להיות השפעה שלילית עליך. מאחר…

  • ‫eLance.com‬

    ‫admin‬
    7 Jan 2012 | 11:39 am
    מיקור חוץ, עברה ברוב של למעלה העמודות לשיפור היעילות מכובדות דרך eLance.com. אתר זה מציע חוסך זמן גישה למומחיות באיכות גבוהה שמאפשר לך להוריד את הפרויקטים ליישום מהיר, למקסם את התקציב ולהפסיק להתמקד פריטים אלה לא מוקצה בקלות. אם הפרויקט חשבת נופל לתוך אחד עשר קטגוריות נתמך כרגע על ידי Elance, אתה ממש בעסק: 1) תוכנה וטכנולוגיה, 2) כתיבה…

  • ‫גיוס כספים‬

    ‫admin‬
    1 Jan 2012 | 8:40 am
    כדי להבטיח את ההצלחה ארוכת הטווח של ארגון ללא כוונת רווח, הארגון עצמו חייב להתמקד ערכי הליבה שלהם תוך כדי תנועה עם הזמן. בנוסף חזון ברור, יש צורך יותר מתמיד, ארגונים מבינים כי כמותג ואת המיקום בהתאם. בשנת 2000 היו כ 681 000 ארגונים ללא כוונת רווח (מלכ"רים) בגרמניה. שש שנים לאחר מכן, המספר יהיה גבוה בהרבה. במיוחד עמותות זרות בשנים…
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  • Testing Anti-Charedi Sentiment

    Yitzchok Adlerstein
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:03 am
    What happens when two very secular Israeli journalists don charedi garb, and show up in chiloni redoubts? Not very much, and it proves even less. The television journalists decide to test the contention that charedim face as much hostility from chilonim as eight year old girls in Beit Shemesh face from Sikrikim and company. They manage to elicit some bemused stares, but no violence. If anything, they are dealt with politely – but then again, they speak politely themselves. The greatest hostility evidenced is in their own mocking of charedim. Nonetheless, it is fun to watch – especially…

  • It’s a Strange World

    Yitzchok Adlerstein
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:28 am
    In more ways than one. I somehow missed this item in November when the story was first reported in the press, only to receive it today from a Muslim source. Jews and Muslims here and in Europe are part of a joint listserv monitoring threats to shechita and halal slaughter. I told you it was a strange world. In any event, it seems that changing the feed of geese to some kind of organic mixture, plus refraining from the customary practice of forced-feed fattening produces birds whose livers taste exactly like pork. Ashkenzic Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger has already given his kashrus OK to the…

  • Praying for Contemporary Captives

    Avi Shafran
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:25 am
    It was over a decade ago, in the wake of a spate of terrible terrorist attacks on Jews in Eretz Yisrael, that the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah called upon Jews to recite chapters of Tehillim (they suggested chapters 83, 130, and 142) in shul after davening, followed by the short prayer “Acheinu,” a supplication to G-d to show mercy to His people. Many shuls, to their great credit, to this day still dutifully seize that special merit at the end of their services. None of us can know what dangers that collective credit may have averted, may be averting still. It occurred to me, though, that…

  • Welcome Words From a Spiritual Giant

    Yitzchok Adlerstein
    24 Jan 2012 | 1:39 am
    It has been over thirty years since I met Yaakov Katz, and I’ve regretted ever since that I have not had an opportunity to stay in touch with him. Ketzalah, as everyone calls him, is a larger-than-life figure that one can never forget. The cane he hobbled on even back then was dwarfed by his warm, engaging, constant smile. It was a reminder of his hip taking a direct hit from an Egyptian RPG in the Yom Kippur War. His elite officers-only unit of twelve men killed all seventy of the enemy in that battle. Hanging on to life by a thread, he pledged to the Ribbono Shel Olam that if He let him…

  • Shark Feeding Frenzy

    Shira Schmidt
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:56 am
    When my husband was a flight surgeon on the US Air Force base in Guam, he witnessed a feeding frenzy by sharks. Daily, a huge garbage truck would gingerly back up to the edge of a cliff, and dump the waste into the Pacific. In 40 seconds sharks made mincemeat of the garbage, leaving disposable dishes floating. In another 20 seconds those were also disposed of by sharks. If you can’t go to Guam, you can see a shark feeding frenzy on the Discovery Channel. Or you can follow the current media frenzy against haredim in Israel. Perhaps this is what Rabbi Chanina had in mind when he…
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    Elder of Ziyon

  • 84 killed in Syria today

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:40 pm
    Al Arabiya is reporting that the death toll in Syria today is 84 people, most of them in Hama. There was also a car bomb attack and an ambush against Syrian forces, killing 12. This is besides the massacre in Homs yesterday, where 14 members of a single family were shot or hacked to death, including 8 children. Meanwhile, the Free Syrian Army says it captured five members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Homs: A group of Syria’s opposition “Free Army” has released a video showing what it was said were seven Iranians, including five members of the Revolutionary Guards, captured in the…

  • Fayyad whines that the world isn't focused on Palestinian Arabs anymore

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:10 am
    From Al Arabiya: Fayyad and Peres at Davos The Middle East peace process is at its lowest point in two decades and the events of the Arab Spring have forced it down the world agenda, the Palestinian prime minister complained Thursday as EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said that the end of informal talks between Palestinians and Israel does not mean the two sides have reached an “impasse.” Salam Fayyad, a moderate whose remit does not extend beyond the West Bank, told delegates at the Davos forum of global business leaders that the peace process was desperately in need of outside…

  • A leftist talks about the "Israel-Firster" label (Tablet)

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am
    From Spencer Ackerman in Tablet: At the risk of sounding like the shtetl police, there’s a right way and a wrong way for American Jews to argue with one another. The right way focuses on whose ideas are better—for America, for Israel, for the Jewish community, and for the world. The Jewish left should be right at home with this kind of substantive debate, since I believe those ideas are better than those of our cousins on the Jewish right. But the wrong way, regretfully, is now on the rise among Jewish progressives. Some on the left have recently taken to using the term “Israel…

  • Report: Hamas has already unofficially quit Syria

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:52 am
    From Reuters: The leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, has effectively abandoned his headquarters in the Syrian capital, Damascus, diplomatic and intelligence sources said on Friday. “Meshaal is not staying in Syria as he used to do. He is almost out all the time,” said a diplomat in the region who spoke on condition on anonymity. A regional intelligence source, who also did not wish to be identified, said: “He’s not going back to Syria. That’s the decision he’s made. There’s still a Hamas presence there, but it’s insignificant.” The sources…

  • Hamas radicals don't want "moderate" Meshal to step down

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:41 am
    From YNet: Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mashaal met with top Hamas military wing delegates in Cairo on Thursday. According to the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat, the mission, headed by Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades Chief Ahmed Jabari and his deputy Marwan Issa, urged Mashaal not to step down. The Politburo chief had recently announced that he will not seek another term as Hamas' political leader, sprouting a torrent of rumors as to his possible successor. The al Qassam Brigades is Hamas' terrorist wing. they are not officially part of the Hamas government, although most of their…
 
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  • When the President (of Palestine) is a mass murderer

    Vic Rosenthal
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:33 pm
    From Ha’aretz: [Marwan] Barghouti, who is likely to become the next Palestinian President, was convicted by the Israeli justice system of five counts of murder – four Israelis and a Greek monk – during the second intifada. There is no question he supported and encouraged violence. Actually, as the head of the Fatah Tanzim during the second intifada,  he was almost certainly responsible for many other murders. But the prosecution was unable to provide sufficient evidence to convict him of more than five, for which he received five life sentences. In a normal world it would be…

  • Israel will attack Iran

    Vic Rosenthal
    25 Jan 2012 | 5:20 pm
    In today’s New York Times is a long article by Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman entitled “Will Israel Attack Iran?” It is the best-informed article I’ve read on this subject yet. It is also rational and fair — there are no villains other than the Iranian regime. It is a must-read. Bergman has interviewed Ehud Barak and several former Mossad heads. He includes a fascinating account of the various covert actions undertaken by the Mossad and perhaps other agencies like the CIA, to delay the Iranian weapons program. There are voices in Israel that say that an attack…

  • The evolution of the Oldest Hatred

    Vic Rosenthal
    22 Jan 2012 | 7:53 pm
    An "anti-Zionist" demonstrates in San Francisco, 2009. No Jew-hatred here! Somebody asked me to expand on the remark I made Friday, when I said, Today the impulse to hate — at least as it affects the more sophisticated Americans and Europeans — is directed at the concrete national expression of the Jewish people, the state of Israel, rather than at ‘the Jews’ … Irrational, obsessive hate is irrational, obsessive hate. Only the object is different. And the bloody results can be the same. People that hate Israel every bit as viciously as the Nazis hated Jews are at pains…

  • What’s good for Israel is good for the USA (apologies to General Bullmoose)

    Vic Rosenthal
    20 Jan 2012 | 1:46 pm
    Lately I’ve been reading a lot about whether certain bloggers associated with the Center for American Progress (CAP) — an organization ‘closely linked to the White House’ — have crossed the line by using the expression “Israel-Firsters” for American supporters of Israel. Peter Wallsten of the Washington Post provides a relatively neutral summary of the controversy here. I am beginning to think that nothing is less productive than discussing whether a particular expression or person is antisemitic. Certainly saying that “American Jews are…

  • Israel’s information enemies

    Vic Rosenthal
    19 Jan 2012 | 6:42 pm
    Hard-Left Ha'aretz publisher Amos Schoken: a "main enemy" of Israel A report from Steve Linde, editor of the Jerusalem Post, about a conversation with PM Netanyahu: “He said, ‘You know, Steve, we have two main enemies,’ ” Linde had said on Wednesday of Netanyahu, according to a recording of the WIZO speech provided to JTA. “And I thought he was going to talk about, you know, Iran, maybe Hamas. He said, ‘It’s The New York Times and Haaretz.’ He said, ‘They set the agenda for an anti-Israel campaign all over the world. Journalists read them every morning and…
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  • וול סטריט: המסחר ננעל בירידות שערים

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:43 pm
    המדדים בבורסה בניו יורק ננעלו בירידות: מדד הדאו ג'ונס ירד ב-0.18 אחוז, מדד הנסדא"ק ירד ב-0.46 ומדד 500 החברות ירד ב-0.57

  • בלעדי: 'ועדת קדמי' ממליצה להפחית את המכסים על מאות מוצרי מזון

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:17 pm
    ההמלצה תוגש לשר האוצר ולשר התמ"ת ביום ראשון. המכסים על מיצים, בשר, נקניקים וטונה יופחתו בעשרות אחוזים. ההסתדרות מתנגדת לפגיעה במכון התקנים

  • קשרי משפחה: "קסטרו" לא מתכוונת לרדת מהבמה

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:40 am
    הרשתות הבינלאומיות שכובשות כל חלקת קניון טובה, לא מדאיגות את מנכ"ל "קסטרו" גבי רוטר. בראיון הוא מספר על הלילות נטולי השינה אחרי הפלופ באירופה, לא מכחיש אפשרות ליציאה נוספת לחו"ל ומדגיש: "השקת קו האופנה החדש היא לא סוף פסוק"

  • תחקיר: איך דב מורן שרף 120 מיליון דולר על פרויקט חסר סיכוי?

    26 Jan 2012 | 8:54 am
    בסוף 2010, רגע לפני שמיזם הסלולר מודו קרס ושרף למשקיעים כ-120 מיליון דולר, ניסה המנכ"ל והמייסד דב מורן לגייס כסף מהציבור בשוק ההון הישראלי. מה היה מצבה האמיתי של מודו ערב ניסיון ההנפקה הכושל? תחקיר עסקים שישי

  • הצרכנייה: פיצה

    26 Jan 2012 | 8:53 am
    והיום: חבורת הטועמים שלנו זנחה את מדידת הקלוריות והסכימה לטעום 3 פיצות חדשות של דומינו'ס. הזוכה בקטגוריה: הפיצה הבשרית, בזכות כמויות נדיבות של בשר ורוטב ושילוב טעמים מוצלח
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  • לבני תפגש עם מנהיג אופוזיציה איראני גולה

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:59 am
    יו"ר קדימה תיוועד עם אמיר עבאס פאחרבאר, ראש ארגון סטודנטים פרו מערבי שברח לארה"ב מפחד השלטונות בטהרן ומבקר כעת בישראל

  • איראן: בחודש הבא נחשוף יכולות צבאיות חדשות בתחום הטילים

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:33 am
    שר ההגנה של הרפובליקה האיסלאמית הכריז כי ארצו פיתחה אמצעי תחמושת מתוחכמים, כלי שיט ותעופה חדישים וכן הגיעה להישגים נוספים בתחום הטילים. לדבריו, הדבר מעיד על חוסר האפקטיביות של הסנקציות האמריקאיות. הוא ציין שהכלים לא נועדו להוות איום על מדינות שכנות ופותחו אך ורק לשם הרתעה

  • התינוק נחנק למוות, המעון המשיך לפעול

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:30 am
    גם שבועיים לאחר שבן 4 חודשים מת בפעוטון מאולתר לילדי עובדים זרים, המקום לא נסגר. משרד התמ"ת: לא יכולים לאכוף את צו הסגירה

  • דיווח: משעל עזב את סוריה ולא מתכוון לשוב

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:14 am
    גורמים מדיניים ומודיעיניים סיפרו שמנהיג חמאס נטש את המדינה בשל מצבה הביטחוני הרעוע. המפקדה בדמשק תמשיך לפעול באופן חלקי

  • חיל הים האמריקאי יציב "בסיס צף" במזרח התיכון

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:35 am
    האיום מצד איראן לחסום את נתיב הנפט במצרי הורמוז, הביא את הפנטגון לפעול במהירות כדי לחזק את הנוכחות האמריקאית באזור המפרץ הפרסי. על פי התכנית, תוצב בשטח הימי ספינת מלחמה שתשמש בסיס אם ליחידות קומנדו אשר יבצעו משימות סודיות ויפעלו לנטרול מוקשים בנתיבים הימיים
 
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  • אזרנקה זכתה באליפות אוסטרליה

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:32 am
    הבלארוסית (3) שייטה ל-3:6, 0:6 על שראפובה ולתואר גראנד סלאם ראשון בקריירה. הבונוס: העפלה למקום הראשון בעולם. הרוסייה (4) שוב כשלה בגמר מול טניסאית צעירה וחסרת ניסיון

  • גביע אנגלי: טוטנהאם בשמינית הגמר

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:23 am
    התרנגולים של הארי רדנאפ גברו 0:1 על ווטפורד בדרבי הלונדוני. במפגש על טהרת הפרמיירליג ניצחה אברטון 1:2 את פולהאם

  • דוויין ווין: ווייד חזר וניצח

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:15 am
    הגארד הכוכב של מיאמי קלע 28 על הניקס אחרי היעדרות של שבועיים, אורלנדו חטפו בניו אורלינס וקלעו 67 נקודות. הבולס והת'נדר ממשיכות לנצח, הסלטיקס והוולבס ממשיכים להרשים, 8 נק' לכספי בהפסד לנטס

  • חוקים משלהם: הספורט שגבר על הנאצים

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:45 am
    המקצוען שהופיע עם הארלם גלובטרוטרס, האיש שהמציא את יריב האימון הרובוטי והאלוף ששב מארה"ב להילחם בנאצים. לרגל יום השואה הבינלאומי: שבע אגדות טניס שולחן שניצחו גם את חוקי הגזע

  • קומץ? המחאה נגד טביב מתפשטת

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:34 am
    עד לא מזמן, מחאת אוהדי הפועל ת"א נגד הבוס היתה מינורית. עכשיו היא לא. חמישה נציגים - שערים שונים, אידאולוגיות שונות, תקוות זהות - לא רוצים את אלי טביב בהפועל, ואומרים לנו מדוע. פני המחאה
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  • חגיגה נחמדת: מסיבת הפתעה ללירז דרור

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:35 am
    הדוגמנית לירז דרור אמורה לנחות בארץ בקרוב, והיא לא יודעת שמחכה לה פה מסיבת הפתעה עם הרבה סלבס

  • משפחה לתפארת: רותם סלע, אריאל רוטר והתינוקת

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:33 am
    רותם סלע ואריאל רוטר יצאו מבית החולים יומיים אחרי שנכנסו אליו ונראו רעננים וטריים. רוטר סחב את המנשא וסלע הצליחה להיכנס בקלות למכנסי סקיני ג'ינס ולהיראות כאילו אין לה מושג מה היא עושה במקום. לידה? לא משהו שקשור אליה. בתוך העגלה עם השמיכה הורודה, אם תהיתם, מתחבאת תינוקת במשקל של יותר משלושה קילו. ההורים עדיים לא סגורים על איך לקרוא…

  • מכל הבנים בעולם: נירו לוי ואיתן אורבך יושבים לפלאפל

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:05 am
    שני רווקים מבוקשים שיושבים ביחד בפלאפל "גבאי" זה לא עניין פשוט. נירו לוי, שלטענתו עדיין לא עבר לגור עם אורטל סולימן פותח שולחן עם איתן אורבך, שהציע נישואים לדניאל טרקאי אך נענה בשלילה. שניהם עושים עם פיתה פלאפל בדיוק מה שבנות היו עושות עם דלי גלידה: מטביעים בה את צערם. השלב הבא: שירים של סלין דיון. ככה זה

  • צעירה במצח: הפנים של קמרון דיאז מוזרות

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:37 am
    קמרון דיאז נצפתה לאחרונה באירועים כשהפנים שלה לא נראים במיטבם- ואפילו מוזרים קצת. מה קורה איתה?

  • רגב הוד מנשק: הגיע לירושלים לקבל ברכה

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:03 am
    הזמר עלה לירושלים כדי לקבל ברכה ולנשק את אבני הכותל. הכל לקראת מופע חדש שיעלה בקרוב
 
 
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  • ‫Public Diplomacy Disrupted‬

    ‫Niv Calderon‬
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:13 am
    Tweet בכנס המתקרב של "רשתות ודמוקרטיה" אני הולך לדבר על דיפלומטיה ציבורית ועל איך היא "מופרעת" בשנים האחרונות על ידי טכנולוגיות, יזמויות, חשיבה מחוץ לקופסה ועל ידי קראוד סורסינג. אני הולך לדבר על דינוזאורים, על סטאר טרק, על פייסבוק ועל אהבה. שם ההרצאה שלי (שמתוזמנת ל- 15 דקות) הוא Public Diplomacy Disrupted. השם הוא התכתבות עם המונח Disruptive…

  • ‫Building Better Communities- Video‬

    ‫Niv Calderon‬
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:15 am
    TweetThreadless designs, crowd sourced Harper Reed works for Threadless, the crowd sourced design community, established at 2000. In this video, Reed presents his five tips for building a better community for your business. Here are the five tips: 1- Authenticity 2- Purpose 3- Safety 4- Empowerment 5- Trust The video is less than 17 minutes and I found it really helpful. Enjoy.

  • ‫Eight Thoughts About Crowd Sourcing‬

    ‫Niv Calderon‬
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:15 am
    Tweet 1- All new media specialists know that most marketing executives don't get social media unless its broken down to the language they get, i.e a simple "show me the money" ROI conversation. 2- It is crystal clear to new media people that there's a lot of money in social but that the money never comes straight forward but rather indirectly. Dell, however, showed it's possible to make it in the shortest way possible. 3- Customer support was the new marketing of 2009. We're now at 2012. Crowd sourcing is the new marketing. 4- Community management is a new role companies should…

  • ‫החיים הדיגיטליים הורסים לנו את החיים: המשך‬

    ‫Niv Calderon‬
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    Tweet "עלינו להתנתק על מנת להתחבר לעצמנו". יש המון עוד מה לעשות בנוגע לחיים הדיגיטליים והשפעתם על חיינו והווייתנו. אישית אני דוגל בשיטת Reclaim your life או ב- Occupy SelfStreet הלכבוש את וולסטריט בגירסת האני המשועבד לטכנולוגיה. ירדן לוינסקי, אגב,  כתב תכנית 12 צעדים לגמילה מהתתמכרות לעידכונים. לוינסקי, פסיכיאטר במקצועו, מדבר המון על טכנולוגיה…

  • ‫דמוקרטיה ברשת- הזמנה לאירוע פתוח לקהל‬

    ‫Niv Calderon‬
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:35 am
    Tweetבעוד מספר ימים אני הולך לדבר באירוע ראשון מסוגו בישראל שמדבר על דמוקרטיה ברשת. האירוע היחודי יתקיים ב- 5 בפברואר במרכז נא לגעת ביפו. עד אתמול היה האירוע בתשלום, אך בגלל הדרישה הגוברת הוא נפתח לקהל הרחב ללא תשלום. יש לציין, עם זאת, שמספר המקומות מוגבל ורצוי להירשם בהקדם כדי להבטיח את מקומכם. בין הדוברים אפשר למנות את שיזף רפאלי,…
 
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  • ‫צרת רבים – Dealing with Availability and Scalability‬

    ‫ימי גליק‬
    4 Jan 2012 | 3:53 am
    לחברות הענק בתעשיית הדוט קום יש בעיות קשות באספקת שירות מהיר ורציף למליוני משתמשים בזמן אמת.  הנפילות התכופות בטוויטר ואלה הפחות תכופות בפייסבוק הן דוגמיות של בעיה זו וההתמודדות איתה מתחלקת לשני תחומים שלובים: Scalability and Availability.  ב- Scalability הכוונה ליכולת לשרת היטב כמות משתנה של משתמשים כשקצה יכולת המערכת נמצא הרבה מעבר למספר…

  • ‫כנס UX לדוט קום הישראלי‬

    ‫ימי גליק‬
    9 Jul 2011 | 12:34 pm
    נושא ה- UX בדוט קום הישראלי הוא עניין בעייתי. בעוד שאנו מסתדרים בצד הטכנולוגי והיזמי אנחנו נשארים לרוב הרחק מאחור בנושא חוויית המשתמש. מה יש (או אין) ברוב החברות הישאליות שמונע מהן מלהגיע להשגים בנושא זה? אני חושב שבמקרה של ישראל מדובר בשילוב של שני גורמים: קהות אסטטית וחשיבה על פתרונות (מוצריים וטכנולוגיים) במקום על משתמשים. מעולם…

  • ‫עוד מחשבות גוגל פלוס‬

    ‫ימי גליק‬
    2 Jul 2011 | 2:52 pm
    למי שלא קרא, הצעתי שגוגל יחברו את הרשת החברתית שלהם לג'ימייל ויאפשרו יצירת הודעות אימייל שהם מעגלי Ad Hoc לגוגל פלוס. כך ישדרגו בצורה ניכרת את האימייל שלהם ויהפכו את המנגנונים החברתיים לחלק אינטגראלי מעבודת היום יום שלנו.  

  • ‫מה גוגל צריכה לעשות כדי ש- Google+ יצליח‬

    ‫ימי גליק‬
    1 Jul 2011 | 8:39 am
    ה- Google+ הוא שירות חביב שסיכויי ההצלחה שלו קלושים. הבעיה העיקרית בו היא ההתעלמות מכך שרשתות חברתיות לא נוצרות יש מאין ואם יש משהו שגוגל לא מצליחה לקלוט זה זמן רב זוהי הדינמיקה החברתית. העובדה שהוספתי כמה עשרות אנשים למעגלים של Google+ לא הופך אותנו לרשת חברתית ותהליך הבניה של רשת כזו הוא תהליך ממושך שצריך להיות קשור למשהו מחוץ למעגלים…

  • ‫כנס איגוד ההייטק שהיה – מאמר אורח‬

    ‫מאמר אורח‬
    12 Jun 2011 | 1:54 am
    מנהלים, משקיעים, יועצים, בנקאים ואנשי טכנולוגיה מ-48 מדינות התקבצו בימים שלישי עד חמישי לפני שבועיים, יחד עם כל תעשיית ההיי-טק הישראלית לוועידה הנחשבת ליוצאת דופן גם ברמה בינלאומית – ועידת ההיי-טק הישראלית של איגוד תעשיית ההיי-טק. יותר משזו היתה ועידה שהציגה את ההי-טק הישראלי, זו היתה ועידה גלובלית שבה נוצרו מפגשים שהובילו…
 
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  • נינטנדו מתכוונת להשיק שירות מקוון מתחרה לאקסבוקס לייב

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:26 am
    לאחר שפרסמה אזהרת רווח לראשונה מאז 1981, נינטנדו מקווה להמציא את עצמה מחדש על ידי התמקדות בשירותים מקוונים, תמיכה ברכישת משחקים בצורה מקוונת וב-NFC

  • מגה-iTunes: תנו לנו לשלם

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:17 am
    הפיראטיות לא תחוסל על ידי סגירת שירותים כמו מגה־אפלוד, אלא באמצעות חנויות מקוונות שיאפשרו לגולשים להוציא כסף על התוכן שהם אוהבים

  • ערוץ Play: ישנים עם מפורסמים

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:03 am
    דרך מקורית במיוחד לטייל בהוליווד, וגם: סרט על נאצים בחלל, ראש הממשלה שהעתיק נאום ממייקל דאגלס, שירות הודעות פיקטיבי ומעצבן במיוחד ומלך העכבישים

  • עדיף שהכסף יישאר כחול-לבן

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:54 am
    ההשקעות שמבצעות קרנות זרות בחברות ישראליות אינן פסולות, אבל התרחבות התופעה עלולה למוטט את תעשיית ההון סיכון הישראלית

  • רצים לספר לחבר'ה

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:25 am
    הודעות השרשרת לא מתות: גם ב-2012 כדאי שתעצרו כדי לבדוק מה עומד מאחוריהן, רגע לפני שאתם מעבירים אותן הלאה
 
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  • Film Shows Palestinians, Jews Saving Lives

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    (Jerusalem Post) Judy Siegel-Itzkovich - A 25-minute film about cooperation between Jewish and Palestinian volunteer paramedics for the Orthodox Jerusalem organization United Hatzalah has been broadcast four times this month by the global Arab TV network Al Jazeera in English. "Saving lives is a religious act for me," says Fadi, one of 100 Arabs currently volunteering for UH. "People need to live."

  • U.S.: "Premature" to Use Military Force Against Iran

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    (National Journal) Yochi J. Dreazen and Kevin Baron - The current U.S.-led push to force Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions through steadily increasing economic and diplomatic pressure is beginning to show results and it would be "premature" to resort to military force, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview on Thursday. Dempsey said he'd delivered a similar message to Israel's top leadership during a visit there last week. Israeli leaders see an Iranian nuclear weapon as a direct threat to their survival, and believe Iran may be just months…

  • Israeli Scientists: Tracking Microclimates Could Help Feed the World

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    (Reuters) Rinat Harash and Ari Rabinovitch - Scientists in Israel have developed a way of using satellite images to help farmers detect small-scale changes in climate and improve their harvests. The new system divides fields into smaller microclimates that guide farmers on the best way to work each individual plot. It tells them when it is best to plant seeds, when to spray pesticides and even which crop is most suitable for each square-kilometer field, said Uri Dayan, a climatologist from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The method was published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological…

  • Iran Threatens to Act First on EU Embargo

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    (Financial Times-UK) Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Javier Blas - Iran has threatened to pre-empt a European embargo on its oil by halting its exports to the region immediately, a move that could hit economically weak southern European countries. The EU this week approved a ban on crude oil imports from Iran from July 1, a five-month delay designed to give Greece, Spain and Italy time to find alternative supplies. Emad Hosseini, spokesman for the Iranian parliament's energy committee, said lawmakers in Tehran were finalizing a draft bill to stop all oil trade with Europe before the EU begins its oil…

  • Ignoring Ahmadinejad's Calls for Jewish Genocide Is a Grave Mistake

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    (Commentary) Evelyn Gordon - The Holocaust-denying Ahmadinejad never misses an opportunity to call for "wiping Israel off the map." Since there's no way to eradicate Israel without also slaughtering a large number of its 7.8 million inhabitants, that is a blatant call for mass murder. But as Prof. Shlomo Avineri pointed out this month, even more troubling is the silence of world Jewry on this issue - a stark contrast to its activism over, say, Soviet Jews. Partly, this may be due to a widespread sentiment that words matter less than deeds - which explains why Jewish groups have been active in…
 
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    Life in Israel

  • Brand New Song from MBD "Omdos Hayu Ragleinu" (video)

    Rafi G.
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:10 am
    Brand New Song from MBD "Omdos Hayu Ragleinu"

  • Quote Of The Day

    Rafi G.
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:36 am
    Quote Of The Day Our family wants to make this demonstration as a big hug to all the Chareidim who have to suffer living amongst these criminals. I hope we can help provide them with the strength to deal with the suffering which they must cause them and also empower them to fight against it by joining our cry.    --- Omri Mashiach, brother of Natalie Mashiach The family will not let the demonstration be political - nothing against the iriyah, no local politicians speaking. The title of the demonstration is "Don't let extremism kill" Tuesday - 6:00 PM - at the plaza of the Rontal and…

  • Sending Flowers From RBS To Natalie Mashiach

    Rafi G.
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:12 am
    The following message was sent to the local email list and I encourage people to participate. -- Natali Mashiach experienced the darker side of RBS a few days ago.. It's now our chance to show her we abhor this radical behaviour and we Do have a Heart! Your last opportunity to put a few Shekels in the box at Gals Flower Shop (next to Yaaleh bakery on Nahal Kishon) is Friday 11.30am. Thee bouquets will be sent to Natali in Bet Shemesh at Noon. She will be pleasantly surprised when we convey the True Loving side of our exceptionally warm community!! Dont miss out! Let's fill the…

  • The smash glass that wouldn't (video)

    Rafi G.
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:22 am
    The smash glass that wouldn't

  • Nokia ringtone during concert of classical music (video)

    Rafi G.
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:17 am
    Nokia ringtone during concert of classical music The violinist performing in the video below is clearly very talented, as well as a quick thinker.. Maybe when someone's cellphone goes off in shul the chazzan should start singing the services to the same tune...
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  • Divide and Rule Israel

    Yoel Meltzer
    16 Jan 2012 | 2:21 pm
    Historically one of the most effective ways for overcoming an opponent is to employ the tactic of “divide and conquer”. Whether on the battlefield or the playing field, this all purpose method can be adapted to fit nearly any situation. Interestingly, the Hebrew translation of this popular phrase is “divide and rule”. In light of recent events in Israel it is clear that the Hebrew translation is far more suitable for this society since the name of the game in Israel is not to conquer per se but simply to rule. Seen from this angle, a clear pattern can be discerned from…

  • Whose Compassion?

    Yoel Meltzer
    8 Jan 2012 | 2:28 pm
    One of the most intriguing back-to-back verses in the Hebrew prayer book is the plea made three times daily by the Jewish people to G-d, “May Our Eyes See Your Return to Zion in Compassion” and G-d’s ensuing promise that “He Restores his Presence to Zion”.  These somewhat mysterious verses are loaded with layers and layers of depth. As I was focusing on these words yesterday morning in synagogue, I was rewarded with what I believe is an insight. The standard understanding and translation of the Hebrew ve-techezena einenu be-shuvacha le-tzion be-rachamim is…

  • The Party is Over

    Yoel Meltzer
    21 Nov 2011 | 3:40 am
    As Solomon the wisest of men once said “there is nothing new under the sun”. With this in mind it should come as no surprise that the recently proposed “rightist” bills have elicited the usual responses: lots and lots of Bibi-bashing together with accusations that Israel’s democracy is under attack and that freedom of speech is being stymied. Thus, rather than seriously addressing the issues and arguing over substance, the supposed guardians of democracy simply rattle off sound bites that are designed to vilify and scare anyone who dares to see things…

  • Arab Claims of Sovereignty over the Land of Israel

    Yoel Meltzer
    9 Nov 2011 | 1:53 pm
    While in the Torah we find that G-d promised Abraham/Isaac/Jacob that their offspring would receive the Land of Israel (the Land of Canaan in the Torah), we also find that G-d promised Ishmael, the eldest son of Abraham, that he would be made into a great nation. In other words the Jewish people, amongst others things, were promised sovereignty rights over the Land of Israel while the Arabs, via Ishmael, were promised to be made into a great nation. Perhaps this is the reason that in Islam, the religion which the Arabs brought to the world, there is the concept of the ummah, the nation of…

  • Israel’s Missing Red Lines

    Yoel Meltzer
    26 Oct 2011 | 11:10 am
    Long before the Shalit deal or immediately following it, Israel should have declared any of the following: the Israeli military will respond immediately and overwhelmingly to any future kidnapping; Israel will not supply any food, electricity, medical supplies or other essential items to Gaza in the event of a future kidnapping emanating from there; any future prisoner swaps will be on an equal basis – one for one. The fact that Israel doesn’t make such declarations is indicative of a much larger problem plaguing Israel, namely it has no red lines. For instance, once upon a time…
 
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