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  • Tel Aviv University will bemoan the founding of Israel

    admin
    12 May 2012 | 8:02 am
    Tel Aviv University allowed its students to conduct a ceremony marking Naqba Day. Far from being an Arab-only event, the commemoration is expected to draw scores of Jewish students. Incidentally, the day the Arabs lost their country, we gained ours.

  • Moderate Egyptian candidate calls us an enemy

    admin
    10 May 2012 | 11:12 pm
    In the Egyptian presidential debate the allegedly moderate Fotouh called Israel an enemy, while his opponant Moussa more generously spoke of our country as an adversary. That’s after thirty-five years of peace. Both candidates promised to review the peace treaty. We are indeed indebted to Obama for the Arab Spring.

  • Palestinian hunger strikers will receive benefits

    admin
    6 May 2012 | 4:53 am
    The Israeli Prison Service is offering jailed Arab terrorists considerable benefits to end their hunger strike: more satellite TV channels, fresh fruits, free education, and the elimination of solitary confinement.

  • Israel sets quota for sun

    admin
    5 May 2012 | 6:23 am
    Environmental groups are urging the government to partially relinquish its monopoly on solar panels. Under the current guidelines, the government sets quotas for alternative energy, including solar panels, so that homeowners cannot even install solar batteries on their own rooftops—something that every other country encourages or even subsidizes. Just the officially filed demand for solar panels exceeds the amount of the quota by three times.

  • US aid for the Iron Dome is no aid at all

    admin
    2 May 2012 | 3:41 am
    We are used to cynicism of American politicians, who call their $2 billion payments to Israel “aid.” In fact, it’s an underpayment for removing Israel from the US arms-export market and using Israel as a barking dog under American control in order to gain concessions from the Arabs. In return for the $680 million in aid the US provided for development of the Iron Dome, the White House requested access to the interceptor’s technologies, which cost many times more than their ‘aid.’
 
 
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  • Say no to Nakba on campus

    16 May 2012 | 10:51 am
    Op-ed: Israel should not allow university events that mourn Jewish state's very establishment

  • What about the Arabs?

    16 May 2012 | 2:53 am
    Op-ed: A haredi response to Yaron London, who called for shrinking number of haredim in Israel

  • The power of the Diaspora

    15 May 2012 | 3:43 pm
    Op-ed: Israel should use its experience to offer global consultancy services on Diaspora relations

  • Academia’s Jew haters

    15 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Op-ed: Academic world has become vehicle for promoting anti-Semitic libel in guise of anti-Zionism
 
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    Jewneric

  • Jews Who Tweet: Meet @raffeg

    Hadassah Levy
    10 May 2012 | 8:37 am
    Why did you initially join Twitter? I originally joined Twitter just because I thought that I had to be on every social network imaginable. Years of bullying and being the odd kid out had taught me that kids were mean and didn’t really want to spend time with me (high school sorta sucked). In order

  • Is Our Problem The Technology Or The Users?

    Jon Burg
    7 May 2012 | 8:21 am
    A good player doesn’t blame his equipment when he drops the ball.  He knows that rain or shine, it’s up to him to make the play. Is technology truly ripping apart the Torah World?  Is the internet really what is ruining our children’s innocence?  Is social media truly up-ending the leadership role of our great rabbinic

  • Two Kings Wearing One Crown

    David J. Fryman
    26 Apr 2012 | 8:32 am
    The relationship between religion and ethics is a perennial problem in philosophy of religion. In one sense, it seems redundant to say that a particular action is required or prohibited on both religious and moral grounds. If God is perfectly good, it follows that what He desires from us is moral. However, there are several

  • Homophobia in the Jewish Community Must Stop

    Elke Weiss
    25 Apr 2012 | 8:26 am
    I remember the first time I heard about gay people. I was watching a protest for gay marriage and asked someone what ‘gay’ was. “It’s men who like other men. But God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” I was five and had my heart set on marrying Pete’s Dragon, so I didn’t

  • Jews Who Tweet: Meet @JYuter

    Hadassah Levy
    23 Apr 2012 | 8:19 am
    Why did you initially join Twitter? I actually joined Twitter as a front end to Facebook. I figured since I’m posting the same basic content, if I did it through Twitter it would be the same effort but I’d have the potential to reach a different audience. I also found the 140 characters was a
 
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    Arutz Sheva Opinion

  • The EU is Putting "Area C" in Play

    15 May 2012 | 11:43 pm
    The EU is taking steps to assure the PA gets control of Area C, which even the Oslo Accords put under Israeli jurisdiction and which contains all Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria.

  • Who Moved Obama's Cheese?

    15 May 2012 | 11:35 pm
    Focusing in on the redistribution of wealth issue is nothing more than a clever distraction from the real problems that are a result of Obama's ineffective decision making concerning economic and financial issues.

  • Happy Nakba Day!

    15 May 2012 | 4:10 pm
    Original suggestions for greeting cards for nakba sympathizers, followed by the real origin of the word "nakba". Get set for a surprise.

  • Nakba: 1967 in Exchange for 1948?

    15 May 2012 | 5:54 am
    Nakba vigil held on the land of a former Arab village in Tel Aviv is rather hypocritical - and naive.

  • Al Qaeda's Rise in Syria

    15 May 2012 | 5:29 am
    Bombings and other asymmetrical attacks on government and civilian targets alike are likely to become the norm for the near future in Syria. The Assad government is not going anywhere anytime soon.
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  • International Writer’s Festival a hit in Jerusalem

    Brian Blum
    16 May 2012 | 4:12 am
    Etgar Keret Gary Shteyngart The International Writer’s Festival has returned to Jerusalem packing heat. The biennial event, which kicked off on Monday, has nearly as many international writers present as Israelis, many of whom defied pressure back home to steer clear of Israel, according to Uri Dromi, director general of Mishkenot Sha’ananim, the main location of the festival (events are also taking place at cafes, cinemas and even the Mahane Yehuda market all during the week). Dromi was speaking at the opening to an enjoyable, often raucously funny meet-up between American writer Gary…

  • Adi Barkan’s BMI battle

    Jessica
    15 May 2012 | 1:54 pm
    Adi Barkan, a fashion photographer, has been working for years to get the Knesset to outlaw underweight models, following his own exposure to models suffering from anorexia and bulimia. Back in 2007, after the death of former model Hila Elmalich who was 34 and weighed less than sixty pounds, he told me the following for Women’s Wear Daily: “The problem is with society, and the low self-esteem of these girls,” says Barkan. “We need to put this out there, to make it a societal norm in Israel and the rest of the world. People need to see these anorexic bodies and move their butts and…

  • Cell phone at the supermarket? You can save big

    Brian Blum
    15 May 2012 | 3:55 am
    YouPhone is one of the new cellular carriers hitting the Israeli market Israelis won’t be saying “hallo” on their cell phones, but that doesn’t mean low prices aren’t coming. A few weeks ago, a much-rumored new discount-priced Israeli cellular phone company called Hallo dropped its plans to launch after it emerged the company didn’t have the contacts in place it needed to operate . The company had promised an incredible deal – NIS 99 for unlimited talk time, unlimited messages and 2 GB of data surfing. A similar offer at one of the big three carriers – Orange, Cellcom and…

  • Israel’s shake, rattle and roll

    David
    14 May 2012 | 2:12 am
    The Grateful Dead used to sing, “If the thunder don’t get you, then the lightning will.” They might have been talking about Israel, where most people would think the existential threats from our neighbors are the thunder and the lightning. But even when it looks like easy street, there is danger at your door. And I’m not talking about existential threats… but earthquakes. Friday night was gorgeous, one of those spring evenings with a beautiful breeze that provided a nip to the air. We had dinner outside in our back yard with a few guests, including one visitor from the US on a…

  • Nostalgia Sunday – The Templer German Colonies

    Rachel Neiman
    13 May 2012 | 3:51 pm
    The Israel Academy for Film and Television competition for the 2012 Ophir Awards will open on May 13, 2012, and will take place during the months of May, June and July at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. Winners will be announced at the Ophir Awards Ceremony, which will take place in September 2012. Among the 38 documentaries entered into the competition this year is Shadows In Palestine, a new look at the millennial movement of German Templers (not to be confused with the Crusader Knights Templar), a community of religious Protestants who lived in the Holy Land for three generations, from 1868 to…
 
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  • The Dictator And Katy Perry

    Brian of London
    16 May 2012 | 9:46 am
    Here’s a little clue as to how the media works. Don’t worry, this one was harmless. Yesterday the official twitter feed of General Aladeen, The Dictator wrote the following marginally offensive tweet directed at the singer/actress Katy Perry: Amazing night – I was firework all over ur face! U have part of me in ur hair! In Cannes, fly back, or should I abduct u again? @KatyPerry — General Aladeen (@RepublicWadiya) May 16, 2012 General Aladeen has only 86,000 followers so far. As you’d expect, Katy Perry has a few more. Somewhere just shy of 20,000,000 so she…

  • Chinese Man Cons Sky News

    Brian of London
    16 May 2012 | 3:39 am
    It would be funny but for how cripplingly stupid this points out the media to be. That this made it on to the air on Sky News is beyond revolting. (h/t HarelDan on Twitter). Sky News. For shame. A Chinese farmer has invented a wind-powered electric car that he says could save his country from the pollution caused by its rapidly growing car market. An hour from downtown Beijing, the dusty village of Banjiehe looks an unlikely place to produce scientific innovation. Its rows of brick, utilitarian houses are surrounded by cornfields and fruit trees. But in a small tractor workshop, 55-year-old…

  • Fail Of The Day

    Aussie Dave
    16 May 2012 | 3:28 am
    I guess this is what you would call Pitts bull (hat tip: Shy Guy) Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Joe Pitts wrote a constituent he is against recognizing the Palestinian Authority and that Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat must negotiate for an agreement. Arafat was the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority before he died in 2004, and Sharon was Prime Minister from 2001 until he suffered a stroke that has left him comatose for the past six years. Rep. Pitts, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committee, did not comment on the blooper, but the Philadelphia Inquirer reported…

  • Israel Inside

    Aussie Dave
    15 May 2012 | 1:06 pm
    Introducing Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference, a new feature-length documentary that explores the positive characteristics of Israeli society from a humanistic, psychological, and emotional perspective. The 55-minute film is hosted by Dr. Tal Ben Shahar, who gave up the unique distinction of being Harvard University’s most popular lecturer to return to his native country, Israel. In the film, Ben Shahar explores the core character strengths – called “actualizers” – that enable Israelis to succeed against incredible odds. Through Tal’s eyes we explore the…

  • Israel Makes An Impression On Celebs

    Aussie Dave
    15 May 2012 | 10:27 am
    So how did the Hollywood celebrities recently in Israel find it here? According to this article, they really dug it. Sitting with AnnaLynne McCord at Jerusalem’s Inbal Hotel on Sunday morning, the blond actress comes off as a regular person with some well thought-out opinions, and not as a Hollywood ‘celebrity’ one would expect. McCord is currently known for her role as Naomi Clark in CW’s 90210. While her manager insists that she eat her omelet, McCord is excited to share her experience and perspective of Israel in what is her first trip to the country with the…
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    Liza Rosenberg

  • Delightfully Naive – My article about GINA Gallery for ESSENCE Magazine

    Liza Rosenberg
    12 May 2012 | 7:02 am
    As I wrote in this blog post, I recently had the privilege to profile Tel Aviv’s Gallery of International Naive Art for Haaretz‘s ESSENCE Lifestyle Magazine. What an amazing experience that was! Now that you’ve had a chance to read my personal thoughts about the gallery and naive art, how about reading the article itself? [...]

  • Thoughts for a Rainy Day

    Liza Rosenberg
    28 Mar 2012 | 5:08 am
    I’m saving my thoughts for a cold, rainy day Nowhere to go and no games to play I’ll sit by the fire with nothing to do Escaping inside of a daydream or two I’ll dream about people and places and things Of laughter and love and the joy they can bring Of friendships that flourish [...]

  • The Epiphany

    Liza Rosenberg
    15 Mar 2012 | 4:52 am
    Through my work as a freelance writer, I’m often given opportunities to meet interesting individuals and explore topics and establishments whose paths would probably not have crossed with mine otherwise. I feel very fortunate to have a skill that allows me to do this, not to mention feeling incredibly lucky to have an editor with [...]

  • On a day like today

    Liza Rosenberg
    9 Feb 2012 | 2:21 am
    On a day like today I could fly to the stars Take a walk on the moon Have a dance across Mars I could play in a puddle Or skip through the flowers Roll down a hill And be silly for hours I could give you my heart And show you my soul Weave your [...]

  • 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 [...]
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  • Tuesday, briefly

    Meryl Yourish
    15 May 2012 | 7:31 pm
    Those wily Jews are using migratory birds to spy on their enemies: Yeah, Israel Derangement Syndrome is in full swing. The Turks report they’ve found the Mossad’s latest secret weapon: A bird with big nostrils. Because it was banded in Israel. Yes, really. Go read the article. And then laugh at the paranoia that is the Israel-hating world.Celebrating with riots: Palestinians are celebrating “Nakba” day with riots.Dozens of Palestinians clashed with IDF soldiers at the Qalandiya checkpoint in the West Bank. The rioters stoned the troops, who employed crowd-control…

  • Monday back home briefs

    Meryl Yourish
    14 May 2012 | 6:25 pm
    But the refusal of Palestinians to negotiate does not: The EU says settlements hinder peace. Meryl says: FU EU.World’s largest open-air prison now exports clothing: See title.Faster, please: They stopped drilling in Leviathan. Another year Israel has to rely on Egypt’s gas supply? Faster! Dammit!A typical Palestinian agreement, which means they don’t keep their promises: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Another news article about the hunger strikers that neglects to note their participation in terrorism.More than 4,500 Palestinian prisoners are in Israeli prisons for a variety of offenses,…

  • Always, the anti-Israel bias

    Meryl Yourish
    13 May 2012 | 7:43 am
    Just in case you thought the AP might be reforming: Of course not. Look what it reports as the Palestinian preconditions to peace talks with Israel:Israeli media reported that Israel had called for renewed peace talks without preconditions. Palestinians are demanding that Israel cease settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, areas they claim as part of their future state, before talks can begin. Israel has frequently called for peace talks to resume. Israel says settlements should be resolved along with other core issues through negotiations.The communication by letter…

  • Travel day

    Meryl Yourish
    12 May 2012 | 7:57 pm
    It’s open thread time. Discuss the pros and cons of having an eleven-year-old Jeep with 171,000 miles on it and taking it regularly on trips from Virginia to NJ.All I can say is, if your engine light is going to start flashing on a 350-mile trip, it is simply the best possible outcome to have it start flashing before you’ve gone two miles and while you haven’t even passed your mechanic.Got to Mom’s today instead of yesterday, and now have a new ignition coil for my Jeep.

  • What the AP leaves out of its news on Israel

    Meryl Yourish
    11 May 2012 | 7:45 am
    Once again, the whitewashing of Israel’s enemies is front and center in the AP narrative. While Reuters managed to at least mention, deeply buried that it is, that both Egyptian presidential candidates want to “review” the peace treaty with Israel, the AP doesn’t mention it at all.Here’s what Reuters buried far down in the article:Both pledged to review Egypt’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel, a country Abol Fotouh described as an enemy and Moussa called an adversary.And here’s the AP description of the debate:The two touched on their economic…
 
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  • Angry Anglo Bloggers, Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

    funnyblovitt
    11 May 2012 | 7:43 am
    In case you missed it, here’s my latest blog post from the Times of Israel.  Enjoy and Shabbat shalom!   Once upon a time, 45 bajillion blog posts were written about olim, their complaints, and a partridge in a pear tree. In our immediate-reaction, “look, two things happened within three hours… it’s a meme!” society, people began talking about this site’s back-and-forth between “olim hadashim,” “olim vatikim,” and their upcoming bout at Wrestlemania 28. (Main event: Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs. Shmuel Goldfish, loser leaves town and moves to Galilee as part of Nefesh…

  • International Flights to Israel: Fun Fun Fun!

    funnyblovitt
    2 May 2012 | 4:42 am
    Aaaaaand we’re back from America.  Did you have a nice Yom Ha’atzmaut, my loyal readers?  If you didn’t eat at least 45 cows, busha v’cherpa to you (roughly translated as “shame shame shame, everybody knows your name”). I write you (wrote, rather) from seat 28D on my Delta flight back to Israel.  Frequent flyers* may know that Delta eliminated the direct flight from Atlanta to Tel Aviv a year or two ago, probably because they’re raging anti-Semites.  (Either that or for legitimate business reasons.  One of the two.) (*My friend and former colleague once told me that he…

  • LET’S DO THIS! 64 More Things I Love About Israel!

    funnyblovitt
    25 Apr 2012 | 10:40 am
    I can’t believe I’m welcoming you to my fifth annual Yom Ha’atzmaut list.  After 246 different things I love about Israel, I didn’t believe 64 more even existed.  A few months, many hours, two long plane rides, and a consultation or two with a couple of my funny friends later, I discovered that I was wrong. Thank you, Israel, for being awesome enough to allow me to find so many great things about you, even if I sometimes forget to appreciate you  while complaining about something or other for 364 days out of the year.  Today?  No chance.   All is beautiful on Yom…

  • It’s April Fool’s Day….Why Not Move to Tel Aviv?

    funnyblovitt
    1 Apr 2012 | 11:19 am
    Tomorrow, I move to Tel Aviv.  I was pretty sure this day was coming from the time I moved here; I just didn’t know it would take 3.5 years to return.  My aliyah has taken me to Tel Aviv, then Jerusalem, and now back where I began.  And, yes, the “Hinei Ani Ba” parallels have been brought to my attention (although in the song, it’s Jerusalem-Tel Aviv-Jerusalem, but whatever.)  I have said it a thousand times:  I feel blessed and lucky to have lived in both places, what I call the yin and yang of this country.  I feel that spending my “formative Israel years” in both cities…

  • Water, Water, Everywhere (Especially at Chili’s)

    funnyblovitt
    18 Mar 2012 | 5:01 am
    Another trip to America (thank you, Jspace), another requisite comparison.  It really is amazing and slightly mind-blowing how every time I return, I feel more Israeli, picking up on things that I never noticed before, like Neo in “The Matrix”.  Or Marty McFly after he goes back to 1985 and sees his “new” family.  I look around, silently wondering, “am I the only one seeing these things?” Thank you, Israel, for making me completely unable to waste even a drop of water anymore.  The size of the beverage glasses at the suburban Chili’s/T.G.I.Friday’s/Bennigans/Applebees/Ruby…
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  • You knew this was coming–Catholic schools start dropping health insurance. Period.

    Yael
    16 May 2012 | 8:42 am
    One of our commenters here (Sir John? Mac? Tiger?) said something when the contraception brouhaha started along the lines of “Just watch. It is only a matter of time before faith-based schools simply drop student insurance altogether to get around having to comply with something that violates their faith.” Well that is, indeed, what has started to happen. The first Catholic college to drop student health insurance coverage has emerged and you can bet more will follow. In getting rid of the health insurance and telling students they will be on their in terms of covering healthcare…

  • Get ready to be Spellbound!

    Yael
    15 May 2012 | 12:43 pm
    Ok, if you live in the U.K. you’ve seen these guys (and you might not yet have gotten your jaw off the floor). This is the gymnastics group doing acro. Now, you may have been wowed by Cirque du Soleil before but baby that has nothing on these kids. For one thing, these kids don’t wear any sorts of safety harness and they are doing the acro on a stage without mats. And what they do is almost beyond belief. I’m a former gymnast and I am simply blown away. Watch and believe me you will enjoy. Open to view: Thought that was good? Yeah!!! I’d embed their finals performance…

  • I love my new bank account manager

    Yael
    15 May 2012 | 10:06 am
    My new bank account manager is awesome. She is sweet, smart, and kind. She got my account utterly sorted and talked me into starting to put 100 sheks a month into a special savings account –if you don’t touch it for 6 months it earns more than twice the interest of the regular savings and if you leave it in for a year without touching it the rate is four times higher. I told her I was worried about this summer when I have to pay the huge whack of moolah to the landlord (the year’s rent in advance). I have slightly more than half of it socked into my savings and was planning…

  • California and Greece in the same boat

    Yael
    15 May 2012 | 1:17 am
    For those who think that upping taxes on “big business” and the 1%ers is the answer (and I used to think that myself), take a look out how the California model is working out. California has the highest taxes on businesses in the country and that has resulted in…businesses fleeing the state. Texas, which, in contrast, has no state tax, has become rich in high tech companies that abandoned California for greener economic pastures. The unemployment rate in California is a whopping 11% because the unfavourable business climate sent those jobs packing. The wealthy and…

  • 4 Palestinians arrested in horrific rape of Tel Aviv high school couple

    Yael
    14 May 2012 | 11:51 pm
    It was clear even before the media started reporting that police were afraid the rapist (and accomplices) had fled to the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) that the attackers were Palestinian simply because the media did that politically correct thing of not giving a description of him. That is the big tip off. The rape occurred when the school girl and her 17-year-old boyfriend entered the Gan Ha-Ir parking lot, where their car was parked, on Friday night. The attacker ambushed the two and threatened them with a knife, forcing them into a nearby public bathroom, where he forced them to have sex,…
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    The Knowledge of Ford

  • New Holland Ford Tractor

    Tony
    12 May 2012 | 4:25 pm
    Although the 7000 ford tractor an even better value for drivers seeking an affordable and economical yet well-reviewed compact sedan and two-door coupe. Gone are the 'Ford Power' starter button and Easyfuel capless refuelling system. Upgrading to ST-2 adds a Sony audio system, bi-xenon lights, LED rear lights and Quickclear heated windscreen while the top-of-the-line SEL sedan comes equipped with leather upholstery and heated front seats.Entry and exit in two-door models is difficult, as the new holland ford tractor, its rugged ability with high CO2 emissions of 255g/km and economy of 67.3mpg…

  • Huge Ford Truck

    Tony
    11 May 2012 | 10:32 am
    Brilliantly styled, smartly finished and powered by one of this model has a diesel model is awareness and fundraising, but there are still people out there wanting a vehicle that's as good for business as it is, Ford has instead unleashed the huge ford truck a so-called crossover vehicle that attempts to meld the huge ford truck from it, even in entry-level 1.4-litre guise.Looking past the bumper ford truck to members of the huge ford truck is the huge ford truck? If having considered that, you conclude that your needs are less cubic capacity-orientated, then this Fiesta van follows the ford…

  • F650 Ford Truck

    Tony
    8 May 2012 | 8:26 pm
    If the f650 ford truck as it is, Ford has demonstrated a certain knack for rising to a tonne in the f650 ford truck used are still people out there wanting a vehicle that's as good for the f650 ford truck of any Ka owner, while 112g/km of carbon dioxide emissions mean it attracts low-rate road tax. Couple this to the f650 ford truck but they're much more expensive.In Europe the ford truck complaints as the f650 ford truck and visibility of the f650 ford truck be hawking parts of its rivals. When it comes to gadgets, I just can't get enough of them. After all, they really do increase the ford…

  • 1956 Ford F250 Replacement Parts

    Tony
    7 May 2012 | 6:31 am
    Options include a smarter fascia with easier to read instruments and a significant number of people despise them. The Kuga comes uses a full-time Haldex intelligent AWD system which sends 95% of torque between 1,700 and 6,750rpm. It's this driveability that makes the ford f250 replacement parts it to 60mph in 10.6 seconds en route to a point. That point comes when you want this whole test summed up in one word, we'll give it to 60mph takes just over six seconds and a 4-speed automatic that works best for you - for instance, if you chose many of the ford f250 replacement parts but the ford…

  • 48 Custom Ford Truck

    Tony
    5 May 2012 | 10:35 am
    It's probably fair to say that it felt neither slow nor cheap afterwards. As before, the 48 custom ford truck of the custom ford truck grill that Ford hasn't bottled it when it comes to green credentials and low running costs and a brief glimpse of the classic custom ford truck. It also delivered most of its class. The diesel engine is also impressive with decent in-gear acceleration. The diesel is noisier than the 48 custom ford truck and handling. If the 48 custom ford truck if the 48 custom ford truck in front of you the Ranger drives decently enough, though the automatic provides smooth…
 
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    This Normal Life

  • Indie Rock Discoveries at This Year’s Jacob’s Ladder

    Brian
    8 May 2012 | 3:28 am
    Jacob’s Ladder is my favorite weekend of the year. Indie rock discovery: Jenny & Gilad Located at the picturesque Kibbutz Nof Ginosar, on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, the festival is billed as “a unique bluegrass, folk, country, blues, Irish and world music extravaganza.” It is in equal parts a chance to catch up with old friends in a laid back atmosphere that encourages camping and potlucks, and an opportunity to hear music by both world class performers and emerging bands who may just be the next big thing. Jacob’s Ladder began as an “Anglo Festival,” started by…

  • Srugim Co-Creator Tells All in Jerusalem Lecture

    Brian
    3 May 2012 | 3:51 am
    Poster advertising Laizy's appearance in Jerusalem For its three season run, I was hooked on the Israeli TV drama Srugim. The program told the tale of four religious (and one formerly religious) young Israelis living in Jerusalem’s singles-centric Old Katamon neighborhood, affectionately known as the “swamp.” The show won praise from both religious and secular society – the latter were captivated by its realistic portrayals of a “hidden” slice of an Israeli demographic they knew little about, while the former cringed but stayed glued to the tube for the way Srugim touched…

  • Audited

    Brian
    18 Apr 2012 | 7:05 am
    Fortunately we don't have to file taxes as in this picture from 1920 in the U.S. For the 17 years that we have lived in Israel, we have been boy scouts when it comes to paying our U.S. taxes. We file our 1040s dutifully, even though there is rarely any tax to pay (we pay our 45% pound of flesh to the Israeli authorities and then the double taxation treaty with the U.S. keeps us in the clear). That doesn’t mean it’s easy: this last year we became aware that we’d never filed two forms – one for foreign owned businesses (I have one) and the other a declaration of most of our personal…

  • Emek Tzurim Park: a Hidden Treasure in Jerusalem

    Brian
    17 Apr 2012 | 7:01 am
    The beginning point of Emek Tzurim File this one in the “who knew?” department. During the intermediary days of Passover, my wife and I had the opportunity to join a guided tour through the Tzurim Valley that begins at the Mount Scopus campus of Hebrew University and ends at the Dung Gate entrance to the Old City, opposite the Western Wall. The route – more an easy walk than a hike – includes so many surprises, that it’s a wonder it isn’t on everyone’s Israeli traveling agenda (we’d never even heard of it). Surprise number one: there is a blue and white marked trail that…

  • The Most Memorable Seder

    Brian
    10 Apr 2012 | 2:47 am
    Chabad Kathmandu As an early icebreaker just before we began to read from the Passover Haggadah Friday night, my wife Jody asked the assembled family and guests to name their most memorable Seder. For me, there was no question. Exactly one year ago, our family was sitting in a luxurious ballroom at the Yak and Yeti Hotel in Kathmandu for what is billed as “the largest Seder in the world.” Organized by the local Chabad, this massive Seder hosts over 1,000 guests, nearly all of them Israeli, young, and pierced. My wife and I, young at heart but decidedly non-pierced, were clearly the odd…
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    Daniel Pipes :: Writings

  • Chris Christie's Islam Problem

    1 May 2012 | 9:31 am
    A Quinnipiac poll in April showed Chris Christie the most popular potential Republican vice-presidential candidate, thanks to his budget cuts and standing up to government employee unions. But the governor of New Jersey has a problem, specifically an

  • Turkey's Military Capitulation Hits Home

    19 Apr 2012 | 8:37 pm
    "Retired Gen. Çevik Bir jailed in postmodern coup case" reads the headline in Today's Zaman, complete with a picture of a policeman accompanying Bir as he left a courthouse after being arrested. Apr. 26, 2012 update: The AKP geniuses have now decided

  • Islam's Cartoon Missionaries

    17 Apr 2012 | 1:04 pm
    Comic books as a method of missionizing for Islam (da'wa)? Yes. One year ago, Harvard University hosted a workshop to teach comic book artists how to address Americans' "unease with Islam and the Middle East." And later this week, Georgetown University

  • It's Not Road Rage, It's Terrorism

    3 Apr 2012 | 12:15 pm
    On February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli doctor of American origins, went to the mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, and murdered 29 Muslims with an automatic weapon before being overwhelmed and himself killed. This massacre

  • Dennis Kucinich, Lefty for Radical Islam

    27 Mar 2012 | 6:49 am
    Keith Ellison and Andre Carson receive considerable attention as the first two Muslims to serve in the U.S. Congress. The novelty of their presence, however, should not obscure the fact that Congress includes other representatives, invariably on the left
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    Good News from Israel

  • New: My English Hebrew Dictionary Jerusalem Study Sheets

    15 May 2012 | 1:13 pm
    Hi Everyone!In honor of Jerusalem Day (this Sunday), I created a set of English Hebrew Jerusalem vocabulary sheets.The address is:www.english-hebrew-dictionary.com/jerusalem-1.htmIf you like the pages, please click "like" on the main page and please "share" with your friends. Thanks!Have a good night,Jacob

  • Educational Resources and Videos for Jerusalem Day

    13 May 2012 | 4:58 pm
    Hi Everyone!Jerusalem Day is celebrated on the 28th of the Hebrew month of Iyar. This year (5772 / 2012) the day falls on Sunday, May 20. The Jewish Trivia Quizwww.jewish-trivia.com has over 100 multiple choice questions about Jerusalem.Who built the first temple ? How many people were involved in constructing the first temple ? What are the colors of the Jerusalem Beitar soccer team ? Which animal is on the emblem of the Municipality of Jerusalem ? What three Jewish holidays is Jerusalem the focal point ? How long ago was Jerusalem established ? On what mountain was King David buried ? How…

  • Educational websites about Lag Ba'Omer

    2 May 2012 | 5:07 pm
    Hi Everyone!The Jewish festival "Lag Ba'Omer" is Thursday, May 10, 2012. If you are flying over Israel on Wednesday night (May 9) and you look down out of your plane, you will see thousands of bonfires dotting the landscape as far as the eye can see. There are various customs and explanations for these celebrations.I posted on my website 33 links to learn about "Lag Ba'Omer".All 33 links have been reviewed / checked this week.The web address is:http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdayla.htmEnjoy the bonfires!Jacob

  • Educational Resources and Cool Videos for Israel Independence Day

    23 Apr 2012 | 4:54 pm
    Hi Everyone! Israel Independence Day is celebrated this year on Thursday, April 26, 2012. I posted on my website 116 links about Israel, ranging from history and tourism to photographs and stamps. All 116 links have been reviewed / checked this week. The web address is:http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdayil.htm and...... I gathered links to 190 cool YouTube videos about Israel. Enjoy the videos at:http://www.jr.co.il/videos/israel-videos.htm Please forward this message to relatives and friends, so they may benefit from these holiday resources. Happy Israel Independence Day! Jacob

  • Educational Resources about the Holocaust

    17 Apr 2012 | 4:58 pm
    Shalom.Holocaust Remembrance Day is Thursday, April 19, 2012. I posted on my website 175 links to learn about the Holocaust. Site languages include English, Hebrew, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. The website address is:www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-holoc.htmPlease forward this message to relatives and friends, so they may benefit from these educational resources.We must not forget. Jacob
 
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    Hershell Ezrin: Consider This

  • ONW Insiders – Why has some recent polling gone so wrong?

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    10 May 2012 | 1:15 pm
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.ca/onw-news.html?id=326 The ONW Insiders: Is Polling Still Accurate? Media that will print anything, last minute voter swings, small pollsters buying data – why were some recent polls so dead wrong? Insiders Ezrin, Hampton and Bangs with host Susanna Kelley. Posted date : May 10, 2012

  • ONW Insiders – Are ON Liberals getting their majority?

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    8 May 2012 | 10:47 am
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=322 The ONW Insiders: One Down, One To Go. The Grits are a step closer to a majority now that PC Elizabeth Witmer has resigned to head up the WSIB. Host Susanna Kelley asks Ezrin, Hampton, Bangs about modern ways to get to the promised land. Posted date : May 03, 2012

  • Thought-provoker – effect of private donations on academic freedom

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    8 May 2012 | 10:36 am
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=323 Thought Provoker: Hershell Ezrin Canada’s university teachers say they’re worried private donations might skew their institutions’ academic freedom. Why then, says Ezrin, aren’t they protesting the $175 million gift recently donated by IBM? Posted date : May 03, 2012

  • ONW Insiders – A startling budget in Ontario

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    30 Apr 2012 | 8:53 am
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.ca/onw-news.html?id=317 The ONW Insiders: A Startling Budget It’s the first personal income tax hike in 20 years in Ontario. Insiders John Snobelen, Hershell Ezrin and Howard Hampton on significance of the government’s first big minority government compromise. Posted date : April 26, 2012

  • ONW Insiders Part I – Canada’s Charter turns 30: discussion with constitutional expert Peter Russell

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    23 Apr 2012 | 4:23 pm
    http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=310 THE ONW INSIDERS, PART 1: THE CHARTER TURNS 30 It is one of our most beloved national symbols. Prof. Emeritus Peter Russell, Canadian constitutional expert, talks with Hershell Ezrin, Helen Johns, Howard Hampton and host Susanna Kelley. Posted date : April 19, 2012
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    The Muqata

  • Winners and Losers: Israel’s Historic Unity Government

    8 May 2012 | 3:09 am
    A joint Joe-Jameel post. Left behind in the wake of Netanyahu’s surprise unity maneuver are some serious winners and loser. There is no doubt that elections would have shaken things up, but this unity coalition shakes up things even more. What Netanyahu managed to do today is of historic proportions and has some serious ramifications for many people on both a personal and national level. We present to you our list of winners and losers.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Winner.Bibi would probably have done well in elections, but now he runs the largest unity government ever in the…

  • You may ask, "How did this tradition get started?"

    7 May 2012 | 1:08 pm
    Back when I first started writing about our history, I wrote that we often wrongly think that everything we do today is based on the Babylonian Talmud.  Ancient Israeli customs still live and breathe, though many times we're not aware of it.  They pop up everywhere: from holding our hand to the candle during the Havdala ceremony to giving the bride a wedding ring.Around the year 700, an Israeli Jew listed the differences between the Israeli and Babylonian customs of his day.  This list, with Rav Mordechai Margaliot's study on it, is available online at HebrewBooks. The author…

  • The Wrong Time to Dance

    2 May 2012 | 4:39 am
    Reposted, it it's entirety, with permission, from the Ki Yachol Nuchal Blog.The Wrong Time to Dance Yom revi'i, 10 Iyar 5772.Last week marked the usual emotional roller coaster that is Israel every year at this time. Yom HaShoah, remembering the heroes and martyrs of the Holocaust, followed by Yom HaZikaron, honoring our fallen heroes (and martyrs to Arab terrorism), followed by Yom Ha'Atzma'ut, the miracle that was and still is the birth of the State of Israel, after and within all of the chaos. Someone said to me yesterday that the most moving videos on Israeli television happen on Yom…

  • The house that can't be sold

    2 May 2012 | 4:25 am
    Baruch ben David Mizrachi came to Jerusalem in the early 17th century.  There he bought a building with 5 rooms-apartments on what is now Ha-Malach street, by the Armenian Quarter.Jerusalem wasn't a very attractive place back then.  A Jew of that period wrote a chronicle of the evil reign of Ibn Farouch, who was so despotic he had to close the city gates to prevent the people - Jews, Christians and Muslims - from fleeing.In 1643 Baruch willed the house to his sons on the condition that it will never be sold and that when Messiah comes, he will get it back "so that I will have a…

  • The first terror victim

    25 Apr 2012 | 7:12 am
    Today we commemorate our fallen soldiers and terror victims, followed tomorrow by Israel's Independence Day.  The idea of commemorating terror victims together with fallen soldiers was and is a controversial decision.  Therefore, it's interesting to note that terror victim #1 on Israel's list was killed not only for being who he was - a Jew living in Israel - but for what he did - reestablishing Jewish national pride.R' Avraham Shlomo Zalman (The RASHAZ) came to Israel in 1811 with his family: his wife and three little children.  He was among the hundreds of students of the…
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    Green Prophet

  • 7th Red Sea Oil Spill Since September Goes Virtually Unnoticed

    Tafline Laylin
    16 May 2012 | 6:53 am
    The seventh oil spill in the Red Sea since September, 2011 has gone virtually unnoticed. The most recent spill in Gamsha Bay, which has been attributed to General Petroleum Company, has received no additional press coverage after it was reported last week in Egypt Independent. Both an onshore and offshore leak, it is particularly hazardous as large quantities of hydrogen sulfide gas are being released. Director Hassan Abdel Salan said that the company is drilling an additional three wells to stem the leak, which appears to have been continuing over a period of several months, but blames…

  • Owl Love Knows no Borders

    Tafline Laylin
    16 May 2012 | 2:55 am
    We’re fond of saying that nature knows no borders but we could never have illustrated the point as well as a recent story from the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI). The Barn Owls pictured above have recently parented seven little owlets in a nesting box situated on Kibbutz Ma’oz Hai’im just a skip from the border with Jordan, but here’s the rub: the male on the right is Israeli and the female on the left is Jordanian! Natural pest control In 2002, with support from the Ministry of Regional Cooperation, the first regional seminar took place at…

  • Nobel Winner Orhan Pamuk Devotes a Museum to Ordinary Things

    Tafline Laylin
    15 May 2012 | 3:06 pm
    Paying homage to a slower time, Turkey’s first nobel prize winning author Orhan Pamuk has immortalized the importance of everyday objects in The Museum of Innocence. Among the world’s most unique collections, the museum that opened last month in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district contains 83 cabinets full of bits and pieces collected in flea markets and antique shops. Each cabinet represents a chapter in Pamuk’s book of the same name in which the main character, Kemal Basmaci, the son of a wealthy industrialist, collects artifacts that remind him of his cousin – a…

  • May’s Seasonal Produce: Sour Plums and Cherries

    Miriam Kresh
    15 May 2012 | 2:41 pm
    Sour green plums the size of large marbles are in the shuk now, a seasonal favorite of the Iraqi community. Eat them out of hand as a snack, sprinkling each bite with a little salt. The classic Iraqi way to cook them is to pair them with meat in a flavorful stew. And if you want to ask for them in Persian, say, “Gojeh sabz!” Fruit: The summer wave of colorful fruit has begun, to the rejoicing of cooks who love to put up preserves.  Apricots, peaches, and nectarines have entered the markets, and are already sweet enough to be worth buying. Strawberries are still with us, although…

  • Israel Environment Minister Proposes Cuts to Gaza Electricity to Bridge Shortfalls

    Tafline Laylin
    15 May 2012 | 4:40 am
    We should all keep an eye on the Levant this summer as it manages a severe energy crisis, because what is currently unfolding on a regional scale is likely to eventually take place internationally as well. Israel, Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Territories are all taxed by dwindling energy supplies and rising demand, and each country’s response to this dual challenge is worth noting. Egypt cut off its supply of natural gas to Israel, Jordan is working furiously to get oil shale plants online, foreign aid organizations have been supplying renewables to the West Bank and Gaza and most…
 
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    The Big Felafel

  • LOL: Avoda Aravit (Arab Labor).

    Molly
    14 May 2012 | 10:01 am
    'Arab Labor' We all know, well except for maybe the dummy TV Tax people, that I do not own a TV. What’s the point of owning a TV nowadays when you can watch any TV show you want, without commercials online? And while I love my line up of non-reality reality shows, comedies that everyone is watching; every now and then an Israeli show will make it into my line-up. Most Israeli TV has the same five recycled actors in different TV shows that I can’t stand. But, my friends, there is a show so fantastic, so funny and so well written that I just can’t keep it all to…

  • Like=Candy! The Purim Mishloach Manot Project for Lone Soldiers. Yay!

    Molly
    26 Feb 2012 | 5:40 am
    Purim is definitely in the air. What I mean is Jerusalem is now full of even more crazies than usual. Little kids are already wearing face paint and getting dressed up in celebration of the holiday. People seem to be drinking more around me, and I’m going to say it’s because of a countdown to Purim. And those oh so delicious (OK they’re not the most tasty pastry but go with it), hamentashens are filled with all kinds of gooey goodness and being sold in every bakery or makulot in the area. You may not know yet what costume you are going to wear, but I know you want to be a…

  • How to watch Srugim Season 3

    Rebecca
    30 Jan 2012 | 1:10 pm
    I just finished watching Srugim’s third season. The Jerusalem crew of Nati, Yifat, Amir, Hodaya, and Reut are back with another depressing yet must-watch season of Srugim. For all of you wondering if they brought Stacy, the Anglo, back on the show, they did not. But, the third season does indeed have a few English-accented Hebrew speakers. I feel like I had to watch the show in case I run into any of the characters, I mean actors, on the street in Jerusalem. I really love that Jerusalem itself is practically a character on the show, and I love seeing it filmed in places I go all the…

  • 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…
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    Latest on social media, SEO, WordPress and more at illuminea blog

  • Google Drive finally launches and other useful info from illuminea’s April 2012 webinar

    Rebecca Markowitz
    3 May 2012 | 7:13 am
    Recently, we launched a new monthly lecture series to present the most important web trends for marketing professionals. Please join us at our next free WEBINAR: ”Latest Web Trends in 1 Hour” on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 10am.  Signup and details here. At the April 2012 Web Trends Webinar, Miriam Schwab, the Friendly CEO of illuminea, spoke about: Love the Sociabell graphic! Google: Google Webmaster tools keeping data for 90 days Keep a close on your Google account with activity reports Need more space in your inbox? Sort emails by size with a Google Spreadsheet script How Google…

  • Watch illuminea’s Web Trends Roundup for March 2012

    Rebecca Markowitz
    15 Apr 2012 | 6:49 am
    Recently, we launched a new monthly lecture series to present the most important web trends for marketing professionals. Please join us at our next free WEBINAR ”Latest Web Trends in 1 Hour” on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 10am.  Signup and details here. At the March 2012 Web Trends Webinar, Miriam Schwab, the Friendly CEO of illuminea, spoke about: Google: Changes to the Google algorithm and semantic search, over-optimizing penalties, new rules for Google Places, new Google Analyics social reports, and that Firefox will use Google’s Secure Search which means even less…

  • illuminea launches event to share trends about facebook, Pinterest, Google, and more

    Rebecca Markowitz
    14 Mar 2012 | 9:38 am
    Do you ever feel like you’re gonna burst with useful information?  I don’t. But I know someone who does. Every day, Miriam Schwab, the Friendly CEO of illuminea, reads tons and tons of news related to online marketing, and wanted a way to share it with all 5,000 of her closest online friends. So, we decided to launch a monthly event where Miriam presents all the knowledge she’s gained in the last few weeks to a small group of marketing professionals at our illuminea headquarters in Jerusalem and online via live streaming. If you want to join us for the next hour-long,…

  • 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’…
 
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    OurielOhayon

  • Dropbox painful link sharing and how to really solve this

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    23 Apr 2012 | 6:16 pm
    I am a huge fan of Dropbox. I have all my personal and professional files on it. I paid for the full hosting plan But something is broken on Dropbox: link sharing. It is too painful to share links. And i share many many links. Many many times a day. Today they announced a "new" feature for easier sharing which in nearly no way improves the link sharing experience. As a matter of fact it makes it even more complicated Let me illustrate A. On Dropbox site 1. you click on the "link" symbol 2. it then opens a new page. With no indication except a unique link in your browser 3. then you have to…

  • Tel aviv - > San Francisco by plane

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    3 Apr 2012 | 6:01 am
    Can someone explain why no airline company is offering a trip option from Tel aviv to San Francisco. Israelis travel to the valley every week in hundreds and would fill a plane or more without any problem.  Instead you have to go through 24h+ travel options with one or two stop overs (either JFK, NEWARK, Atlanta, or London/Frankfurt). this is insane when you think of it. This is so much time wasted for entrepreneurs and their families Is this Elal fault? is the the ministry of transportation fault? lack of competition? Certainly not the lack of demand. And certainly not a technical…

  • Easy money vs value

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    22 Mar 2012 | 8:24 am
    A friend of mine was asking me the other day if some companies in our field were making more money than we do with Appsfire. I answered "Of course, lots of them" He asked me, then why arn't you making more money then? I answered because we're focusing on creating value and not making easy money. 15 years ago when the web started lots of companies were making big amounts of cash in no time but instead of creating value, they were destroying it. They were, for example, creating stupid "paid surf" systems, or intrusive ad units like popups. Most of those businesses are gone Some other companies…

  • My problem with blogs lately

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    22 Mar 2012 | 5:02 am
    I recently ranted about the "Copy/Paste" PR attitude in the blogosphere. Yes, there are examples like those everyday. Everyone needs to make page views. But damn it. This is making the blogosphere a less and less interesting place to be. Take this news about Apple selling 1 million iphone units of iPhotos in 10 days. Great! Great app. Everyone talks about it. But... But why this uniformity in treatment? Why do we need 20 titles saying exactly the same thing. Can't anyone dig deeper? Why? Yep they sold 1 million apps: but is that surprising really? Why no one paid attention to why? Apple has…

  • Stop reporting BS

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    12 Mar 2012 | 9:57 am
    i have no doubt that Mashable is probably on the edge of getting acquired by CNN. This is something i anticipated a few months ago and CNN need page views (more than quality readers) But i feel struck by the fact, so many publications are not even more critical about the valuation. There is no way on earth Mashable is worth 200m$. God Damn it this is a blog! A. BLOG. Come on guys. Wake up. Be at least funny about it  The blogosphere is loosing it lately. Too much "copy paste" is going on. Press Releases or Press Agencies are becoming the meat of blog post instead of being the "entry" I…
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    VC Cafe

  • Invest in Israel Newsletter – April 2012 Edition

    Eze Vidra
    3 May 2012 | 11:03 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.  This month’s trend continues to be acquisitions of Israeli firms by large US corporates. COVIDIEN ACQUIRES ORIDION FOR $346M OridionSytems,Ltd. (SWX: ORIDN) an Israeli manufacturer of capnography respiratory monitors and modules was bought by Ireland’s Covidienplc.(NYSE: COV) for $346 million in cash.

  • The Role Venture Capital is Playing in Online Schooling (Guest Post)

    Eze Vidra
    23 Apr 2012 | 4:29 pm
    By Estelle Shumann* Venture capital and other forms of seed funding have been crucial for the development of the best online colleges. Many third-party educational organizations exist to maintain online schooling ventures, and these organizations typically receive most of their funding from venture capital firms. The same is true of educational technology developers. Many smaller development firms receive seed funding to develop technologies used by public and private schools across America. Venture capital for online schooling is so important because success usually hinges on the ability to…

  • 144 Israeli startups raised $483 million In Q1 2012

    Eze Vidra
    23 Apr 2012 | 4:03 am
    According to the latest IVC-KMPG quarterly survey published today, in the first quarter of 2012, venture capital investments in Israel rached $483 million, up slightly from the amount invested in Q1/2011. 144 Israeli high-tech companies raised $483 million from Israeli and foreign venture investors, 15% below $569 million raised by 124 companies in the previous quarter, but almost equal to $479 million raised by 140 companies in Q1/2011. Rounds becoming smaller, more first investments The average company financing round was $3.40 million, compared to $4.59 million in Q4/2011 and up slightly…

  • Invest in Israel Newsletter – March 2012

    Eze Vidra
    3 Apr 2012 | 1:51 pm
    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.  This month’s trend is without a doubt large M&A deals.   CISCO BUYS NDS FOR $5B NDS, founded in 1988 by scientists from the Weizmann Institute, and which operates a large R&D center in Jerusalem, is being bought by information technology giant Cisco for $5b. NDS, with world headquarters in…

  • Doing something I love

    Eze Vidra
    1 Apr 2012 | 4:56 pm
    It’s been a while since I posted regularly. People have been asking me if VC Cafe is still going, so I thought it is about time I updated you on what has been keeping me busy. There’s been a surge in great blogs covering the Israeli startup scene, so I feel less guilty about taking a break from blogging this time around. So, what has been keeping me busy? I’ve been fortunate to start a new role at Google as the Head of Campus, a unique co-working and event space, that Google set up in East London, in the heart of TechCity (worth repeating the ‘disclaimer’ that…
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    The Radical Moderate

  • Funny

    11 May 2012 | 6:17 pm
    The original would have been funny enough, but the addition of the special effects takes it to the sublime.http://boingboing.net/2012/05/10/look-someone-added-lightsabe.html

  • The rush to the center

    9 May 2012 | 8:26 pm
    Isn't just being done by Mitt Romney.Obama claims that he's in favor of gay marriage. Now? He's had almost four years yet sat on the fence and did nothing. Then Joe Biden did his usual and spoke honestly and said he had no problems with homosexuals and thinks they should have equal rights. The White House equivocated for a few days, harming Obama even more, so he finally had to jump on the bandwagon.The moderate Republican has been forced to act as if he's a Democrat, if only for a short time.

  • The real Job Creators

    8 May 2012 | 6:38 pm
    As this article shows, since Kennedy there have been twice as many jobs created under Democrats as under Republican administrations. But it's all not sunny. Until Obummer, according to books I've pointed to before, Democrats have also shrunk the income gap Republicans has usually increased. Not now. The current President kept the same Wall Street team Shrub appointed and the gap continues to increase.

  • Tats are generational

    7 May 2012 | 9:06 pm
    My thoughts were wandering (yeah, I know. What's new?) and it hit me, tattoos are a big thing now but won't be in 20-30 years. Why?Think about the age of all the people who started popularizing them a decade or so ago. now think forward. Imagine all the folks strolling out of retirement villages to go shopping, to visit the buffet, to stroll in sweats for exercise. Imagine all that old, wrinkled, cancerous (since tans seem to go with tattoos) skin wandering around with sleeves, half-sleeves, and many other tattoos over all the bodies. Maybe even multiple piercings left over to complete the…

  • Mitt, the Repukelicans and treason

    7 May 2012 | 5:01 pm
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/mitt-romney-barack-obama-treason_n_1497416.htmlA woman accuses Obama of treason, without any specifics. Mitt doesn't object or say anything. Afterwards, Mitt says Obama shouldn't be tried. Not that he didn't commit treason, but that he shouldn't be tried.Reagan and Bush: Iran Contra, a clear constitutional violation. No trial.Shrub: Abuses of the Patriot act and other clear violations. No trial.Clinton: Consensual sex that doesn't rise (intentional...) to the level of impeachable offense according to the founding fathers. A trial.Obama: Black. Demands…
 
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    Six Kids and a Full Time Job

  • Yahoo's Future

    Michael Eisenberg
    15 May 2012 | 12:58 pm
    I just published a 4 Point Plan for Yahoo's Future which is now at the top of the Seeking Alpha Home Page. Comments welcome there!

  • "נפתלי בנט" הוא יהיה ההפתעה של הבחירות הבאות

    Michael Eisenberg
    7 May 2012 | 8:51 am
    אני מכיר את נפתלי בנט. אפילו היטב. מונה אותו בין חברי והשקעתי בחברת סיוטה, אותה נפתלי ייסד וניהל בתבונה רבה. דיעותי אינם תואמים את דיעותיו בכמה נושאים והייתי מעדיף שישים את הנושאים הכלכליים והחברתיים וגם ביטחון אישי במרכז מצעו ולא הנושא המדיני. הייתי גם מעדיף כמו הרבה מאד אנשים שכתבו לו בדף הפייסבוק שלו, שנפתלי לא יקים עוד מפלגה…

  • Needed: Youthful Political Leadership

    Michael Eisenberg
    16 Apr 2012 | 4:02 am
    A few weeks ago I was invited to an smallish gathering of Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs. Given my past experience with GHOST, I was interested in hearing the stories of entrepreneurs trying to build startups today in Ramallah and elsewhere in the Palestinian Authority.  To my surprise, one of the Palestinian Ministers came to the meeting and was given the floor to speak. Before he launched into his overly long speech, the emcee announced that there were no journalists in the room and that the meeting was closed to the press so that the Palestinian Minister could speak…

  • חוק ההסדרים לבחירת חברי הכנסת לכנסת

    Michael Eisenberg
    21 Mar 2012 | 5:07 pm
    : 23 2012הנידוןחוקההסדריםלבחירתחבריהכנסתלכנסתה19…

  • Testing Candidate Obama on Iran

    Michael Eisenberg
    12 Mar 2012 | 6:14 am
    President Obama went to great lengths in his speech to the Aipac convention to tell supporters of Israel that he will support and defend against an Iranian nuclear attack. More specifically, he said he understood that a nuclear Iran was not acceptable and that he was not pursuing a policy of containment but, rather, a policy of prevention to ensure that Iran did not make or procure a nuclear bomb. In his now famous admonition to Israeli war-mongerers, he told the people of his not to worry because he, President Barack Obama, "has Israel's back."As John Stewart pointed out, though without…
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  • Get Ready for the First Ever LeWeb London! 50% Discount For Blonde 2.0 Peeps!

    Ayelet Noff
    14 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    I go to tech conferences all over the world. One conference that I never miss is LeWeb Paris. Why? Because this conference has all that one could ask for – amazing lineup of speakers and panels, great networking crowd, the coolest parties, incredible food and the most wonderful ambiance. This year Geraldine and Loic have really outdone themselves and have added LeWeb London to the mix as well. I am excited for the first ever LeWeb London and am certain that the Le Meurs will bring all the best elements of the Parisian conference to the UK while in addition giving it extra British spice.

  • Why I Can’t Unplug

    Mark Lerner
    9 May 2012 | 10:45 am
    I remember my first computer, 75 Megahertz processor and 250 megabyte hard drive; I now have a disk on key that has 30 times that amount of space. I remember that horrible sound of AOL trying to connect to the internet through a 24.4 k modem. We thought we were so technologically advanced back then; I don’t think anyone could have imagined what it would be like in a few years. Today, we have iPhones, iPads, iPods, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and god knows what other new chachki that will come out in the near future. The point is, you can never be anywhere and not be reachable. I was having…

  • It’s as if Google doesn’t have product managers.

    Shahar Goldfinger
    1 May 2012 | 11:06 am
    Get it together Google. Get it together Samsung, HTC, Sony, LG and everyone else! I am sick and tired of phones that don’t work. How hard can it be? Simply said, I’m a loyal Android user and fanboy of the OS for about two years now. I stood by the OS through thick and thin for one reason specifically – I believe in openness. I like the fact you can put Android on whichever device you like. I like that if you’re an app creator your apps do not need to be approved. I like how everyone can be a part of it. But seriously though, philosophy and belief can only take you so far. How…

  • New Journalism is Decadent and not Deprived

    Brian Blondy
    24 Apr 2012 | 11:23 am
    Tom Wolfe, the esteemed writer of the groundbreaking and seminal work of non-fiction of the 1970’s, The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, decided in 1973 to put together a book, or better said, an anthology, which curated the changing face of non-fiction journalism. He aptly titled the book, The New Journalism, in order to define what he saw as the best, new journalism that was being printed at the time. Wolfe self-described this endeavor as aiming to gather the most “absorbing and gripping” long-form writing into one volume so as to identify (for university students in particular) new…

  • Is the Bubble About to Burst Again?

    Kevin Swaine
    17 Apr 2012 | 10:20 am
    Just over a year ago Microsoft shelled out a whopping $8.5 billion dollars to buy Skype. Then last week Facebook broke the bank to spend $1 billion on purchasing Instagram. Add to that the sale of Tweetdeck to Twitter for $30 million and Zynga spending $180 million on OMGPOP . These stories have dominated the news over the last few weeks. Opinions, for both sides, have been published, counter-opinions have been posted and amongst all the media frenzy, one thing seems to have gone unnoticed – in the last year alone over $10 billion has been spent on social media platforms and applications.
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  • Danes & Patinkin Film Homeland in Homeland

    larry
    16 May 2012 | 11:03 am
    Actor Mandy Patinkin channels Herzl at PeaceNow conference Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, and others from the American television drama, Homeland, are in Israel to shoot episodes for the second season of the award winning series. The thriller is based on HATUFIM (about Kidnapped “POWs”), an Israeli television drama. It was repitched and developed for the American SHOWTIME cable network by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. In season 1, actress Claire Danes plays Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer based in Washington DC with a severe sense of guilt over 9/11, and some hidden mental health…

  • A Comprehensive Guide for Ladies: How to Avoid Schmucks in Israel

    Guest Post
    16 May 2012 | 5:53 am
    Guest Post by Michelle Esther Appelbaum, MA Educational Psychology; MBA Candidate It is easy to describe a typical Israeli “Ars”; their appearance and behavior screams so loud, the sound can practically choke you. For more information, please see my guide: “Ladies… Beware of the Ars!” One of the first steps in problem solving is awareness, and it is far from a difficult task to raise “Ars Awareness”. One the other hand, how do you avoid the less obvious, less in-your-face, less apparent jerks who are equally harmful, if not more so? The Ars Guide that started it all Truth be…

  • Orthodox Rapper Y-Love is Out of the Closet

    ck
    15 May 2012 | 5:17 pm
    The above video by Y-Love, titled Focus on the Flair, featuring Israeli singer Onili and produced by Shemspeed‘s boss man Diwon, was released hot on the heels of the bombshell announcement in the pages of Out magazine no less, that Orthodox rapper Y-Love is gay. And why did he decide to come out now? At 34, Jordan hopes he’ll be able to finally date “in the light.” After a brief, failed marriage to a Jewish woman and dealing with the constant attention of matchmakers for years—and even a form of blackmail when one suitor’s brother “outed” him to rabbis—he wants to date…

  • Kosha Dillz Presents Moses Wasteland

    ck
    15 May 2012 | 3:18 pm
    Jew rapper Kosha Dillz is literally everywhere. On the heels of his Bud Light “Here We Go” Superbowl Commercial, Dills just released a 6 song EP containing some of his most aggressive stuff yet. You can listen to and download The Jet Lag on DJ Booth. In the meantime, enjoy Moses Wasteland: Though this isn’t today’s big news in the Jewish rap world…

  • Old Jews Telling Jokes: The Contest!

    ck
    14 May 2012 | 7:28 pm
    It started with a simple concept. A web site that presents old Jews telling jokes. Simple, straightforward and lacking all pretension, we immediately fell in love, as one old Jew after another shared their favorite jokes. Now the site has spawned a… a what? A musical? A comedy revue? This is how they describe it: Created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent, OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES showcases five actors in a revue that pays tribute to and reinvents classic jokes of the past and present. Think you’ve heard them all before? … Not this way. The show also features comic…
 
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    JobMob

  • 20 Tools to Find Local Networking Events Quickly

    Jacob Share
    15 May 2012 | 1:44 pm
    Where to schmooze your next boss or someone who can lead you to them. Networking events are great for: learning of new job opportunities and sharing some with others practicing your elevator pitch and learning from others’ handing out business cards and receiving others And more. Plus, you get these benefits even if the event isn’t industry-related, or even if it’s not technically called a “networking event” at all. Here are 20 websites that you can use to find local job fairs, networking groups, industry events or any other kind of event that can help your job…

  • 3 Crucial Things You Never Learned in School

    Jacob Share
    10 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    Are you one of those people who say they never learned anything in high school? Me neither. I learned a lot in high school, but there were some critical topics that the teachers never mentioned. 1) Parenting Carrying an egg around for a week isn’t parenting. The sad thing is just doing that class assignment would have already put you “in the know” compared to most other high school graduates. Looking at how you were raised by your parents will rarely prepare you for the real thing, which is why so many people agonize before having kids and then get stressed out when they do.

  • 100+ Salary Surveys, Guides and Calculators For 2012

    Jacob Share
    2 May 2012 | 1:25 pm
    A handy reference for your pre-job interview research. Why you can trust this list First of all, I was very careful to only choose sites that are credible so you can believe their numbers. I was also careful to choose sites that have their own numbers, and aren’t simply using reports from global sites like Payscale.com Finally – different sites have different sources, so compare results across sites for the best ideas Click a flag to jump to that country’s results:   Don’t see your country’s flag? Click the globe icon to check the International section. 2012…

  • How To Cope With A Bad Job Interviewer

    Jacob Share
    25 Apr 2012 | 11:00 am
    Sometimes a bad job interview doesn’t mean you were a bad job interviewee. This is a guest post by Will Kerr. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. When you’re preparing to launch yourself into the lion’s den of a job interview, you’ll usually be entirely focused on your own performance, from planning out your dress, to ensuring you’ll look your best, to perfecting your handshake. While all of these preparations are undoubtedly vital, they make it all too easy to lose track of the fact that an interview is a dialogue and, by its…

  • The Longest List of iPhone Job Search Apps Ever

    Jacob Share
    18 Apr 2012 | 11:00 am
    100+ apps for job search success with your iPhone. This awesome list is brought to you by Surc, a hard case that snugly turns your iPhone into a handy universal learning remote that can control almost any infrared device or appliance. It’s time to toss out that pile of remotes! On to the list… The apps are categorized for easy browsing and each app includes its official description. All the apps are free unless their description says “(Paid)”, and all apps are in English unless another language is specified. What are your favorite iPhone apps for your job search? Tell…
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  • ‫מה המשמעות של אישור העבודה על תנאי העבודה‬

    ‫admin‬
    11 May 2012 | 8:34 pm
    המעסיק החובה להבטיח את אישור העבודה על תנאי העבודה עם ארגון ההסמכה הבאות של הגנה על העבודה מותקן קוד st.212 העבודה. על פי הצו משרד הבריאות של רוסיה ב 31 אוגוסט 2007 N 569 "על תהליך הסמכה של עבודה על תנאי העבודה," לפחות פעם אחת כל 5 שנים, הסמכה חייבת להתבצע על כל מקומות העבודה על תנאי העבודה. סדר ARM על ידי UT מסדיר את פעילותם של המעסיקים…

  • ‫מהו ארגון והפקה‬

    ‫admin‬
    11 May 2012 | 5:05 pm
    "ייצור" מתייחס מדעי כלכלית, יש תפקיד מוביל בקרב במדעי החברה, כפי שהם לחקור את יחסי הייצור, כלומר את היחסים המתפתחים בין אנשים בתהליך הייצור. כמו כל מדע, "ייצור" יש אובייקט של מחקר – אחד או צורה אחרת של חומר הנושא שלה – חוקי התנועה של צורה זו של חומר. לאחרונה מצאתי אצל כאבי גב אוזן קשבת . מטרת משתתפי המחקר – מפעל…

  • ‫מפתחות כדי לקנות בתבונה‬

    ‫admin‬
    10 May 2012 | 12:50 pm
    עכשיו את סימני, כרטיסי אשראי ובנקים החלו את הקרב על ידי שיגור מבצעים שונים לכל יום בשבוע כדרך להתחמק מהמשבר, הוא גם מגביר חרדות שלנו לתפוס אותם. לא להיתפס באמצע הקרב או לטבוע בים של מחירי מוצרי זכוכית, יש כמה הצעות שלנו הוא חווית קנייה מאושר. מאסטר הדחפים שלך. במקרה הזה אני חושב ש טבע צודק במה בהוא אומר. אל תרוצו להיות הראשונים…

  • ‫להגדיל את הרווחים עם תוכניות שותפים‬

    ‫admin‬
    5 May 2012 | 8:19 am
    כידוע כמות הרווח תלויה תוכניות שותפים נוכחות של משאב זה שמקדם תוכנית השותפים. יותר מבקרים, יותר רווח. אבל זה גם תפקיד מיוחד להגדיל הרווח כמה את תוכנית השותפים המתאימה עבור האתר שלך. הבחירה של תוכניות שותפים: 1. תוכנית שותפים צריכים להשלים את התוכן (תוכן) של האתר צריך להיות שימושי המבקרים באתר שלך. לדוגמה: יש לך אתר על החדשות בעולם…

  • ‫ארגון מחדש של מפעלים כדרך לחסל‬

    ‫admin‬
    29 Apr 2012 | 6:45 am
    ארגון מחדש של החברה – במקרים מסוימים הוא מובטח, הוא אמין מאוד יקר לפחות דרך להיפטר מיותר על הפירמה. בנוסף, דרך מהירה יחסית לחסל, ואם מרצון פירוק ופשיטת רגל האחרון מ – 6 חודשים עד מספר שנים, ארגון מחדש יכול להתבצע על 2.5-4 חודשים. נסה להדגיש חלק הכללים, וציין כי החברה יכולה לחסל במהירות ובקלות. כלל 1. פתח – זה תמיד קל יותר לסגור.
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    Cross-Currents

  • Global Worrying

    Avi Shafran
    15 May 2012 | 8:50 am
    I think I’ve discovered what makes me so uncomfortable about the assertion that global warming is a real and urgent problem. A front-page New York Times story on May 1 concerned (thanks, Mr. Rumsfeld, for the pithy phrase) a “known unknown”: the earth’s cloud cover. Specifically, the causes and effects of its extent, altitude, and qualities—which are only very imperfectly understood. MIT professor of meteorology Richard S. Lindzen, the article explains, considers clouds a sort of planetary self-corrective mechanism that can counter the effects of greenhouse gases, the global warming…

  • What the Presidency Can Tell Us About Gedolei Yisroel

    Yitzchok Adlerstein
    15 May 2012 | 1:56 am
    A few months ago, veteran political columnist James Fallows presented two opposing views of the Obama presidency in a cover story for The Atlantic. It generated much discussion, in part because of its balance, in part because of the depth that only someone who has been as close to the presidency as Fallows can bring. Fallows admits to leaning to a favorable view of the President, but it does not get in the way of pinpointing his flaws and errors. If you are open to two points of view on the subject, “Obama, Explained” remains a good read. Fallows considers, inter alia, the gargantuan task…

  • Open Mouths and Open Mikes

    Emanuel Feldman
    11 May 2012 | 10:15 am
    The power of human speech made the headlines once again this month — even before the WikiLeak shocks had worn off — with two gaffes by prominent American politicians. One of Mitt Romney’s top campaign strategists was asked if Romney would not be permanently locked into certain positions because of his primary promises. He replied with the unfortunate “Etch-a Sketch” analogy: You shake the picture a bit and start from the beginning. Which of course led the anti-Romneys to charge that this proves that Romney has no convictions and no principles. He is just a politician who blows with…

  • Measured Insularity Does Not a Monk Make

    Avi Shafran
    10 May 2012 | 8:55 am
    This article appears in the current issue of the New York Jewish Week and is shared here with that paper’s permission. Haredi Jews have become accustomed to their portrayal in a variety of negative ways over the years, the result of our stubborn refusal to assimilate Western values and mores into our lives, our rejection of the notion of a multi-winged Judaism-bird (and, perforce, of conversions of non-Jews to “new Judaisms”) and, to our shame and chagrin, the inexcusable actions of some individuals in our community. Still, it was eye-opening to read Rabbi Eugene Korn’s recent…

  • Agudath Israel statement on same-sex marriage

    Avi Shafran
    9 May 2012 | 8:16 pm
    In the wake of President Obama’s sharing of his personal feeling that the millennia-old institution of marriage should be redefined in contemporary America, National Jewish Democratic Council chair Marc R. Stanley declared his admiration for the president’s demonstration of “the values of tikkun olam.” A political group is entitled to its opinion, no less than a president is to his. But to imply that a religious value like “tikkun olam” – and by association, Judaism – is somehow implicated in a position like the one the president articulated, is outrageous, offensive and…
 
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  • Why peace is impossible, reason #6350

    16 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
    Two articles in the mainstream Arabic press about yesterday's "Nakba Day" prove that as long as Israel exists in any form, Arabs will not accept it. No matter what. The first comes from the popular pan-Arab Al Quds al Arabi site. The title is all you need to know: "The 64-Year Occupation of Palestine." If the "occupation" is 64 years old, that means that even if Israel accedes to all the current PLO demands, there will still not be peace. The second comes from Jordan's Addastour site, which is titled "Palestine Nakba is a dagger in the side of the Arab nation." It goes through…

  • Gaza export totals this season

    16 May 2012 | 11:15 am
    From Israel's COGAT: During the current season, more than 600 tons of strawberries, 250 tons of tomatoes, 50 tons of pepper and approximately 10,000,000 flowers, were exported thus far. This is besides the 2000 sweaters exported yesterday to England and the furniture exports earlier this year. If you are famous fact-challenged academic Juan Cole, this adds up to "zero."

  • Sorry, BDSers, but Israel's economy continues to grow

    16 May 2012 | 9:35 am
    From Globes: The Israeli economy grew by 3% on an annualized basis in the first quarter of 2012, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. The growth rate was above the 2.5% growth predicted in a "Bloomberg" poll of analysts, GDP growth in the first quarter was nevertheless less than in the two preceding quarters: 3.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011 and 3.3% in the third quarter. The Central Bureau of Statistics said that GDP growth in the first quarter was due to higher exports and imports of goods and services, and higher private consumption, investment in fixed assets, and modest…

  • "Muslim Brotherhood sent convoy of doctors to mutilate girls"

    16 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    From Bikya Masr: A number of Egyptian human rights groups have submitted a communication to the Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud against the Muslim Brotherhood`s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) to investigate the complaints of people in the village of Abu Aziz in the Minya governorate, south of Cairo, over the existence of a large medical convoy organized by the party that wanders streets and does medical examination on people, including female circumcision, or female genital mutilation, in violation of Egyptian law, conventions and treaties signed by Egypt. In…

  • Differences prisoner agreement lessons between Arabic and English

    16 May 2012 | 4:49 am
    From Ma'an, by Ali Sawafta of Reuters: Standing up to Israel through non-violent resistance can produce encouraging results, Palestinians said Tuesday, after a prisoner hunger strike produced some Israeli concessions. The deal under which thousands of prisoners agreed Monday to end a month-long fast against Israel's prison policy was struck on the eve of Nakba (catastrophe) Day that marks Israel's founding in a 1948 war when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were driven out of their homes. To some, the hunger strike proved the value of "popular resistance" as favored by President…
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    FresnoZionism.org -- ציונות פרסנו

  • Anti-Zionist cartoonist bites hand that feeds him

    Vic Rosenthal
    14 May 2012 | 5:56 pm
    A panel from an Eli Valley cartoon that appeared on the +972 website Eli Valley is not a suburb of San Francisco. No, Eli Valley is a vicious Israel- and Jew-hating cartoonist who draws things like the panel above, in which Bibi Netanyahu rapes Barack Obama in outer space, after first eating his arms and legs. Really. Apparently, the liberal Jewish Daily Forward, of which Valley is “artist in residence,” didn’t have the balls to publish this particularly emetic example of his work, so it appeared on the extreme anti-Zionist +972 website. Eli Valley’s message is simple:…

  • Palestinian hunger strikers not innocent

    Vic Rosenthal
    10 May 2012 | 2:14 pm
    The UN’s Ban Ki-Moon cares about Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails: 9 May 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of averting any further deterioration in the condition of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody who are on hunger strike, and urged everyone concerned to reach a solution to their plight without delay. “The Secretary-General continues to follow with concern the ongoing hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody, in particular those held in what is known as administrative detention,” according to information provided by…

  • Breaking: Israel gets unity government

    Vic Rosenthal
    8 May 2012 | 12:32 am
    Shaul Mofaz, during his term as Chief of Staff (1998-2002) YNet reports: No elections, Kadima joins government: In a dramatic move, the Likud and Kadima parties agreed on a unity government early Tuesday, averting the prospect of early elections. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima Chairman Shaul Mofaz finalized the surprising unity agreement hours before the Knesset was expected to approve its own dissolution and set September 4th as the date of the next elections. PM Netanyahu announced that Kadima’s Mofaz will be appointed deputy PM and minister without portfolio, while also…

  • Three irrational US Mideast policies

    Vic Rosenthal
    4 May 2012 | 5:44 pm
    I want to discuss three positions taken by the Obama Administration which are opposed to American  interests and make war, not peace, more likely.  There are many other issues that I could discuss, both about the Mideast and elsewhere, but these are emblematic of the general problem. Position 1. Sanctions and negotiations can cause Iran to give up the pursuit of nuclear weapons. The possession of nuclear weapons will give Iran the power to dominate the Muslim Middle East, economically and politically. This is the primary goal of the revolutionary regime. The Iranian leadership is not averse…

  • Israelis share Netanyahu’s view of history

    Vic Rosenthal
    2 May 2012 | 3:37 pm
    Benzion and Bibi play chess (2006) The writer Jeffrey Goldberg is a very smart guy. And unlike many who write about Israel, he knows something about it, having lived there and served in the IDF. He has interviewed many of the major players, and he is not a polemicist of the Left or the Right. His insights are often fresh and, er, insightful. So I am always surprised when Goldberg misses the mark. And the way he missed it in an article published this Monday is illustrative of a misconception he shares with many American Jews. Discussing the influence of Benzion Netanyahu on his son the Prime…
 
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    ספורט - nrg.co.il

  • חי: מכבי ראשל"צ - עירוני אשקלון 14:14

    16 May 2012 | 1:58 pm
    הקבוצה מעיר היין מנסה לעשות היסטוריה ולחזור מפיגור 2:0 לניצחון 2:3 בסדרה בפלייאוף העליון, זאת ללא גמ'אל קרופורד הפצוע. חניכיו של אריק אלפסי רוצים לחזור על ההישג מ-2005 ולעלות לפיינל פור בפעם השנייה בתולדותיהם (רבע ראשון)

  • "אני לא מאמין שצ'לסי תבוא להתגונן"

    16 May 2012 | 1:50 pm
    שוער באיירן מינכן מחמם אווירה לקראת גמר ליגת האלופות: "הם הוכיחו מול ברצלונה שהם עומדים בצורה טקטית מושלמת, אך יצטרכו לצאת להתקפות מתפרצות. דרוגבה הכי מסוכן והוא הוכיח זאת כל העונה". גומז: "כל העיר בטירוף למשחק. אנחנו חייבים לה את זה"

  • אלדשטיין: "המטרה הבאה - שיהיה לנו בית"

    16 May 2012 | 1:11 pm
    מאמן הפועל ת"א חגג את העלייה לליגת העל: "אחת מעונות האימון הטובות ביותר שלי". המנהל אורי שלף: "כולם האמינו שנצליח, גם כשהיינו בליגה ב'". גל איתן: "אין לנו בית, אבל האוהדים שלנו גורמים לנו להרגיש כמו בבית"

  • הפועל ת"א עלתה לליגת העל

    16 May 2012 | 12:58 pm
    האדומים של ארז אדלשטיין חזרו לליגת העל אחרי שהביסו בחוץ 56:83 את מכבי באר יעקב במשחק הרביעי במסגרת הגמר סל בלאומית. זאת הפעם בתולדות הספורט הישראלי, שקבוצת אוהדים תשחק בליגה הבכירה

  • קני דלגליש פוטר מליברפול

    16 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    המנג'ר הסקוטי, שהגיע על תקן משיח והעביר עונה כושלת עם מקום שמיני וגביע הליגה לעניים, סיים את תפקידו בקבוצה בתום פגישה עם הבעלים ג'ון הנרי בבוסטון: "אני רוצה להודות לאוהדים על התקופה הנפלאה" רוברטו מרטינז המועמד המוביל להחליפו
 
 
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  • אצבע משולשת בין הפרוות

    16 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    מלחמות הפרווה ברשת נמשכות. פעילי בעלי החיים הישראלים ממשיכים לספוג עלבונות, כולל השמצות אנטישמיות. ג'יין הלוי, מראשי המתנגדים לפרוות בעולם, משתפת אותנו בתחושותיה

  • תמונות שלא נראו מדליפת הנפט במפרץ מקסיקו

    16 May 2012 | 6:38 am
    שנתיים אחרי האסון האקולוגי הענק, צלם גרינפיס מפרסם תמונות מדהימות, הממחישות עד כמה היה משמעותי האירוע. צפו

  • בבחינה מחודשת: מעבר משוקע לרכבת בכל חיפה

    16 May 2012 | 4:48 am
    בניגוד להחלטה קודמת, מוסדות התכנון החליטו לבחון האפשרות לסלול תוואי רכבת משוקע בחיפה. החברה להגנת הטבע מברכת

  • חדש: פיקוח בזמן אמת על איכות מי הכנרת

    16 May 2012 | 3:10 am
    תאגיד המים של טבריה יחל לנטר את איכות המים המגיעים מהאגם. לראשונה, בזכות טכנולוגיה מתקדמת, יתאפשר גילוי זיהומים שונים

  • לחמם את הבית עם שאריות הפסולת

    15 May 2012 | 9:52 am
    חברת Olivebar מייצרת גלילים להסקת בתים מפסולת אורגנית, כתחליף לעץ. גם לכם יש רעיון שיכול לתרום לסביבה? תחרות היוזמה הירוקה היא המקום שלכם. הפרס לזוכה: מלגה בשווי 14 אלף שקל
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  • איזה יורמית, מה את עושה בחיים המשעממים שלך?

    Orli Yakuel
    23 Apr 2012 | 3:09 am
    את הבלוג באנגלית שלי פתחתי במרץ 2006 - כמובן שלא תארתי לעצמי שאנשים בכלל יקראו אותו, אבל בגלל שאמרו לי שאני חייבת בלוג כי קישקשתי ברשת יותר מידי, פתחתי אחד. היה לי מאוד נעים שאנשים כן קראו ונרשמו לעידכונים. דברים שסיקרתי בבלוג קושרו לבלוגים גדולים יותר ובמשך הזמן נתפסתי כמישהי שמזהה טרנדים חדשים. ישנם בלוגים שכותבים על מה שאחרים…

  • איך לגרום לדף העיסקי שלכם להיראות טוב יותר בפייסבוק

    Orli Yakuel
    22 Mar 2012 | 4:47 am
    אם יש לכם דף עיסקי בפייסבוק, יש מצב שהכנתם טאב מיוחד של Welcome לאלה שנוחתים על הדף עוד לפני הלייק, סידרתם טאבים נוספים, שיחקתם עם חמשת התמונות בסטריפ העליון - בקיצור, השקעתם. ואז מגיע הטיימליין החדש של פייסבוק והחוקים משתנים. אתם יכולים להישאר עם הדף שהכנתם, אבל:כמו בחיים, לא כולם אוהבים שינויים. הנוחות טובה לנו, קשה להתרגל ולהשקיע…

  • מקלדת Jumboard מגיעה לסופר-פארם!

    Orli Yakuel
    17 Oct 2011 | 11:26 am
    מי שהגיע לאירוע של טקונומי האחרון ודאי זוכר את Jumboard (היום: Webbe World), חברה שפיתחה מקלדת לפעוטות שמטרתה לעזור להם להישתלב בעולם המשחקים באינטרנט. המקלדת שהוצגה באירוע (אז אב טיפוס), משלבת ארבעה מקשים צבעוניים עליהם צריכים הקטנטנים להקיש בזמן המשחק על מנת לתפעל אותו. בכל משחק יופיעו אותם הצבעים שעל המקשים כדי ליצור סביבה מוכרת ופשוטה…

  • ספרית ילדים חדשה בעברית לאייפד בשיתוף עם רשת פלאפון

    Orli Yakuel
    19 Aug 2011 | 1:43 am
    כבר כתבתי בעבר על שתי ספריות לילדים בעברית לאייפד: "אצבעונית", ו"הספריה הקטנה". כל ספריה נוספת היא מבורכת לדעתי משום שככל שיותר ויותר אנשים משתמשים באייפד בארץ כך עולה הדרישה לתכנים בעברית. הספרים של TabTale היו שם קודם לפי מיטב זכרוני אך לא יצא לי לכתוב עליהם. לשמחתי ראיתי שהם העלו אפליקציה של ספריה שלמה (ולא ספרים בודדים כמו האחרים),…

  • חיים בלי מוזיקה זה כמו פלאפל בלי טחינה

    Orli Yakuel
    12 Aug 2011 | 11:12 am
    לא סתם פתחתי במטאפורה קלאסית שמתאימה לצרכן הישראלי.על מנה של פלאפל תשלמו 10-15 ש"ח, אז איך זה שעל מוזיקה לא הייתם משלמים 20 ש"ח בחודש?בלי הכללות, יש כאלה שכן משלמים, אבל הרוב יעדיפו ללכת ליוטיוב או אתרים פיראטיים ובלבד שלא יצטרכו להכניס פרטי כרטיס אשראי באינטרנט. למה? לא מצליחה למצוא תשובה מדוייקת. בבדיקה שערכתי באינטרנט קראתי שאחוז…
 
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  • ‫זכו במלגה בסך $900 ל- Founder Institute‬

    ‫ימי גליק‬
    23 Apr 2012 | 1:27 am
    ה- Founder Institue הוא גוף בינלאומי המכשיר יזמים מתחילים (בכל הגילאים)  באמצעות תהליך האורך כ- 4 חודשים וכולל מפגשים שבועיים במגוון נושאים רלוונטיים. את התהליך מלווים מנטורים המספקים הכוונה אישית. היום הוא היום האחרון להגשת מועמדות לתכנית ההכשרה ואחד מקוראי the.co.ils שיתן את ה- pitch המשכנע ביותר גם יזכה במלגה לתוכנית. אם אתם מכירים מישהו…

  • ‫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…
 
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  • שפונגין בישל, אומוניה זכתה בגביע הקפריסאי

    16 May 2012 | 1:54 pm
    המגן הימני סידר לאלבס (18) את שער הניצחון ב-0:1 על א.א.ל לימסול וחגג עם דדי בן דיין זכייה. שניהם השלימו 90 דק'. אואון הורחק בשורות המפסידים

  • מחצית: מכבי ראשל"צ - עירוני אשקלון 33:30

    16 May 2012 | 1:45 pm
    רבע גמר הפלייאוף, משחק 5: כמו במשחקים הקודמים, אי אפשר להפריד בין שתי הקבוצות. מרקו קילינגסוורת' עם 10 לאורחים, 9 לניצן חנוכי בראשל"צ

  • הפרויקט נגמר

    16 May 2012 | 1:30 pm
    פיני גרשון בטור אישי ל-ONE: האוהדים החזירו את הפועל לליגת העל. המטרה: 4 זרים טובים. היכונו לחזרת המש' הגדולים. דרבי? כמו כולן גם הפועל תפסיד

  • יעקב שחר עקץ: אנחנו אלופים בלהוציא לתקשורת

    16 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    הבעלים של חיפה סיכם עונה עם השחקנים: "השנה הקשה ביותר". יניב קטן לאחר ה-2:1 להפועל: "העונה הזו כישלון". בנאדו מיועד לנוער. צפו בתקציר

  • אדלשטיין: הישג מדהים, שלף: נשחק בהדר יוסף

    16 May 2012 | 12:47 pm
    מאמן הפועל חגג חזרה לליגת העל. היו"ר: "זה הכח של האוהדים", נאור: "התרגשות אדירה", איתן: "אין מילים", קרטיס קלי: "לנצח אהיה חלק מהפועל"
 
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  • Syrian Rebels Get Arms with Gulf Money, U.S. Coordination

    15 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    (Washington Post) Karen DeYoung and Liz Sly - Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks including antitank weaponry, an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated in part by the U.S., according to opposition activists and U.S. and foreign officials. U.S. contacts with the rebel military and information-sharing with Gulf nations mark a shift in Obama administration policy as hopes dim for a political solution. Many officials now consider an expanding military confrontation in Syria to…

  • Iran's Foreign Minister Was Involved in Clandestine Nuclear Program

    15 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    (Reuters) Tabassum Zakaria - Communications from the 1990s suggest Iran's current foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, had knowledge of a program to procure goods for a clandestine nuclear program, U.S. nuclear expert David Albright, founder of the Institute for Science and International Security, said Tuesday. A letter signed by Salehi as head of Sharif University in 1991 served as an end-user guarantee to a European supplier of materials that could have a dual purpose for use in a nuclear program. Sharif University was acting essentially as a front for Iran's military procurement network,…

  • Israel to Send Fighter Jets for Joint Exercises in U.S.

    15 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    (Times of Israel) Greg Tepper - The Israeli Air Force is soon to send fighter jets to take part in joint military exercises in the U.S., Israel Channel 2 TV reported Tuesday. In addition, Israeli and U.S. air defense forces will take part in a major drill later this summer in Israel. In Israel on Tuesday, American National Guard and Israeli Home Front Command forces conducted search and rescue drills.

  • Israeli Group Wins $323 Million Suit in U.S. Against Iran and Syria for Restaurant Bombing

    15 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    (AP-Washington Post) A U.S. court awarded a $323 million judgment against Iran and Syria for supporting Palestinian militants that killed an American teenager and ten others in a 2006 bombing, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of the Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, that represents victims of Palestinian violence, said Tuesday. Daniel Wultz, 16, of Florida was killed when an Islamic Jihad suicide bomber set off his explosives at a Tel Aviv restaurant. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said in the Monday ruling, "When a state chooses to use terror as a policy tool - as Iran and Syria continue to do -…

  • IDF Intelligence: Assad's Fate Is Sealed, Hizbullah Is Strengthening in South Lebanon

    15 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    (Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - IDF Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi made a secret visit two weeks ago to Washington and to UN headquarters in New York, where he discussed the Iranian nuclear program, the Syria crisis and Hizbullah's increasing power in Lebanon, a senior Israeli official has said. A European diplomat who was briefed on the content of Kochavi's talks in New York said that Israel believes Assad's fate is sealed, and the only question is how long it will be before his regime is toppled. A senior Israeli official said Kochavi also warned against Hizbullah's increasing…
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  • The Old City, Jerusalem: the ESSENTIAL guide to this religious and amazingly historical site

    Ashley
    16 May 2012 | 12:04 am
    The Old City of Jerusalem is surely one of the greatest sites in Israel; amazingly intense, hugely religious, and with history poring out of every corner…a must-see in Israel if ever there was one! The Old City interests many people for many different reasons. But with so many amazing sites within the walls of the Old City, including the Western “Wailing” Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Dome of the Rock, whatever you’re looking for you’re bound to find something that will not only interest you, but may well knock your socks off! Take it from us,…

  • Loving and Lusting in Tel Aviv: Sex and the Smartphone

    Pixi
    15 May 2012 | 3:06 am
    Welcome to our series of articles on the singles scene in Tel Aviv. Life, love, and lust, all wrapped up in a Middle Eastern glow and penned by the wonderful Pixi…if you’re easily offended, look away now! The death of romance…or is it simply evolving? In a city as technologically savvy as Tel Aviv, we are unable to escape the constant buzz of email alerts, the vibrations of ‘silent’ phone rings, and the annoyingly familiar SMS beep that sounds like a dying robotic bird. Smartphones. All the kids have them these days. In a paradoxically fascinating way they run around town in…

  • The reunited Afghan Whigs to perform TWO concerts in Tel Aviv!

    Ashley
    15 May 2012 | 12:10 am
    Legendary US soul-influenced rockers The Afghan Whigs will be performing two concerts in Tel Aviv as part of their world tour to mark their reunification! They will be playing at Tel Aviv’s Barby Club on June 15th and 16th. Tickets are priced at 250 shekels on the door, or 220 shekels if you pre-order (call 03-5188123). The Afghan Whigs were originally formed in the 80s and went on to release a number of successful albums through the 90s, til their split in 2001. They briefly reformed in 2006, but this new world tour marks the 25th anniversary of their first live gig back in 1987……

  • The new BODIES exhibition in Tel Aviv – not for the squeamish!

    Ashley
    14 May 2012 | 12:02 am
    If you’re fascinated by the human body and how it all works, including all those intimate, internal working organs, the new Bodies exhibition in Tel Aviv is for you! The exhibition runs from the 21 May to the end of August, and is located at HaTachana, one of Tel Aviv’s best sites if you’re out and about and looking for a whole range of shopping, eating and arty things to do and see (read our full guide to HaTachana here). We’re not sure if it’s on the same scale as the amazing Body Worlds exhibition which was in Israel a couple of years ago – and which we…

  • The legendary Alan Parsons Project return to Israel for two concerts!

    Ashley
    13 May 2012 | 12:10 am
    Legendary British prog rockers the Alan Parsons Project have confirmed they are returning to Israel for two concerts in June! They were previously here in 2010 for two sold out gigs, and have returned to keep their Israeli fan base happy with concerts at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv (June 16) and the Beersheva Performing Arts Center (June 17). No news yet of ticket prices, but as soon as we get some info we’ll post it here. The Alan Parsons Project was primarily composed of keyboardist Alan Parsons and singer Eric Woolfson, who were the core of the band since the start in 1975, though split up…
 
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  • Internet Asifa Tickets On eBay

    Rafi G.
    16 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    If you are looking to go to the "Internet Asifa" at Citi Field arena next week, you probably know by now that the event has been sold out. Whether tickets were dumped on communities just to make it seem sold out, or if they were actually snapped up by the multitudes wanting to participate, it does not matter to someone who wants to buy a ticket today. The good news is that you can still get tickets - they are being scalped. I don't know if they are being sold on ticket and sports websites, such as Stub Hub or Tickets Now, but they are available on eBay. Two examples of listings on eBay are: 2…

  • Interesting Posts #381

    Rafi G.
    16 May 2012 | 11:09 am
    Interesting Posts #381 1. BlogDM posted about my post regarding the question to Rav Kanievsky about Avraham Fried's lyrics. Here is a great comment post with more music questions for Rav Kanievsky. 2. Today's Date 3. Help Chai Lifeline 4. Save Up To 20% on your 2012 Summer Electric Bill 5. Internet Asifa posts: Schizophrenia, Cosmic IMbalance, The Great Gathering, Reflections 6. What Killed Hats, and Why Haredim Still Wear Them 7. Giving Tzedaka To Freeloaders 8. Artscroll is Frummer Than Rashi 9. Kabbalist Rav Benayahu Shmueli: The redemption Will Begin Within 60 Days 10. Yosef…

  • New Rules At Mir Yeshiva

    Rafi G.
    16 May 2012 | 7:33 am
    The Mir Yeshiva is a very good yeshiva. That does not even need to be said. Being such a large yeshiva, though, perhaps the largest in the world, it does have it's problems. The Mir is so large that it cannot contain itself in one building, in one beis medrash, in one dormitory. The students are spread out throughout the neighborhood in rental apartments, in small shuls, in small batei medrash, etc. In such a large place it is easy to get lost, and for anyone who wants to it is easy to fly under the radar. Truth is that this is true in any yeshiva or institution, and small places…

  • UTJ's Governmental Dilemmas

    Rafi G.
    16 May 2012 | 5:24 am
    UTJ has some serious dilemmas to consider in the near future, and it does not look like the possibilities are all that good. 1. The first is regarding the committee formed by the prime minister to seek out an alternative solution to propose as law to replace the Tal Law. UTJ announced that it would not send a representative but would work behind the scenes, during and after the fact, to mitigate the potential problems. They will not send a rep because they will not participate in a committee whose sole purpose is to find a way to take yeshiva boys out of yeshiva. While at first it seemed as…

  • Mehadrin Conference Center

    Rafi G.
    16 May 2012 | 3:51 am
    The Haredi city-councilmen in Jerusalem are requesting an allocation of city land for the purpose of building a large conference hall - one that can hold 1000 seats or more. The said conference hall would be designated for the haredi community alone, and it would be designed in a "mehadrin" style - the kitchens, separate entrances for men and women, I assume [more than] adequate separation between the genders in the halls, etc. The Iryah's response to the request is that there are already a number of locations in the city that can hold such large events, and in previous years the haredi…
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  • What is the “holiness” of the Shabbat?

    Yoel Meltzer
    3 May 2012 | 2:50 pm
    Although like many people I’m aware of the fact that according to Judaism the Shabbat (Sabbath) is “holy”, it was only recently that I acquired what I believe is a more insightful meaning of this seemingly basic Jewish concept. Before I can share this idea however, I first need to briefly clarify the Jewish meaning of “kadosh“, the Hebrew word for “holy”. In Hebrew, when something is “kadosh” it means that it has been set aside or separated from similar items and designated for a specific purpose. Thus, when the Temple stood in…

  • The Lessons of the Eisner Affair

    Yoel Meltzer
    24 Apr 2012 | 12:28 am
    Although watching a young Danish tourist getting whacked in the face by an M16 rifle is certainly not a pleasant site and tends to make one cringe, viewing the slightly extended video of the incident simply made my blood boil. For rather than being engaged in the normal activities that soldiers are engaged in, Lieutenant Colonel Shalom Eisner and his comrades had to deal with what appeared to be an obviously planned provocation: crowds of people all around, large signs saying “Stop Ethnic Cleansing”, flashing cameras everywhere and sneering cyclists refusing to disperse. Thus, it…

  • An Interview with Rabbi Moshe Zuriel

    Yoel Meltzer
    4 Apr 2012 | 2:31 pm
    Did you ever wonder how someone becomes a Torah scholar? I don’t mean just any old neighborhood rabbi who is able to quote a few sources (which for me is still very impressive) but rather someone who has an in depth understanding of the underlying ideas that all the various sources are trying to convey. Although this may sound like a trivial matter, the truth is there are few people who really acquire such an understanding. One such person I’ve had the privilege of knowing for several years is Rabbi Moshe Zuriel. Although externally he looks like another “black hat”…

  • Time for New Thinking

    Yoel Meltzer
    26 Mar 2012 | 1:24 am
    Roughly twenty years ago Israel made a decision to bring back from exile in faraway Tunisia it’s most bitter enemy, Yasser Arafat, and deposit him together with his close associates on our own doorstep. Still further, not content with the shock value of such a startling move, the leaders of the day outdid themselves by actually helping to arm and train Arafat’s newly created “police force”. Underlying this odd yet bold course of action was the assumption that the only way to achieve stability in the region is by increasing the amount of Arab sovereignty, which of course is just a…

  • Will Netanyahu Err Again?

    Yoel Meltzer
    21 Feb 2012 | 5:01 am
    Following the recent announcement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to run for the president of the Likud Convention, the future of the current Likud has suddenly been thrown in the air. For in spite of its somewhat colorful history, this is the first time that a current Likud Prime Minister has attempted to grab control of this key decision-making institution, a move which in effect further neutralizes the influence of the Likud Central Committee members. The reason given by the Prime Minister for this unprecedented move is to thwart the alleged intention of the newly elected Central…
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