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    Haaretz.com - Business

  • State fires Route 531 builder for missing dates

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm
    It's a blow to residents of the Sharon region who had hoped for a new highway and railway line to alleviate their congested traffic. Shapir Engineering won't be carrying out the gigantic project to extend Route 531, after all. The state will likely hire the runner-up in the tender, which will lead to more delays. ...

  • MK Plesner named top traveler in 2009

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm
    MK Yohanan Plesner (Kadima) holds the Knesset record for participating in parliamentary delegations abroad in 2009. During his 10 months in the Knesset last year, Plesner took part in five parliamentary delegations, and was abroad for 27 days. ...

  • Greek shares? Yassou!

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm
    Great calamity also offers great opportunity, it's said. Investors have found, time and again (usually in hindsight) that the right thing to do in the throes of financial crisis is to buck the stampeding-herd mentality. If they're fleeing, get in there and pick up the stuff they're dumping at rock-bottom prices. ...

  • HOT raising fine on early exit from triple-play package

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm
    Cable television provider Hot is increasing the exit penalty charged for customers seeking to default on its 'triple-play' package contract, which includes television, telephone and internet services. From now on triple-play customers who want to cancel their subscription will be charged NIS 580 plus another NIS 77.80 or NIS 90.80 (depending on the type of triple-play package they have subscribed to) for each month since they contracted with the company. ...

  • Drahi puts close aide at cable helm

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm
    After acquiring a 45% controlling stake in cable provider Hot, French investor Patrik Drahi is consolidating his control of the company by installing his right-hand man Dexter Goei to chair the company's board of directors. With the new appointment Yisrael Chechik, who currently serves as HOT's non-executive chairman, is expected to leave the company. ...
 
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    Haaretz.com - Art and Leisure

  • The man behind the British Invasion

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm
    What would the music industry look like without Sid Bernstein? We might have been spared the recent Depeche Mode concert at Ramat Gan Stadium, for one, since it was his idea to hold rock concerts in sports stadiums. And perhaps Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys would not have worked so hard on the fantastic harmonies in "Pet Sounds," because he would not have been familiar with the Beatles, the inspiration for and main catalyst of the work, who Bernstein first brought to the United States. Many more years might have passed before white American audiences were exposed to Ray Charles and James…

  • The murky world of international art crime

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm
    Burglars last week stole valuable works by Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall from a Tel Aviv apartment, in a heist which may have been carried out to order on behalf of collectors overseas, the mass-circulation daily Maariv reported yesterday . ...

  • Fan favorite

    7 Feb 2010 | 6:20 pm
    Last Friday evening the Twitter account of Assi Ezer, one of two moderators of "Big Brother," was inundated with messages. Scores of his followers begged and demanded, even hinted that he would be paid - if only they could get their hands on a particular photograph. All this took place shortly after one of the peak moments on the popular reality show this season. ...

  • The kid's got moves

    2 Feb 2010 | 7:01 pm
    Over its 55 years of existence, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company has produced quite a number of choreographers. Among the former dancers of the man considered the father of post-modernist dance are two of the most outstanding choreographers in the United States: Paul Taylor and Karole Armitage (the "punk ballerina"). At the same time, Jonah Bokaer, also a former dancer in the company, may be the first successor to the late Cunningham, at least in terms of his vision and artistic worldview. ...

  • Soundbox / The concert is the last step

    1 Feb 2010 | 6:17 pm
    Many people remember going to classical concerts as children - concerts that eventually became known as "family concerts," or concerts at school, in the gym or a large room. Sometimes the experiences were great and unforgettable - a special musical instrument, the sounds of live music and exotic musicians. ...
 
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    Haaretz.com - Defense

  • 6 hurt in West Bank clashes between Palestinians, settlers

    9 Feb 2010 | 11:55 am
    Five Israelis were lightly wounded on Tuesday by Palestinian stone-throwers in the West Bank settlement of Har Bracha, after violent clashes broke out in an open field between the two groups. ...

  • Lieberman: Turkey's 'anti-Israel' line must not kill our ties

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:57 am
    Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday said that Israel would strive to salvage its strained relations with Turkey despite Ankara's "weekly" condemnations. ...

  • Four things Netanyahu needs for an Israeli strike on Iran

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am
    To give the green light for a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requires evidence of a clear and present danger; the assurance of the Israel Defense Forces that it can do the job; domestic support; and also the consent of President Obama, who learned from his predecessors in the Bush family that you should only go to war in the Persian Gulf three years into your presidential term, after congressional elections. Tehran is in the crosshairs, but not before 2011. ...

  • Five Israeli cops hurt in arrest raid on Jerusalem refugee camp

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:41 pm
    A Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Jerusalem erupted in violence on Monday after Israeli security forces carried out a raid to arrest tax evaders and Palestinians responded by throwing stones. ...

  • IDF detains two pro-Palestinian foreigners in West Bank raid

    7 Feb 2010 | 2:30 pm
    Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Sunday arrested two pro-Palestinian activists from Spain and Australia during a raid on the West Bank city of Ramallah. ...
 
 
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    Haaretz.com - Opinion

  • If Netanyahu wants peace, he must lose Lieberman

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am
    In our government, everyone talks whenever he pleases about whatever he pleases. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman acts like the neighborhood bully; his style and statements suit the extreme right's worst thugs, who do what they want in the territories. ...

  • Horses wearing blinders

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:53 pm
    More than 10 years late, the people in charge of higher education have remembered to tackle the real problem. Not research budgets, not tuition fees, not lecturers' salaries - but education itself. The chairman of the Council for Higher Education's planning and budget committee, Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, has dared to touch the burning coals and declare that the decline in humanistic education has to be remedied by integrating general studies into all bachelor degree courses, whatever the student is majoring in. ...

  • Megalomania on the rails

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:53 pm
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday presented to Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and senior treasury officials his grandiose plan for investments to link the periphery to the center of the country via a network of highways and railway lines over the next 20 years. The lion's share of the costs, some NIS 50 billion, will go to the rail network, from Eilat to Kiryat Shmona, and from Haifa to Beit She'an. ...

  • When planting trees is unethical

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:52 pm
    It's green and the people doing it consider themselves green, so tree-planting should really be a genuinely ecological act - and this is how it is indeed presented with regularity by the Jewish National Fund each year at Tu Bishvat, Jewish Arbor Day. But there is nothing environmental or ecological about enlisting tree-planting to promote the protracted occupation of the West Bank. ...

  • The good life of the young retiree

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:50 pm
    On Sunday afternoon, the finance minister and the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff met to discuss a sensitive topic: raising the retirement age in the Israel Defense Forces. ...
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    Haaretz - Rosner's Domain

  • One State solution? Let the debate begin

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

  • What killed the campaign for Darfur?

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

  • Does Israel need American consent to attack Iran?

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

  • On Peter Rodman, Lebanon and Syria

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

  • Obama will take care of it

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

  • Follow the money

    7 Feb 2010 | 4:47 am
    On August 5, 2005, attorney Dan Cohen boarded a plane at Ben-Gurion Airport on his way to Peru. He has not returned since. Cohen, a leading lawyer, a former Be'er Sheva District Court judge and a former prominent member of the board of directors of the Israel Electric Corporation, was suspected of having taken huge bribes from the German-based Siemens conglomerate and from Rogozin Industries, an Israeli firm. Cohen's choice of Peru demonstrated yet again his legal acumen: Peru and Israel do not have an extradition treaty. A key player in one of the biggest bribery cases in the country's…

  • Against the current

    5 Feb 2010 | 2:21 am
    Outside, the future is already waiting: attorney Yehuda Weinstein, in a striped suit, arrives at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem in a black Mercedes for meetings to acquaint himself with the items currently on the attorney general's agenda. Inside, though, Menachem (Meni) Mazuz is still here. Wearing a light-blue shirt and a slightly loose tie, he appears at the entrance to the bureau exactly on time to receive his guests. Quiet, lean, with thin-framed eyeglasses, he offers a misleading smile. Seemingly gentle, seemingly fragile, seemingly dispassionate. ...

  • Twilight Zone / Stuck in the mud

    5 Feb 2010 | 2:13 am
    GAZA - Wafa Awaja, 33, pours herself some tea and sits down heavily on a carpet spread on the ground inside the tent. She will try to grab a moment's rest before she gets the children ready for school. She rubs her large belly; her baby is due any day now. "Today or tomorrow, inshallah," she sighs. ...

  • A winter's tale, no more

    4 Feb 2010 | 2:15 pm
    "The level of Lake Kinneret influences the mood of many people. Regrettably, during the strike I could not publish the data, just when the Kinneret was actually rising all the time ... I came under heavy pressure to release the data, but I didn't do it. No one got it out of me. Only my wife understood that the Kinneret was rising, from the look in my eye." ...

  • Singin' in the rain

    4 Feb 2010 | 2:12 pm
    "It's no big deal," I told myself as I consciously tried to refrain from hyperventilating. "Really, it's nothing, it's all in your head, just calm down." It was pouring buckets that morning. It was the rainiest morning in Jerusalem since the start of the winter. I'd left the house early, around 6:30, to go to work, knowing that in such a rainstorm there was no way I'd make it to Neve Ilan in one piece. ...
 
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    JPost.com - In Jerusalem

  • STUART WINER

    5 Feb 2010 | 3:50 pm
    The whole family pitches in to raise the young cotton-topped tamarins.

  • An insight into autism

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:39 am
    Families are the key to working with children on the autism spectrum, says Tali Berman, founder of a Beit Shemesh-based nonprofit.

  • Consider yourself at home

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:35 am
    Once a month, nearly 200 lone soldiers eat Friday night dinner at the Great Synagogue.

  • Grapevine: Life after the IBA

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:33 am
    IBA bids farewell to veteran broadcaster Daniel Pe'er; Mediacentral director celebrates 40th birthday.

  • Shaping their future

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:28 am
    Residents of the German Colony, Greek Colony, Katamon, Talbiyeh and San Simon meet to help influence the area’s master plan.
 
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  • Peace? With whom?

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    9 Feb 2010 | 2:03 am
    The authoritative Pew poll results should have prompted all honest peaceniks to commit hara-kiri. 16 years after signing peace treaty with Israel, 97% of Jordanians detest Jews. Situation improved in Egypt, 31 years at peace with Israel: there, only 95% of the population hates Jews. Israeli Arabs are almost loyal: just 35% of them dislike their Jewish neighbors. Only half a million potential terrorists. In nuclear Pakistan, Jews are resented by 78% of the population. In Jordan and Egypt, 56 and 52% respectively, support Hamas. Among Palestinians, 44% support the terrorist group (other support…

  • Jews’ white man’s burden

    admin
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:13 am
    Palestinians pelted Israeli Border Police with stones in Shuafat, near Jerusalem. Police entered the Palestinian nest to arrest a few Arab criminals, but mostly to secure Jerusalem municipal workers due to come to Shuafat next morning. The municipality maintains Shuafat’s infrastructure even though its workers fear for their lives when they enter the neighborhood. Palestinian behavior regarding municipality might seem bizarrely self-destructive until we recall Rabbi Kahane’s words, “It was our [Arab] desert, and now it’s your garden.” Arabs will not sell their…

  • J Street fakes its growth

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    7 Feb 2010 | 3:20 am
    Bringing corporate concepts in the NGO world, J Street decided to enlarge itself through M&A. Really a marginal group dwarfed by pro-Israeli lobbies, J Street is extremely well financed by Soros and his ilk, which makes it an attractive white knight for crisis-stricken ultra-left Jewish groups. J Street is now in talks over acquiring Brit Tzedek. A tiny pro-Arab organization with a staff of just five self-hating Jews, Brit Tzedek boasts of 48,000 volunteers, a few thousands of them for real. Acquisition of Brit Tzedek will provide J Street with local chapters throughout the United…

  • Iraqis will long for Saddam yet

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    6 Feb 2010 | 8:58 am
    Two suicide bombers killed 40, wounded 150 pilgrims in Iraq near Karbalah. As the US troops withdraw by August, Iraq might descend in chaos of terrorism. So far, Shiite groups refrained from retaliating for various terrorist acts against them. The Sadr militia and other Iranian-backed groups show restraint to avoid prompting Americans to delay the withdrawal. But after August, they will act. When quite everyone lauded the US Army’s surge tactics, we said that the results would be short-lived. Attacks on Shiites intensified somewhat after the Iraqi Shiite-led government banned 511 Sunni…

  • Berlusconi emerges as Israel’s best friend

    admin
    5 Feb 2010 | 2:27 am
    During his visit to Israel, Italian PM did three things unimaginable for PC European politicians. He unequivocally supported Israeli war in Gaza, told Abbas to resume fruitless peace talks with no preconditions, and remarked to journalists that he did not notice the separation wall, a symbol of Israeli ‘occupation.’
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    NYT > Israel

  • Too Close to Home

    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Covering Israel’s conflict with a son in uniform might be cause to reassign even a superb reporter.

  • An Arab Voice

    5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    It is the greatest pity that as secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa heads a largely toothless organization.

  • Hamas Insists Rockets Were Not Aimed at Civilians

    5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Hamas insists that it did not intentionally aim rockets at Israeli civilians during the Gaza war last winter, according to a report submitted this week to a United Nations office in Gaza.

  • Bit of a Stir as Clinton Strays From Script on Mideast Peace

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The State Department says Hillary Rodham Clinton was just using shorthand, but some people wonder if she accidentally divulged a strategy.

  • Israeli Minister Adds Heat to Exchange With Syria

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, warned Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, that the Assad family would lose power in any war with Israel.
 
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  • NIF-Funded NGOs: Goldstone’s Building Blocks

    News Service
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:14 am
    NIF-Funded NGOs: Goldstone's Building Blocks NGO Monitor February 09, 2010 NIF-funded groups and their publications were featured centrally in the Goldstone report, which focused on alleged Israeli "war crimes" in the 2009 Gaza war. The report referenced B'Tselem more than 56 times; Adalah, 38; and Breaking the Silence, 27. Many of these citations referred to speculative issues unrelated to the conflict in Gaza, seeking to brand Israeli democracy as "repressive" and to widen the scope of the condemnations. Since the initial publication of the Goldstone report on September 15, 2009, these…

  • Shared Jerusalem - a euphemism for apartheid racism

    News Service
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:55 pm
    The Ir-Amim organizaion has taken up the cause of the "unfortunate" Palestinian "victims" of "Zionist oppression" in Sheikh Jarrah, Arabs who are supposedly being expelled to make way for setters.  Ir-Amim is one of those "rights" and "peace" and "democracy" groups funded by the Ford foundation and the New Israel Fund and several European governments as well as the EU (see New Israel Fund Supports anti-Israel propaganda). I thought democracy was a system of government in which citizens choose the representatives who decide policy, and citizens form and fund groups to influence…

  • Goldstone: The stab in the back that keeps on stabbing

    News Service
    7 Feb 2010 | 10:53 pm
    Another consequence of the Goldstone report:   "Senior UN diplomats note, meanwhile, that one consequence of the Goldstone inquiry is that Hamas, which along with Israel issued a formal response, has become a quasi-official actor in the UN arena. " Recognition - even as war criminals - is what Hamas craves. Thank you, Judge Golstone.   UN likely to refer Goldstone findings to The Hague  By Shlomo Shamir, Barak Ravid and Avi Issacharoff , Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies  Arab states set to force debate that would bring Gaza war crimes claims before international…

  • Hala Mustafa, Egyptian journalist, challenges union over Israel 'warning'

    News Service
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:05 am
    Egypt Editor Challenges Union over Israel 'Warning'   03/02/2010   CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt's journalists union issued a warning to a magazine editor on Tuesday after she received the Israeli ambassador in her house, prompting her to cry foul over freedom of the press.   Hala Mustafa, editor-in-chief of Al-Demoqratiya magazine, stirred up a controversy in September after receiving Israeli envoy Shalom Cohen.   A five-member panel, citing union rules barring support for normalisation of ties with Israel, issued a warning against Mustafa, rather than taking more serious action.

  • B'tselem - Bad Arguments about Gaza

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    6 Feb 2010 | 2:13 am
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  • Endgame for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran?

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:18 am
    (Telegraph-UK) Con Coughlin - Iranian President Ahmadinejad has publicly warned that he will mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution on Thursday by delivering a "telling blow" to the world's leading powers, a message that hardly serves to reassure Western concerns about Iran's future intentions. But before Western governments become too alarmed by Tehran's provocative stance, the regime's recent announcements need to be examined within the context of the country's deepening political turmoil, which many predict will surface again on Thursday. Today's opposition movement has a far…

  • Will Tehran Choose the Tiananmen Solution?

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:17 am
    (Times-UK) Amir Taheri - Over the past eight months, the political dispute inside Iran has moved beyond the issue of a stolen election as a fully-fledged pro-democracy movement has emerged that rejects the Khomeinist regime. Even some former regime grandees such as former President Khatami and former Prime Minister Mousavi now publicly admit that the Khomeinist revolution has failed and that theocracy always leads to despotism. Suddenly Ahmadinejad and Khamenei appear to have become irrelevant as millions of people in insurrectional mood are pitted against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard,…

  • Al-Qaeda a Wounded But Dangerous Enemy

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:16 am
    (Washington Post) Joby Warrick and Peter Finn - Top U.S. counterterrorism officials say al-Qaeda's ability to wage mass-casualty terrorism has been undercut by relentless U.S. attacks on the network's leadership, finances and training camps. But even in its weakened state, the group has shifted tactics to focus on small-scale operations that are far harder to detect and disrupt, analysts say. "Al-Qaeda's leadership is accelerating efforts that were probably in place anyway," said Andy Johnson, former staff director of the Senate intelligence committee. In the past year, the "good guys have…

  • Peeling Syria Away from Iran Seen Unlikely

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:15 am
    (AFP) Lachlan Carmichael - The Obama team will find it hard, if not impossible, to peel Syria way from hardline ally Iran, analysts say. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, writing in the New Yorker last week, disclosed that the Syrian secret services have already resumed cooperation with the CIA and Britain's MI6. Aaron David Miller, who was a Middle East adviser in past U.S. administrations, said Washington can achieve modest objectives, such as intelligence sharing, but he set expectations low. Syria is a hard nut to crack, he said, because President Bashar al-Assad, from the minority…

  • Poll: 90 Percent of Middle East Views Jews Unfavorably

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:15 am
    (Jerusalem Post) Amir Mizroch - The Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes survey conducted last year found that in the predominantly Muslim nations surveyed, views of Jews were overwhelmingly unfavorable: 97% in Jordan, 97% in the Palestinian territories, and 95% in Egypt held an unfavorable view. Similarly, 98% of Lebanese expressed an unfavorable opinion of Jews, including 98% among both Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, as well as 97% of Lebanese Christians. By contrast, only 35% of Israeli Arabs expressed a negative opinion of Jews, while 56% voiced a favorable opinion.
 
 
 
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    Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice

  • The Kosher Restaurant and Wine Experience

    Zechariah Mehler
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:49 am
    One of the most iconic scenes in the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory is when Gene Wilder pulls back the doors of his tasting room and the children marvel at how almost everything they see is an epicurean wonder . That scene describes how I felt walking through the Kosher Restaurant and Wine Experience at Chelsey Piers this past Monday. In front of me were booths laden with fine wines and gourmet food which for a foodie like myself is akin to achieving nirvana. Systematically I went from booth to booth sampling their showcase dishes. At Le' Marais I had a fantastic lamb chili…

  • Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part II: No Literature Created Equal

    Moshe Glasser
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:17 am
    An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School In the time since Part I of this series appeared, I have been through yet another round of finals, proctoring, lesson planning, and report cards. Enduring the struggle to construct meaningful and relevant lessons for the coming semester while teaching English Literature and Writing in a right-wing yeshiva high school is never simple, and this round was particularly difficult. To understand why, I will need to take you on a short trip through the world of middle and high school literature, its perils and…

  • Millennials at the 10th Annual Herzliya Conference

    Natan Edelsburg
    3 Feb 2010 | 8:12 am
    This is part two of Jewneric's coverage of the Herzliya Conference, Israel's foremost global policy annual gathering, drawing together Israeli and international participants from the highest levels of government, business and academia to address pressing national, regional and global strategic issues. I wasn’t really sure what to expect at the Herzliya Conference. I knew a lot of big names (Tzipi Livni, Bibi Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, James Woolsey and more) were going to be speaking but how could I possibly relate to such speeches. I figured they’d be long and probably a bit…

  • New Media at the IDC Herzliya Conference

    Natan Edelsburg
    1 Feb 2010 | 7:08 am
    The Herzliya Conference is Israel's foremost global policy annual gathering, drawing together Israeli and international participants from the highest levels of government, business and academia to address pressing national, regional and global strategic issues. As a Jewish student living in New York City and attending NYU I’m influenced by two main sources when it comes to my media consumption. The first being American popular culture whether it be the endless amount of TV shows I religiously watch or the tech blogs I can’t take my eyes away from and more recently my Twitter,…

  • Amy Winehouse's Rehab in Yiddish

    Dave Weinberg
    28 Jan 2010 | 10:32 am
    Marvin Silbermintz performs Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" in Yiddish. We will be posting the background on this performance in the next few hours.  Stay Tuned! To all our new readers from @JewishTweets, thanks for visiting!
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    Arutz Sheva Opinion

  • A Moral Evaluation of Cast Lead

    7 Feb 2010 | 4:21 am
    The writer, outspoken monitor of IDF ethics, analyzes the moral issues in the Gaza War. This article is based on his presentation to the Institute for Contemporary Affairs in Jerusalem, November 2009. Part I

  • A Moral Evaluation Part II

    7 Feb 2010 | 4:12 am
    Part II, an extensive explanation by Prof. Kasher of international law and moral issues facing Israel's civil government while fighting a non state in Cast Lead, and an ethical doctrine for this warfare, are brought below. <br/>

  • Sderot in Canada

    4 Feb 2010 | 1:23 pm
    The writer went to Canada to speak about Israel. He found himself trying to prove that Israel has a right to exist.

  • Misplaced Outrage

    4 Feb 2010 | 3:01 am
    The following is a translation from Spanish of a speech given recently by the writer, a non Jewish fighter of anti-Semitism. She blogs at pilarrahola.com. <br/>INN reported Spanish Foreign Minister Moratino's meeting with Syria's president this week.

  • Misuse of 4th Geneva Convention

    3 Feb 2010 | 11:43 pm
    The International Court of Justice claimed Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are illegal, based on misinterpretation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. "Occupied"? "deportation?" "forced transfer?" See Article 80 of the UN Charter.
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  • Fact and Fiction: Beit Avi Chai launches film series

    Brian Blum
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am
    Beit Avi Chai has launched a fascinating new lecture series at its Jerusalem headquarters. The program is called “Fact and Fiction: Diversity Within” and features documentary films followed by one-on-one discussions between the film director and Amy Kronish, a long-time movie maestro and critic who’s put together the series. Last night was the opening session and [...]

  • A scoop in the family

    David
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:28 am
    I think my children know that I make a living as a journalist – but sometimes I’m not sure. My daughter, who’s currently in basic training in Karkal – one of the few mixed men-women combat units – was home for Shabbat. In passing, I mentioned that a photographer friend thought it would [...]

  • Marquis de Sand

    Jessica
    7 Feb 2010 | 10:16 am
    I know, I’ve been writing about my various nieces and nephews a lot, but hey, they’re doing interesting things in their twentysomething-year-old lives of seeking and searching their future selves. Today’s pick is nephew Adin, brother of Noa of storm chasing and army officer fame. Adin is something of an iconoclast, a lover of anything geographical, [...]

  • Nostalgia Sunday – Stitching in the Seventies

    Rachel Neiman
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:05 am
    Israelis are a crafty lot – and not in the way you think I mean. Israelis – particularly women – have always liked their handicrafts. These days, every neighborhood boasts a hobby store. Decoupage seems to be the most popular craft of the moment, putting pretty flowered napkins at a premium and shooting gilt paint [...]

  • Listen to the music

    David
    7 Feb 2010 | 12:19 am
    One doesn’t often mention the words music and haredi in the same sentence, unless you’re referring to cantorial liturgy. But at the Ron Shulamit Music Conservatory in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem, haredi women of all ages (from age 7 through adulthood) are not only learning the classical canon on their instruments of choice, but [...]
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  • The Altar as Rectification for Adam HaRishon and Every Man

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:14 am
    Temple TalkLast week, we read in Parshat Yitro of the most powerful collective spiritual experience in recorded human history: how the people of Israel stood at Mount Sinai, united as one man, and received the Torah from G-d Himself. The people "saw the voice " of Hashem and ascended to the highest level possible.How can we keep that moment alive? How do we keep the connection to that moment fresh and vibrant? Perhaps this is the greatest challenge we face in serving G-d.This week, we come crashing back "down to earth " in Parshat Mishpatim, whose basic laws form the foundation of the…

  • Miriam and the Jewish Women

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:14 am
    Eyshet ChayilMiriam the Prophetess was considered one of the Jewish People's greatest leaders - learn about the special merit of Jewish women, and why drums are more important than food.Discuss this topic on the new Torah Spirituality for the Nations forum

  • Improving 'Muslim-Jewish' Relations - Is it Possible?

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:19 am
    The Tamar Yonah ShowCan the Taliban turn to be Israel-Lovers? Are the Pathan/Pashtun tribes really one of the lost tribes of Israel? Can we all be friends? Tamar speaks with Dr. Navras Jaat Aafreedi, a Researcher in Indo-Judaic Studies and Medieval & Modern Indian History with a focus on Pathans/Pakhtuns/Pashtuns, and a Member of the Advisory Team on The Ten Lost Tribes Challenge: "Expeditions of Discovery ".  Dr. Aafreedi says he was born a Muslim, but describes himself today as a Human Secularist with a deep belief in G-d. He spent a year in Israel and came away…

  • Can Anything be Done to Stop Progressive Liberalism?

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:57 pm
    Noahide NationsWe all know at least one progressive liberal who lives in our neighborhood or is a family relative or a co-worker.  Many of us, when we hear them talk about the issues, become angry, upset, confused or all of the above.  We, as followers of Torah, listen to what a progressive liberal will consider a common sense argument on a given topic and think we have been teleported to another dimension or at a minimum wonder why we don’t feel the same way. Western society has, for some insane reason, gravitated towards applauding some of the more infamous believers in…

  • A Memorial to Freedom Fighter Avraham Stern

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:09 pm
    The StruggleFollowing an analysis of Avraham "Yair " Stern’s legacy to contemporary activists, Yehuda answers the core anti-Zionist accusation. Diane Meskin from NGO Monitor joins Yehuda to shed light on European intervention in Israeli society and Brian Finkel of the University of Pennsylvania Zionist Freedom Alliance chapter discusses studentefforts to take back their Hillel from staffers with an anti-Zionist agenda. Mordechai Taub provides political analysis.  Discuss this topic in the new Forums Section
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  • The Swarm, The Cloud and The Real Person Copyright Exemption

    Jonathan
    5 Feb 2010 | 3:08 am
    The recent Australian decision in Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Limited (No. 3) [2010] FCA 24 was more than satisfactory to most of the users and Internet Service Providers. In summary, the Australian Federal Court ruled that an Internet Service Provider is not liable for its users’ copyright infringement as it does not encourage or authorise such downloads. iiNet was sought in court for enabling BitTorrent traffic and not barring its users from sharing files. While the 200 page decision is more than interesting, one should note that the court had more than a challenge when needed to…

  • The Bully: Copyright, Damages and Legal Strategy.

    Jonathan
    29 Jan 2010 | 1:28 pm
    Around a month ago I went to court to discuss a case which I counsel with another attorney. The case was quite simple: The plaintiff claimed that the defendant, which we represented, took from its website the technical specifications of a gadget and copied it alongside a phrase describing the gadget. Altogether we represented three defendants which were sought by the same plaintiff (and there was a total of 20 defendants) for 100,000 ILS (~30,000 US$) each. When arriving to the pre-trail, the plaintiff’s counsel explained to us (and to another counsel sitting on behalf of another…

  • Hillary Clinton’s Hypocrisy

    Jonathan
    24 Jan 2010 | 9:18 am
    “I don’t think that there are many tragedies in China and there are no serious problems in china as long as you don’t fuck with the government“; that’s what John Perry Barlow said when Ido Kenan, Jonathan Silber and I interviewed him on August 2007. Barlow was enchanted by china so much that it seemed to forget that we have an inherent right to fuck with our government. However, if you see Hillary Clinton’s attack on China which marks the shot for the next world wide war, the war on information freedom, you need to think twice. Indeed, the alleged actions by China were…

  • Hamakor, Israel’s Open Source Society, calls for annulment of Software Patents.

    Jonathan
    19 Jan 2010 | 8:44 am
    After a few weeks of work, and many comments from various open source enthusiasts, we (Hamakor) filed our memorandum today in response to the Israeli Patent Authority’s call for submissions (more here), calling the Israeli regulatory authorities to refrain from granting patents on software [Hebrew Memorandum]. Our main claim was that protecting software through patents shall provide protection on ideas, which are usually expressible in more than one manner, and shall be the beginning to a race to the bottom where every person shall register as many patents possible and incur high costs…

  • Book to Book, Sharing is Caring

    Jonathan
    24 Dec 2009 | 12:47 am
    Circumventing Amazon’s Kindle Digital Restriction Management (DRM) earlier this week may be a small revolution and a new path into turning the human knowledge into something collective, distributional and more fair. The electronic readers, such as the Kindle, provide an alternative which is cheaper, efficient and comfortable to read books and convert them into a part of the new found culture. it is not a coincidence that Israeli publishers are trying to create their own electronic reader; they know that they may find themselves out of business if they remain in paper distribution;…
 
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  • Iranian militia attacks French, Italian, possibly Dutch embassies

    In a well-coordinated offensive, pro-government Basijj militiamen in civilian dress hurled rocks and eggs at the Italian and French embassies in Tehran Tuesday, Feb. 9, shouting death to their respective leaders. Some say the Dutch embassy was also targeted. debkafile's Iranian sources say more violence is ahead, designed to raise international tensions around Iran to fever pitch to deter opposition leaders from staging their planned mass protest demonstrations lest they be accused of treason.  

  • Iranian militias attack French, Italian, Dutch embassies

    In a well-coordinated offensive, pro-government Basijj militiamen in civilian dress hurled rocks and eggs at the Italian, Dutch and French embassies in Tehran Tuesday, Feb. 9, shouting death to their respective leaders. debkafile's Iranian sources say more violence is ahead, designed to raise international tensions around Iran to fever pitch to deter opposition leaders from staging their planned mass protest demonstrations lest they be accused of treason.

  • Iranian militias attack French, Italian, Dutch embassies

    In a well-coordinated offensive, pro-government Basijj militiamen in civilian dress hurled rocks and eggs at the Italian, Dutch and French embassies in Tehran Tuesday, Feb. 9, shouting death to their respective leaders. debkafile's Iranian sources say more violence is ahead, designed to raise international tensions around Iran to fever pitch to deter opposition leaders from staging their planned mass protest demonstrations lest they be accused of treason.

  • Iran couples upped uranium enrichment with violent threats

    Tuesday, Feb. 9, Tehran started upping its enriched uranium grade to 20 percent. The event was charged with the threat from Iran's spiritual ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to "punch the arrogance [of Western powers] on the 22nd of Bahman (Feb. 11) in a way that will leave them stunned!" In Paris, US defense secretary Robert Gates admitted for the first time that military action was possible to stop Iran developing a nuclear weapon.  

  • US buildup aims to contain Iran's drive for Gulf supremacy

    The Obama administration's decision last week to boost its military presence in the Gulf and supply its Arab allies with tens of billions of new weapons is a bid to win the galloping arms race with Iran and mark out American spheres of influence and contain Iran's drive for regional hegemony - whether or not it attains a nuclear weapon. Washington is closely watching the numbers Iran's opposition can muster on Feb. 11, Iran's Revolution Day.
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  • The Day In Israel: Tuesday Feb 9th, 2010

    Aussie Dave
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:39 pm
    The Iranian Foreign Minister has called Israel a “crazy country run by crazy people.” Iranian Foreign Minister Manchour Mottaki declared Monday that Israel was now weaker than ever before, adding that it was a “crazy country run by crazy people.” Mottaki told the Al-Jazeera news agency that Israel was in no position to embark on another military conflict, due to its internal political crisis and its losses over recent years in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. “Israel is a crazy nation run by crazy people,” Mottaki declares. “Therefore, we must prepare for…

  • Full of Bull

    Aussie Dave
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:55 am
    Australian national Bridgette Chappbell (other sources have it as ‘Bridgette Chappell’ or ‘Bridget Chappell’, so this is either a typo or Ms Chappell’s lying extends to the spelling of her name -ed.) , right is seen during an Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Chappbell and another woman were arrested by the Israeli military in the Palestinian-ruled West Bank town of Ramallah on Sunday. The two women are members of the International Solidarity Movement, which has been active in the Palestinian territories for several years. The…

  • The Day In Israel: Monday Feb 8th, 2010

    Aussie Dave
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:52 pm
    Al Qaeda, Hizbullah, Nasrallah and Ahmadinejad: Popular amongst the palestinians. Twenty-five Muslim countries showed only mediocre support for Israel’s archenemies Hamas and Hezbollah, according to a Pew Research Center survey. The Muslim organizations received more support in Israel’s neighboring countries, while only 37% of respondents in the Gaza Strip said they supported Hamas. According to the survey, which was conducted between May 18 and June 16 of 2009, only 37% of Gaza residents, who are under direct control of Hamas, said they were in favor of the group, while 47% of…

  • The Day In Israel: Sunday Feb 7th, 2010

    Aussie Dave
    6 Feb 2010 | 8:02 pm
    The Arab media reported that two Israeli missile boats passed through the Suez Canal Thursday morning, with the Egyptians adopting strict security measures (such as preventing any vessels from passing through the Canal) to ensure the ships’ safety. The sources did not provide the exact ultimate destination of the missile boats. However, Egyptian maritime sources quoted in the Arab media estimated that both ships were headed to the Persian Gulf and may reach it within four days. The veracity of these estimates is unclear. According to the reports, one Israeli missile boat already passed…

  • Terrorists By a Different Name

    Aussie Dave
    6 Feb 2010 | 10:26 am
    Hamas has backtracked on earlier statements expressing regret over Israelis being harmed by their rockets. The Hamas government in Gaza distanced itself on Saturday from an earlier statement in which it expressed regret for harming Israeli civilians in rocket attacks. Hamas, in an unusual move, expressed regret for the deaths of Israeli civilians in Palestinian rocket attacks during fighting in Gaza a year ago. That apology was part of the Hamas government’s response to a United Nations report that alleged both Hamas and Israel committed war crimes during Israel’s Gaza offensive…
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  • If a friendship falls on Facebook and no one is there to hear it, was it ever really a friendship?

    Liza Rosenberg
    4 Feb 2010 | 3:51 am
    In the age of Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms, I daresay that most of us – if not all of us – have been there. You know what I’m talking about – virtual friendship. Those friends we make online, often through other friends, but not always. We interact with them on our profiles, [...]

  • 12 year-old memories…

    Liza Rosenberg
    19 Jan 2010 | 6:50 am
    It’s amazing how memories are frozen in your mind; how specific moments surrounding an incident are remembered so clearly. Twelve years ago tomorrow (January 20th), we lost our first son. While much of that time remains a blur, there are certain things I haven’t forgotten – random acts of kindness, random events, random thoughts that [...]

  • Friendship lost and found…

    Liza Rosenberg
    11 Jan 2010 | 5:55 am
    Roaring like a fire So intense the flame As fires prone to burning out It never stays the same People come and go Friendships lost and found They enter and they leave a mark Then leave without a sound That’s not to say it’s all for naught For each a lesson brings Of life and love and thoughts unknown And many wondrous things But still a twinge [...]

  • Me…

    Liza Rosenberg
    6 Jan 2010 | 11:57 pm
    I look in the mirror, hoping to see A glimmer, a spark, of the things that you see Don’t think I’m so special – no more so than you It’s not who I am, it’s not what I do That isn’t to say I’m not ok with my lot Ever so grateful for all that I’ve got My talents and gifts, [...]

  • Return of the intrepid BBC audio diarist…

    Liza Rosenberg
    1 Jan 2010 | 1:25 am
    One day last winter, shortly after the Israeli military began attacking Gaza, I received an email from a producer at the BBC World Service. Someone there had found my blog, liked what they read, and wondered if I’d be interested in keeping a series of audio diary entries for a radio show called “The World Today“. [...]
 
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  • 9 Feb 2010 | 2:53 am

    Sarah
    9 Feb 2010 | 2:53 am
    Since they obviously aren't publishing it at this point . . .... I feel free to share with you the letter I sent to the NY Times on January 25, in response to this article of January 21 about Israel's aid efforts to Haiti:Ethan Bronner quoted Israeli newspaper commentators who marveled at the irony of Israel's swift, effective aid to Haitians, while Gazans languish next door ("For Israelis, Mixed Feeling on Aid Effort," January 21).While acknowledging the very real suffering of Gazans and Israel's part in it, I suggest that it is easier for most nations to feel sympathy for people thousands…

  • 5 Feb 2010 | 4:22 am

    Sarah
    5 Feb 2010 | 4:22 am
    It is Two Hours Before Shabbatand, except for when I put on some clothes and went out in the rain to get some food we needed, I have accomplished nothing of note, except that I read some interesting articles in the NY Times about HeLa cells, which is all fascinating but doesn't help me do the things I need to do.Lately I've been thinking about unproductivity, and why I'm sometimes (OK, often) unproductive, and about some other people I know who, also, are often unproductive, and I've been thinking about why this happens, and how we judge ourselves, and how other people judge us.I've been…

  • 3 Feb 2010 | 3:12 am

    Sarah
    3 Feb 2010 | 3:12 am
    Quick Updates on Some Things1) Nice things that have happened because of this blog:a) One of my readers, who worked in East Jerusalem at an organization that helps victims of domestic violence, needed to hire a grantwriter who speaks English and Arabic, and remembered my post about Liz. So, guess what? Liz is back in the country! She got a job through the blog! She stayed with us for a couple of weeks before finding an apartment in the neighborhood of Ossawiya, on the other side of Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus. Once she gets her first paycheck she owes me dinner. :-)Liz has a…

  • 27 Jan 2010 | 4:09 pm

    Sarah
    27 Jan 2010 | 4:09 pm
    SalivatingApple has unveiled their new iPad Tablet. Finally. I have been waiting so long for this. And . . .I WANT ONE.I need a new computer anyhow. Mine is definitely in its twilight years. (Months. Weeks.)As soon as that baby is upgraded to be able to play Flash, I'm getting one. That very second.I CAN WRITE ARTICLES ON BUSES WITH IT.In cars.Waiting at the bank.YOU DON'T NEED A TABLE OR EVEN A LAP.And it's only 1.5 pounds.OMG. OMG. This is a dream come true.I'm switching to Mac, Baby!

  • 21 Jan 2010 | 3:44 pm

    Sarah
    21 Jan 2010 | 3:44 pm
    Two Quick ThingsIt's almost 2 am here, so this will be short.1) If you were interested in the recent Science Times story about pediatric strokes, you might be moved by the latest blog post by a close friend of mine. Background for those who have not been following her blog (even though it is on my blogroll and you really should be): In November of 2008, her daughter almost died from a raging pneumonia. Then in July 2009, the same daughter had a stroke; she was six years old. Go read.2) I got into Fiddler! Not any sort of speaking part -- I'm in the "troupe" aka "one of the townspeople" -- but…
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  • Tuesday crabby snarks

    Meryl Yourish
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:10 am
    I am crabby today. Because I am sick. I’m going to take it out by being snarky. Oh. Wait. I do that every day. Well, I’m going to be EXTRA snarky today. Let the popular uprising begin: Awesome! Hamas didn’t pay their employees’ salaries for January. Watch Hamas find out that it isn’t the message, it’s the money, that keeps people on their side. The famous tolerance of UC-Irvine students: Of course UC-Irvine Arab students interrupted Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech. These are the pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist students who interrupt any pro-Israel speaker,…

  • It’s the I’m Bored So I Think I’ll Put Up A Post Post

    Meryl Yourish
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:21 pm
    Except I think I shoulda posted that to my Facebook wall.

  • I’m m-e-e-lt-i-n-g

    Soccerdad
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm
    This wasn’t so difficult. The icicle was melting pretty quickly and new droplets were forming in quick succession. I didn’t have to time the shot, I just had to click, and was pretty much assured of catching a drop dripping. (or is that a drip dropping?) Crossposted on Soccer Dad.

  • We the elite of the United States of America…

    Meryl Yourish
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:34 pm
    The media elite can’t even get their history right, but that doesn’t stop them from harping on the theme-of-the-week, which is that America would be so much better off if it wasn’t for that damned democracy. The tea-party movement takes its name from the mob of angry people in Boston who, in 1773, committed a zany criminal stunt as a protest against taxes and the distant, out-of-touch government that imposed them. Two years later, the revolution was under way and—voilà!—democracy was born out of a wild moment of populist insurrection. Except not, because in 1787 several…

  • I always hated Monopoly anyway

    Meryl Yourish
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    Seriously, it’s one of my least favorite games, ever. I only played it as a kid if my brother swore to play Careers afterward, because I hate Monopoly, suck at it, usually lose, and think it’s a boring game that takes too long to finish. Careers? I was great at it, loved it, and usually won. (Don’t even talk to me about chess. I learned how to concede solely because then I could sling the board across the room after declaring that my brother had won. Sore loser? Me? Yeah, I was. I mostly grew out of it.) So I really don’t are that it’s been updated. Except to say…
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  • HaHaפuch: It's Not Just a Coffee Anymore

    4 Feb 2010 | 12:56 am
    Good morning, people-for the last 3.5 years, I have tried to make you laugh through video goodness, ridiculous status updates and Tweets, Yom Ha'atzmaut lists, stand-up, and of course, observations and personal tales on this blog. Next Thursday night (now I sound like the movie guy: "He took on Austin Powers, found out about his son, and birthed a clone....this summer, for the first time, Dr. Evil goes to Pinati."), Israel's newest comedy troupe has its first show."3.71 million shekels!"Get ready, Israel, and say hello to HaHaפuch! For the Hebrew-impaired, "haפuch" (or hafuch...or הפוך)…

  • Aardvark Israel is Launched: What Does It Mean?

    1 Feb 2010 | 11:06 pm
    Q: What the heck is Aardvark Israel?A: Anyone who's paid any attention to developments in the Jewish world knows about the problems of Hadassah and its youth movement Young Judaea over the past few years. Hadassah has lost millions of dollars and Young Judaea's numbers have gradually fallen as a result of management, the fact that just maybe kids in the 21st century don't want or have room for a Zionist youth movement as they much as they did fifty years ago, or maybe something in between. I've remained close enough to Young Judaea throughout my adult life to have realized that it's not as…

  • Great Folk Tales!

    31 Jan 2010 | 12:09 pm
    And now, let's tackle some of the great legendary folk tales from our time:1) Loch Ness Monster: Since becoming famous in the 1930s, stories of the Loch Ness Monster have fascinated scientists and adventure-seekers around the world. Supposedly located in Scotland, this dinosaur-looking creature has been spotted numerous times but never captured.2) Bigfoot: Also known as Sasquatch, this ape-like creature has been both seen and photographed mostly in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. In the words of Mitch Hedberg, "I think Bigfoot is blurry."For the three people out there who don't…

  • Shalom, Cripple!

    28 Jan 2010 | 1:36 am
    In my last post, I touched on political correctness as looked at by someone living in Israel. I know that Israelis sometimes get our labels wrong but this is ridiculous.A little sensitivity training, anyone?That was beyond a poor translation. Hat tip: (Zev)You know who's great at translating between English and Hebrew? (bad segue) My friend Martin "Mort" Rogovein, another Texan who's lived here for a good fifteen years or so. For those of you in the Tel Aviv area, his a cappella group Chutzpah will be performing near Bazel tomorrow. They've been singing as a group for years now and are great.

  • Jpost Uses "Retarded" in Headline. Benji Laughs.

    24 Jan 2010 | 7:44 am
    You know what makes me laugh? The last thirty minutes of "The Naked Gun." Larry David in "Curb Your Enthusiasm." And when Israelis say words that were once acceptable in American English but whose time has passed. Like "Afro-Americans." Every time I hear it, I cringe.But you know what? WE'RE the nutballs who keep changing our labels and why should the rest of the world have to keep up with them? I'm American-I get where political correctness came from. I appreciate the attempt to make everyone feel at home in such a diverse country. I value the effort to empower the disadvantaged while making…
 
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  • just, like, stuff

    Yael
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:17 am
    Hormones suck. They can make you feel as bad as if you have the flu, which is exactly the way I’ve felt since Friday. I’m extremely busy this week with exams and grades. I’m also preparing to do a major catch-some-cats and spay them. My neighbour Nachum is willing (and happy) to cover the cost of 20-25 cats on my street and on Oshishkin, provided that Sharon and I can catch them and get them to Ronen. That is such fantastic news that I’d be dancing around if it weren’t for fear of yakking, heh. First on the list is Gingi Shalosh Reglayim (Gingi 3 legs), who as a…

  • Love to learn: MIT open courseware

    Yael
    5 Feb 2010 | 6:42 am
    I’m an MIT girl for free. Of course, I’m not getting a degree or anything via MIT but I, and you too, can become MIT-smart through learning on your own from their utterly free online courses. What they’ve done (thank you, thank you!) is to put up all the syllabi, accompanying lecture notes, readings, exams (with answers so you can test yourself and see how you did), and often also video and audio-lectures from the actual courses that have been taught there in recent years (not like the last two years, however, as clearly that could compromise exams etc for students taking…

  • Bibi, Obama, same poll results, different reasons

    Yael
    5 Feb 2010 | 4:38 am
    Public opinion has turned against both Obama and Bibi Netanyahu after their first year in office. Obama’s ratings have fallen in the U.S. in the last year more dramatically than for any previous President in his first year. A majority of Americans believe Obama is leading the country in the wrong direction. Yet, Obama personally remains very popular, with a majority liking him. So for Obama, it is his policies and not his personality that form the crux of voter dissatisfaction. After Bibi’s first year, a majority of Israelis now disapprove. Unlike Obama, however, it is…

  • Bizarre weather and other things

    Yael
    4 Feb 2010 | 4:27 am
    So I was in Herzliya this morning giving a final exam. It was cold, windy, rainy …and there were teeny tiny snowflakes floating on the wind as I was leaving. Arriving in Tel Aviv, it was cold, windy,…and sunny! We are talking about two places that are less than 10 miles apart. It seems that the north has gotten quite a bit more than teeny tiny, nearly invisible, snowflakes. Nearly a foot and a half (20+ cms) fell in parts of the Golan overnight and this morning and even Jerusalem has now gotten into the act. I guess it a good day for the beaches to be closed while they search for…

  • Dude, this is harshin’ on Obama

    Yael
    2 Feb 2010 | 8:05 am
    If you think Republican criticism of Obama has been harsh, dude, the people on the left side of the aisle are starting to view him as something worse than the devil himself. Since Obama got elected, I’ve been doing my own little experiment. About every 3 months I do google searches on key terms like “disappointed in Obama” and disillusioned + Obama and betrayed + Obama (I’ll explain in an upcoming post why I decided to do this). In the first three months, searches only turned up some Republicans predicting that Obama would betray America/American values and some stuff…
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  • Jewish Bedouins

    31 Jan 2010 | 12:35 pm
    BY CARMIASome time ago, a video clip was circulating which speculated on the allegedly Jewish origins of Palestinians, including Bedouin tribes in the Judean desert and the Negev.While visiting Petra earlier this month, we came across such a young Bedouin who claimed Jewish ancestry. Speaking in Hebrew, he told us that his family used to herd in areas stretching from around Beersheba to Jordan until the borders closed up and they were left on the other side. He says that his grandmother still lives in the Negev, and that he has visited the area on several occasions. He also claimed to have…

  • Israel and Christmas

    15 Dec 2009 | 9:31 am
    Ynet reports that Zarahas reduced the number of Christmas trees in its display windows in Israel and added Hanukkah candlesticks, apparently in response to shoppers' complaints that the Spanish company was marking the Christian holiday while ignoring the Jewish holiday.Zara's customer service representative in Israel, speaking on behalf of the local franchisers, had a difficult time explaining the whole matter:We, as ZARA franchisers, are obligated to act in accordance with the global ZARA rules," the representative explained. "We have Christian, Jewish and Muslim customers and we are a…

  • Sons of the Land at the Holiday of Holidays

    12 Dec 2009 | 10:37 am
    BY CARMIAWe are in the midst of the annual Holiday of Holidays festival(also known as חג של החגים or عيد الأعياد) in Haifa. This unique festival celebrates the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim holidays which are observed by Haifans around this time. I attend every year to enjoy the music and atmosphere, so I've posted on the holiday beforeThe holiday is a long-running tradition and doesn't usually change very much from year to year. However, this year I noticed the presence of a group of people who appeared to want to hijack the message of the festival and were protesting…

  • Hasmoneans in the News

    10 Dec 2009 | 10:48 am
    The (descendants of the) guys who gave you Hanukah apparently ruled over a larger area of the Land of Israel than historians have long assumed. New finds in southern Israel seem to confirm the claim of Josephus that the Hasmonean king Alexander Yannai conquered large areas in the south. According to archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority, a fortress inside a former Nabatean caravanserai (a kind of inn for traders) in the Negev was actually built and controlled by Hasmonean forces. Archaeologists had previously thought that the fortress was built by the Romans. The Hasmoneans…

  • Shmuel Rosner: "I do not eat pumpkin. That is true."

    7 Dec 2009 | 9:33 pm
    I just caught a lecture by Shmuel Rosner, former chief of news at Ha'aretz, as well as their Washington correspondent, and now a highly influential blogger at the J-Post. The lecture, which was co-sponsored by the Judaica collection of the Doe Library and the Berkeley journalism school, concerned media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian, Israeli-Arab conflict. Rosner spoke from a lectern that has also belonged recently to Benny Morris, and the journalist at times struck the historian's muscular pose, affected the same contempt for naiveté and for leftist partisanship. I eagerly anticipated…
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  • New CD Brings Rock and Roll from the Synagogue

    Brian
    3 Feb 2010 | 2:15 am
    The Jewish rock scene in Israel is thriving these days, with erstwhile Anglo performers like Yehuda Katz and pop crooner Aaron Razel to newly religious Israeli hit makers Ehud Banai, Etti Ankari and Erez Lev Ari (see my post here) all burning up Torah-inspired dance floors across the country. It’s rarer, though, to find a synagogue recording its own album of Jewish rock. But Jewish Renewal congregation Nava Tehila in Jerusalem has released just such a disc and the result admirably holds its own against its more established cousins. Five-year-old Nava Tehila has made a name for itself in…

  • eBooks and Sex

    Brian
    26 Jan 2010 | 12:44 am
    I’ve written in the past both about eBooks and sex, two of my favorite subjects. My stated position on eBooks is that they will supplant printed books entirely within 20 years, probably less; newspapers and magazines will be entirely digital as early as 5 years from now. My recent article on sex explored how premarital relations can fit into an Orthodox Jewish perspective. eBooks and sex came together this past weekend over a Shabbat meal when I was asked to explain my contention that Jewish law will ultimately bend to allow digital readers to be used on Shabbat and holidays. A quick recap…

  • Cliff’s Air Conditioner, Climate Change, and the Jewish People

    Brian
    19 Jan 2010 | 4:35 am
    My friend Cliff called this week to say he was getting rid of an old air conditioning unit and would I want to take it off his hands…at no charge? Cliff knew that I had spent much of the summer sweltering in my top floor home office. I have an air conditioner already but, at only ¾ horsepower, it’s woefully underpowered and on a hot day, I can’t get the room temperature to less than 28 degrees Celsius (that’s over 80 Fahrenheit) – not a particularly conducive environment in which to work. My predisposition for a bargain however was tempered by a counter thought: was this kosher? I…

  • Srugim Rocker Erez Lev Ari in Concert

    Brian
    10 Jan 2010 | 8:24 am
    The popular TV series “Srugim” is returning to the airwaves tonight after a year and a half hiatus. Season Two of the show, about a group of young religious singles living in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Katamon (known affectionately as “The Swamp”), has been anxiously awaited by its fans (who have established several active Facebook pages like this one) and aggressively promoted by the Yes satellite service that broadcasts it). I originally wrote about it here. While it was probably not Ana Efneh (“Where Will I Turn?” – lyrics here) the show’s infectious…

  • Room 124

    Brian
    7 Jan 2010 | 2:10 am
    Israeli bureaucratic institutions have been slowly but surely modernizing over recent years. You can get in and out of the infamous Interior Ministry in less than a day…and you don’t have to line up at 8:00 AM just to shove your way in through the heavily guarded front door. The health funds now have computerized kiosks that print out the name of the doctor, his or her room number and the time of your appointment; a flat screen monitor tells you when it’s your turn. Ditto with the banks and the post office where you can now kick your feet up and relax while you wait for your number to…
 
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  • Sarah Palin Endorses 'Bomb Iran'

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am
    My National Review Online column last week carried the provocative title, "How to Save the Obama Presidency: Bomb Iran," and provoke it surely did. Leftists on websites like ThinkProgress and DailyKos reacted voluminously and in slightly crazed ways,

  • Western Civilization on Trial: Why We Should Be Watching Geert Wilders

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    As the Geert Wilders case goes into pre-trial, National Review Online asked our experts: Is there any legitimate reason he's in court? What are the implications of such a trial being held, never mind its outcome? (For replies by Bat Ye'or, Paul

  • How to Save the Obama Presidency: Bomb Iran

    2 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am
    I do not customarily offer advice to a president whose election I opposed, whose goals I fear, and whose policies I work against. But here is an idea for Barack Obama to salvage his tottering administration by taking a step that protects the United

  • Wasting U.S. Taxpayer Money in Afghanistan

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A 2009 critique found that the taxpayer has invested some $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since 2003, or about $9 billion a year. Most or all of it has been or will be wasted. Nonetheless, here we go again, this time in Afghanistan, at

  • Why I Stand with Geert Wilders

    19 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am
    Who is the most important European alive today? I nominate the Dutch politician Geert Wilders. I do so because he is best placed to deal with the Islamic challenge facing the continent. He has the potential to emerge as a world-historical figure. That
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    Good News from Israel

  • New Israeli Educational Stamps Posted Online

    7 Feb 2010 | 1:15 pm
    Hi Everyone! I scanned and posted on my website the new Israeli stamps that were issued in January 2010. I included the stamp itself, the first day cover, and an English and a Hebrew flyer about the stamp. - Past and Future in Our Hands International Holocaust Remembrance Day- Alliance Israelite Universelle 150th Anniversary - Lions Israel 50th Anniversary - Fifty Years of Settling the Arava - Birds of Israel (includes Israel's National Bird)The new stamps are located at: http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/stamps/index-2010.html Enjoy! Shavua Tov - Have a Good Week, Jacob

  • Computer Professionals Support Groups in Israel

    3 Feb 2010 | 10:46 am
    Hi Everyone!I updated the list of Israeli computer professional support groups. The list now has 200 Linkedin and Facebook groups ranging from web developers to project managers. Many of the groups post open positions in the fields they are covering.The address is:http://www.cji.co.il/support.htmFeedback and additional group suggestions are welcome.Have a good night,Jacob

  • Educational Resources for International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27)

    24 Jan 2010 | 10:07 am
    Shalom.International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Wednesday, January 27, 2010.I posted on my website 164 links to learn about the Holocaust. Site languages include English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.All 164 links have been reviewed / checked this week.The web address is:http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-holoc.htmPlease forward this message. Thank you.We must not forget. Jacob

  • IDF Search and Rescue Team Saves Man

    17 Jan 2010 | 12:51 pm
    Hi Everyone!I created a page with the three YouTube videos of Israeli doctors and IDF search and rescue in Haiti.http://www.jr.co.il/t/haiti.htm1. Footage from the IDF Field Hospital that has been set up in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the earthquake. This video includes footage of the first baby born at the field hospital on January 17, 2009.2. IDF Search and Rescue teams in Port-au-Prince Haiti pulled a 52 year-old Hatian man from the rubble of a collapsed building. The team worked for 8 hours to extract the man, who was in good condition despite wounds on his limbs and dehydration. He had…

  • Educational Resources for Tu B'Shvat (The New Year for Trees)

    11 Jan 2010 | 4:17 pm
    Hi Everyone!Tu B'Shvat, the New Year for Trees, falls on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat, January 30 this year (5770 / 2010). This Jewish mini-holiday is of major importance to our appreciation of Nature and our relationship to it.It is customary to plant trees and partake of the fruits of the land of Israel to mark the occasion. This year Tu B'Shvat falls on Shabbat - therefore many of the holiday activities this year will take place on Thursday, January 28.Jewish Trivia Quiz: Tu B'Shvathttp://www.jewish-trivia.comWhich fruit is used to make wine ? When did Kabbalists originate the Tu…
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    Gadi Taub

  • Alex Yakobson, about the bi-national state solution

    Gadi Taub
    31 Jan 2010 | 1:13 pm
    “The “one state” under discussion would be a state with a solid Arab-Muslim majority (which would quickly be created by taking advantage of the right of return) in the heart of the Arab-Muslim world. To believe that this state would really be binational you have to assume that the Arab-Palestinian people would agree, over the long haul, to be the only Arab people whose state would not have a clearly Arab character and would not be officially defined as an Arab state or as part of the Arab world.” (Read the full peice…)

  • Jewish Because it’s Democratic - Israel at 61

    Gadi Taub
    28 Apr 2009 | 9:10 am
    When David Ben-Gurion declared, 61 years ago, that “This right is the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate, like all other nations, in their own sovereign State,” the vast majority of those who viewed themselves as enlightened, progressive, peace-seeking, and committed to human rights wholeheartedly agreed with him. (The full piece on Ynet…)

  • “War Crimes and Propaganda”

    Gadi Taub
    16 Jan 2009 | 5:07 pm
    A (short of perfect) translation into English of the piece “War Crimes and Propaganda” can be found here. Written by Ma’ariv’s Ben-Dror Yemini, it made quite a splash in Israel.  Update, April 29, 2009: You may want take a look at this analysis of the numbers of casualties conducted by the IDC, and based exlusively on Palestinian sources. The conclud that contrary to Palestinian claims 63-75% of the casualties were in active military or police service.

  • The Gaza Campaign - a precondition for partition

    Gadi Taub
    16 Jan 2009 | 4:31 pm
    If the rockets aren’t stopped, there would be no way to move out of the West Bank. We had better get used to thinking about the conflict in new terms: Palestinian reluctance has been thwarting partition for a decade and a half, and when this campaign is over, unilateralism may again be the order of the day. The full piece is here, on the New Republic website.

  • Gaza

    Gadi Taub
    9 Jan 2009 | 6:46 am
    To Israelis, right or left, it is clear that a constant barrage of rockets, aimed at Israel’s civilian population cannot be tolerated. This is not a matter of political opinion, nor is it unique to Israel. It is just that Israelis were actually slow to come to that conclusion.  Imagine 12,000 rockets coming down on Milan, or on Dallas, or on Liverpool. Italians, Americans, or the English are not likely to tolerate it for very long. Not as long as Israel has, in any case. But a strange double standard seems to apply to the case of Israel. Hamas can deliberately target civilians, and not be…
 
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    BloGiza

  • Enter the iPad

    Shai Tsur
    2 Feb 2010 | 1:26 am
    Steve Jobs is the greatest product marketer of the last 30 years. By now, this much should be almost inarguable. And I say this despite the fact that no one can accuse me of being an Apple fanboy.Time after time, Apple utilizes the same technique for rolling out new products:1. Maintain an absolute code of silence, which by now is an integral part of Apple’s corporate culture2. Make sure to announce new product launches at specified times each year, thus creating an annual ritual akin to a religious ceremony3. Leverage a rabid fan base and generally Apple-friendly tech journalism community…

  • Heading up the blog

    Shai Tsur
    14 Jan 2010 | 5:14 am
    You may notice a new feature here on the Giza Blog. We have implemented the Headup application, developed by SemantiNet.So, what exactly is Headup? Headup is a semantic web widget service that enables online publishers to expand the range of information that users can access directly from their sites. Publishers can install the widget quickly and easily (it works with all major blogging platforms). Once installed, Headup identifies names and terms on a page and marks them.For example, if I was talking about Tel Aviv, users who are looking for more information on our fair city could mouse over…

  • Our Latest Internet Investment: WinBuyer

    Shai Tsur
    24 Nov 2009 | 8:11 am
    We were pleased this week to officially announce Giza’s investment in WinBuyer, one of five investments we’ve made this year and the latest addition to Giza’s Internet portfolio.WinBuyer is one of the most interesting Israeli companies working in the e-commerce space, and a leader in the new and growing field of Onsite Comparative Pricing (OCP). The company’s technology enables online retailers to bring comparison shopping to their own sites.E-tailers running the WinBuyer solution can then display competitors’ prices for a specific product on that product page. Buyers get the…

  • Surfing on a Wave of Marketing Problems

    Shai Tsur
    13 Oct 2009 | 7:45 am
    Over the last couple of weeks, nearly everyone in my social network who has any connection to the tech world has begged (sometimes desperately) for an invite to Google Wave. This is reminiscent to the kind of excitement that GOOG managed to generate a few years back when it first started handing out invites to Gmail, but greatly balloon-ified.Going by the hype being generated, it seems clear that Wave is destined to become the next big online thing.Or is it?I’m not entirely certain. (Full disclosure at this point: I am one of the sad proles still waiting to try out Wave. The opinions…

  • Jacko, Neda, and the Limits of Social Media

    Shai Tsur
    7 Jul 2009 | 11:26 pm
    As I write this, the memorial service for Michael Jackson is about to kick off. While a large majority of the US (and world) population will be glued to their TV sets watching the spectacle, I imagine that my colleague Michael Eisenberg from Benchmark won’t be one of them.The other day, Michael penned a heartfelt blog entry entitled “Michael Jackson Killed the Iranian Revolution” which deals in general with how the world focuses its attention to breaking events and more specifically how social media shapes and relates to this. Michael was bothered at what he perceived to be a major…
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    Hershell Ezrin: Consider This

  • Can Western supported regimes win in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan against the Jihadists?

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:15 am
    Listening to the summary views of several American and European foreign policy and defense experts at the Herzliya Conference, you would be hard pressed not to question every statement of opinion. Listening to Dr Colin Kahl, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, the good guys were doing much better than you read in the media, if not exactly winning. He spoke glowingly of the positive changes in Iraq. Iraqis are asking Americans to help coordinate at the local level; Shia militants are no longer targeting Iraqi military and officials, just American ones. And don’t worry about…

  • Europe who? The latest Obama tin ear response

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:19 am
    The Obama shift away from the treasured Atlantic relationship in American foreign policy continues at breakneck speed. President Obama earlier this week let it be known that he would not be attending the regular US-U summit in May in Madrid, thereby incensing and embarrassing the Spanish Prime Minister, to whom Obama had forgotten to give advance warning. And it was done in the now usual throw-away style-by newspaper leak, emulating his earlier cut and run on missile defense in the Czech Republic and Poland without trying to inform their national leaders. From one perspective, it is totally…

  • Iranian threat to global stability 24/7

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    5 Feb 2010 | 8:47 am
    The subject of Iran hijacked the agenda at the Herzliya Conference’s 2010 three-day session on the balance of Israel’s national security. Strategic and military experts from across the globe shared a deep-seated concern repeated by Israeli and international politicians about Iran’s nuclear intentions and capabilities and the imminent threat not just to the Middle East but also to global stability and security. President Shimon Peres set the stage for the need for global action with his references to Iranian plans for hegemony - ‘walking like emperors, they believe that “who controls…

  • The challenges from within: intra-Jewish issues

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    22 Jan 2010 | 12:15 pm
    While Jews retain a well known focus on their external environment, they are also well aware of the significant opportunities and challenges within the Jewish community Dr. Steven Bayme, national director of contemporary Jewish life for the American Jewish Committee, produced the following report on the state of intra-Jewish religious relations which helps place a useful context on the competing pressures swirling within the Jewish community. While predominantly focused on issues arising in the United States, UK and Israel, it is applicable in many other jurisdictions. This article is…

  • South Asia: the consequences of failed Nation states

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    21 Jan 2010 | 8:01 am
    While most Western eyes have been glued to the pictures of unspeakable human tragedy affecting the victims of the Haiti earthquake, the background is a tragic commentary about another failed nation state. A terrible diversion of attention but nonetheless a sideshow to the profound consequences rolling out in South Asia of other potential failed nation states. We too regularly see and hear about the deteriorating Afghan situation, surge or no surge. The audacious terror attacks in Kabul this week only underscore the fragility of the Karzai regime. But we should spend more time understanding…
 
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    The Muqata

  • Women of the Temple Mount?

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:49 am
    The Women of the Wall are back in the news again.Not simply because of their connection to the "New Israel" Fund, but because last week 2 women wore talitot and carried a sefer Torah into the women's section at the Kotel. They were arrested.Years ago, Israel's Supreme Court ordered Israel to find a solution for women's prayer groups and egalitarian prayer, and the agreed upon solution was that of the "Robinson's Arch" area of the Kotel.Unfortunately, the Women of the Wall have declared that "the Robinson’s Arch ‘Solution’ Is No Solution"; "Certainly the Robinson’s Arch “solution”…

  • Samaritan High Priest Dies at 83

    4 Feb 2010 | 1:45 am
    Elazar Ben Tzadka, the Shomron/Samaritan "Cohen Gadol" [high priest], died yesterday (Wednesday) at his home on Har Greizim -- he was 83.His funeral will take place this afternoon at the Samaritan cemetery on Har Greizim.Tzadka was born in Shechem in 1927 and served as the Samaritan Cohen Gadol for the past 6 years.Attending his funeral will be the Samaritan community from Har Greizim, and its Israeli sister community from Holon, as well as leaders from the Israeli and Palestinian Authority political systems.The Har Greizim Samaritan community suffers from a twilight zone reality, as they are…

  • Melbourne Cancels Fund-raising Speech for New Israel Fund

    4 Feb 2010 | 12:11 am
    The Melbourne Jewish Community has canceled a speaking appearance of Naomi Chazan, the director of the controversial New Israel Fund, due to the support of the anti-Israel Goldstone report, by NIF-funded organizations.The JPOST has the scoop:In light of allegations contained in a report by the Zionist student organization Im Tirtzu, which accused the New Israel Fund of direct responsibility for the UN’s Goldstone Report on the IDF’s Gaza offensive last winter, The Jerusalem Post has learned that an invitation for NIF chairwoman Prof. Naomi Chazan to speak at a synagogue and Jewish…

  • Avner Netanyahu Wins Jerusalem District Bible Contest

    3 Feb 2010 | 11:53 pm
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son, Avner, won the Jerusalem District "Chidon HaTanach", (Bible Contest) the other day."Avner is the latest in a long family line to win recognition for Bible knowledge.His mother Sarah's three brothers have scored high in previous Bible Quizzes:- Amatziah Ben-Artzi finished in second place in the International Youth Bible Quiz;- Matanyah Ben-Artzi won the national Bible Quiz at age 10;- Hagi Ben-Artzi won the International Youth Bible Quiz.In addition, the Ben-Artzis' father, Shmuel, is a veteran Bible teacher in Israel, and wrote a popular Bible Quitz…

  • Follow the Money

    3 Feb 2010 | 3:17 pm
    Honestly, one learns something new every day.For instance, 2 weeks ago I commiserated with Naomi Chazan on the unusual police treatment some Left-wing protesters received (unusual for Left wingers), in protests that friends and co-ideologists of Chazan are involved with.Last week, I became aware that these protests are far more sinister than I initially understood and there is plenty of indication that they are all organized (including the ones in Jerusalem) by the same groups of people, and in my opinion, are part of an organized Intifada being led by the Israeli left, and so I retracted and…
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    Green Prophet

  • Arava Power to “Electrify” the Negev Desert After Signing 15 Solar Energy Deals

    Maurice Picow
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:12 am
    Arava Power Team: “We Are The Power!” Israel’s Arava Power Company (APC) one of the country’s top solar energy producers, is now working towards supplying solar powered electricity to 15 Negev Desert kibbutzes and agricultural villages following the signing of an agreement with these communities, as reported in the JPost. Arava was in the news a few months back when the German industry giant, Siemens, was reported as being interested in Arava Power. A short time later an announcement followed that Siemens had indeed purchased a 40% stake through Siemens Project…

  • GlobalTap Offers Water Refilling Stations in North America, Bringing Better Water a la “Better Place”

    Karen Chernick
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm
    As with any good idea, it doesn’t mean a thing if you don’t find a convenient, easy, and preferably aesthetic way to bring it to the masses.  Shai Agassi, founder of the electric car company Better Place, understood this when he hired industrial designer Gadi Amit to design the company’s electric car charging ports. And apparently this is a mode of operation that makes sense to other entrepreneurs worldwide.  Daniel Whitman, a Chicago architect and social entrepreneur, recently founded GlobalTap – a for-profit social enterprise with the dual mission of…

  • Za’atar Pesto Recipe From Israel’s Premiere Slow Food Chef

    Miriam Kresh
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:48 am
    Fresh za’atar at Ramla Open-Air Market Chef Moshe Basson created this pungent, chunky pesto in just a few minutes, right under our eyes. According to Wikipedia, Za’atar (Arabic: زعتر‎, also romanized as zaatar, za’tar, zatar, zatr, zahatar or satar) is a generic name for a family of related Middle Eastern herbs from the genera oregano, calamintha, thyme, and savory. It is also the name for a condiment made from the dried herbs, mixed together with sesame seeds, and often salt, as well as other spices and enjoyed as a seasoning or like salt in Middle Eastern cuisine.

  • UK’s Al-Maghrib Institute Plants Olive Trees for Palestine

    Zaufishan
    7 Feb 2010 | 11:17 pm
    For the past two weekends I attended a Quran study seminar hosted by the Al-Maghrib Institute in Bradford, UK. Throughout the course the staff and speakers directed our attention to the environmental schemes that they ran. As a representative of Green Prophet I seized the opportunity to look into the ways British citizens were contributing towards a greener secure future for Middle Eastern countries. In between breaks a stall displayed a Muslim Hands scheme called Plant an Olive Tree in Palestine. Middle Eastern countries are mostly arid; the lack of water and rain in Palestine means the main…

  • Masdar “Greens” Egyptian Sugar Co. With Fuel Switch from Mazut Oil to Natural Gas

    Maurice Picow
    7 Feb 2010 | 10:07 pm
    If you enjoy sweet treats from Cairo, they are about to get sweeter: Cairo sugar co is now greening its emissions by switching to natural gas. Abu Dhabi’s Masdar energy and development company is helping to further make the Middle East more green by signing a 10 year CO2 Emissions Control Agreement with Egyptian Sugar and Integrated Industries Company (ESIIC) to reduce 57,200 tons of its CO2 gas emissions per year for a ten year period. Masdar, a part of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC), and whose Masdar Clean Tech Fund recently raised more than $265 billion in funding, will…
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  • Israel is Funny: The HaHaפuch Comedy Show Feb.11

    Molly
    3 Feb 2010 | 1:39 am
    Do you ever stand in line for the post office or bank or ministry of interior or just the bus and feel so stressed out that no one around you seems to know where the line begins and ends? And you want to scream, but instead you just elbow everyone because you’ve learned that’s how you get around in this country, or at least in these so-called lines? Then you get to the end of the line and rather than feeling relieved you feel overcome with emotion and want to cry or scream? Then later when you tell your friend the story, you are both laughing about it, because it is so ridiculous and your…

  • The Swedes Make the So-called TV Tax Almost Cool!

    Molly
    27 Jan 2010 | 12:02 am
    How about this for a TV Tax: The Swedish have got it right when it comes to the so-called TV Tax. First off- they don’t call it the TV Tax which is confusing and wrong— they call it the Broadcasting Tax, and define it as “Everyone who owns, rents or borrows a television receiver has to pay for a TV License. It doesn’t matter which channels you watch, the mere fact that you have a TV receiver makes you liable to pay for a license.” Perhaps if the tax was about broadcasting, and the actual receiver as opposed to the TV box then we could all get along here. I mean after all,…

  • 9 ways to order or download English books in Israel

    Rebecca
    10 Jan 2010 | 9:15 pm
    I love walking into bookstores. I love the smell. I love rummaging and looking for great finds. I love the bargain bin.  I even love reading book spines until my neck is permanently stuck to my shoulder. But if you live in Israel, there is no massive Barnes & Noble – like store or well-stocked library with English books besides Hebrew University.  There are a few bookstores that carry English books but it’s very possible that you won’t find what you’re looking for.  So, as much as I love dawdling around in a bookshop, I find myself drawn back to the web to find…

  • Watch Season 2 of Srugim ONLINE (Israel only)

    Rebecca
    6 Jan 2010 | 10:30 pm
    Thanks to @avihein on Twitter for being the first to alert everyone that you can now watch “Yifat gets married”, the first episode  of the second season of Srugim online. You can read what we’ve written about Srugim here and here.  If you need to catch up and do a marathon of the first season – you can watch it free online [Israel only] or here [international]. For the uninitiated, Srugim is an Israeli drama series (in Hebrew) about young religious singles and couples in Jerusalem.  Srugim’s portrayal of life in Jerusalem is fairly accurate and it really…

  • “Srugim” the show, I ask you: “איפה (Where’s) Ha-Anglo?”

    Molly
    23 Dec 2009 | 5:19 am
    'Amir' with the felafel ladies! The ever popular TV show “Srugim” is about to start its second season January 10, 2010. But cool people like me and my co-blogger and skinny friend Rebecca have already seen the first two episodes. How did we accomplish such a feat? Well it was simple really, during Hannukah the Jerusalem Cinameteque held the preimere for the new episodes along with a panel of the show’s producers, writers and one of the actors. I have to admit that for Jerusalem this was pretty cool. Rebecca and I had front row seats which we thought would be great to view the…
 
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    Internet Marketing and SEO Israel Blog on Optimization Strategy

  • Google SuperBowl Ad – Israel vs. USA SERPs

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    7 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am
    Rumors are that the Google Superbowl ad in the 3rd quarter will be this ad on YouTube. Rumored Superbowl Google Ad on YouTube Whether it is true or not I though it would be fun to see how the search engine result page (SERP) is different in Israel. What is interesting is that although the search result is the same, you can see in the screen shot below that in Israel there are ads. Rumored Superbowl ad SERP in Israel You might think that there are ads only in Israel. However, if you do the search in the USA you can see that there are even more ads (see screen shot below). Google did not want…

  • Conversion Optimization, Flash, Websites and Ownership

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    28 Jan 2010 | 2:02 am
    Most companies know that they have to own their URL, and website. What is surprising is that they don’t know always know that they must own their Adobe Flash website presentations. In order to increase conversions it is necessary to makes changes on the website and Flash presentations are no exception. Unfortunately, this is not possible without access to the source file. If conversion optimization is important make sure you have all the Adobe Flash source files so you can edit and optimize your website Flash presentations The Flash source file is usually with the designers or one of their…

  • Should You Optimize for Local Results if Google Doesn’t Show Them for Your Business Segment?

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    7 Jan 2010 | 7:47 am
    Recently, SEO companies and web designers have been complaining that Google eliminated Local results for their business segment as you can see in the screen shots below. SEO Companies don’t have local listings (right screen shot) whereas plumbers have local listings complete with map and phone numbers. A Google employee, Joel, H. explained this new policy in Google’s support forums “Today, we’re intentionally showing less local results for web design / SEO queries. For example, [web design sacramento] doesn’t display local listings today. We believe this is an accurate…

  • Why Outsource to an SEO Company in Israel?

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

  • Conversion Optimization — People are Starting to Get It

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

  • TuneWiki Raises Undisclosed Round From Motorola Ventures

    Eze Vidra
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am
    Motorola Ventures, the corporate VC arm of Motorola, placed a strategic investment in Israel’s TuneWiki Series B (announced Feb 8 2010). TuneWiki’s main investor Benchmark Israel also participated in the round, along with a  few new investors: Intellect Capital Ventures, HillsVen Capital and Novel TMT. Tunewiki will use the proceeds to expand and enhance its product offerings for leading mobile platforms and the Internet. TuneWiki provides an online service consisting of a community-created lyrics synchronization database and an online/mobile community. It allows its users to…

  • Battery Ventures Leads Pursway’s Series A

    Eze Vidra
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:59 am
    Israel-based Pursway (formerly known as Datanetis) announced its series A of $6 million led by Battery Ventures office in Israel. Pursway uses patent pending sentiment analysis technology on social networks, enabling clients to identify the influencers and followers for each of their products product within their customer database. They can then create campaigns that utilize this information in a measurable fashion that can be tied to success metrics. The company’s solution aims to increase ROI, cross selling and customer acquisition through better targeting. Pursway has shown very…

  • Eyecon’s media companion software gives consumers control over content across media units

    gmugliston
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:45 am
    More and more consumer electronics products now include features which leverage internet connectivity – current generation gaming devices, entertainment systems, and of course smart handsets are a few examples that demonstrate this trend. Despite the powerful new features that are made possible internet connectivity in consumer electronics products, however, consumers have difficulty obtaining unified access to content and playback across devices. Enter Eyecon, an Israeli startup that enables consumers to improve their overall home media experience by providing a central media control point…

  • Invest in Israel Newsletter: January 2010 Edition

    Eze Vidra
    3 Feb 2010 | 2:22 am
    As usual, 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 previous editions of the newsletter, click here. ISRAEL RAISES GROWTH FORECAST TO 3.5% FOR 2010 Israel’s central bank has raised its economic forecast for 2010, citing an improved outlook for global growth and world trade. The Bank of Israel now expects the economy to grow 3.5% this year, compared with its previous forecast last September of 2.5%.

  • First Bitesize of 2010

    Eze Vidra
    7 Jan 2010 | 1:54 pm
    Information overload! That’s the only way to explain the “January Effect” of tech and VC news since the new decade began a week ago. Here’s a few links worth clicking on: Microsoft’s research and development center in Israel is set to hire dozens of new employees SAPIR extends the power of web searches beyond centralized text and metadata searches to include distributed audio-visual content Why Do VCs Blog (and Tweet)? A directory of the top angel and seed investors in Silicon Valley. And how to reach them. Boxee, Waze and RedBeacon in Robert Scoble’s list…
 
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  • Predictions 2010 The Israeli Version

    Daniel Cohen
    16 Jan 2010 | 12:21 pm
    As I promised last week, I am keeping my tradition (second time in a row) and trying to lay out some predictions towards the new year. Since so many people give predictions for the industry as a whole (check out my favorite: Jeremy Toeman), I am going to focus on Israel: VC Consolidation will continue BUT some funds will be raised for local VCs. As we enter 2010, there is still a big (global) question mark around the venture capital. Some are still believers, but others keep talking about the broken model. In 2010 we will see a trend similar to the US, where we some funds are over subscribed…

  • Summary 2009 The Late Version

    Daniel Cohen
    3 Jan 2010 | 12:30 pm
    A year ago (on the day), I made some predictions regarding 2009. The fun about predictions is the ability to look back and compare them to the reality. Here are my 6 original predictions, with the relevant scorecard: No new VC entrants: That was an easy one. There were absolutely no new US VCs in Israel this year. Norwest opened their office, Battery expanded, but all these are old news. Expectations to see an Index/Accel/KP office resulted in nothing. I get full score here (10), but it was truly an easy prediction. Cleantech is Semiconductor 2.0: I thought that 2009 will be the year of…

  • Why?

    Daniel Cohen
    24 Nov 2009 | 6:53 am
    Every time I evaluate a company for a potential investment, I ask the founders (and myself) tons of questions. Still, I think there is one question that is critical, and that needs to be answered in every startup company. The question is Why? Why did the founder(s) start this company? There are many potential answers to the Why? question. “Make money”. “Be Famous”. “Make a difference”. “Prove something to myself”. “Prove something to someone else”. Maybe every entrepreneur has its own unique answer. There is no right or wrong here, but the true answer can have a huge…

  • Founder CEO, CEO Founder

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

  • Self Interview

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

    Ouriel Ohayon
    4 Feb 2010 | 7:41 am
    A few weeks ago i wrote a post called "Looking back". When i was writting it is was already thinking about the post you are reading right now. It is about a few things that are going to change in my immediate future. In "Looking back" i was explaining that i learned in the past years that the lack of focus did not help me in getting to the next steps in many things i was starting up.When i left my job it was still unclear where i would head. Until end last year i was still doing consulting here and there and still worked with Yoni at LightSpeed Ventures. But from today…

  • Luiza - Jobim

    Ouriel Ohayon
    30 Jan 2010 | 9:16 pm
    He did not only composed the most amazing bossas. He also composed this amazing waltz

  • My iPad killer App: Music tabs!

    Ouriel Ohayon
    29 Jan 2010 | 10:15 am
    I just can't wait to get the iPad. I am putting aside all that is being said right now. There is 1 killer app i am dying to use on it: iRealBookit is already one of my favourite apps, but the iPhone screen is to small for enjoying it The iPad is going to replace and kill all my jazz music books and it is going to be the once device i have been waiting for years to play just jazz on my PianoMore extensively it is the perfect device for music scores in general (played in PDF or i guess in a relevant coming app soon) So i just can't wait.

  • Pastefire: From brain to App Store top rankings in 10 days

    Ouriel Ohayon
    18 Jan 2010 | 12:33 pm
    We are just blown away by the great welcome users and influencers are giving to our new app, PasteFire.comPastefire started when i [ouriel] observed myself having a pain in dialing phone numbers i was finding on my computer. But by discussing with Yann (Appsfire co founder) the idea evolved to a sort of a super task assistant. It was not just a copy/paste tool but a copy/act tool. It is a kind of tool that is hard to understand and evaluate until you really use it. So try itPastefire is a little story full of surprises. We thought it was worth sharing We started creating Pastefire the day we…

  • Ouriel? there is an app for that!

    Ouriel Ohayon
    30 Dec 2009 | 3:58 am
    Is this the next ultimate ego thing? Not a great vanity URL on facebook or twitter sexy nickname or even a highly sophisticated blog? How about your own iPhone app. Let's call that a Vanity App?  Here is mine for example Well, the guys at Odiogo have figured out a way to create a personal app for people gathering their digital streamings and making them readable AND listenable when on the go. The asked me if they could use my streams to create a case with their new service and i agreed. I don't think any of those apps will get highly downloaded any time soon - specially not mine [i…
 
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  • TuneWiki Raises Undisclosed Round From Motorola Ventures

    Eze Vidra
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am
    Motorola Ventures, the corporate VC arm of Motorola, placed a strategic investment in Israel’s TuneWiki Series B (announced Feb 8 2010). TuneWiki’s main investor Benchmark Israel also participated in the round, along with a  few new investors: Intellect Capital Ventures, HillsVen Capital and Novel TMT. Tunewiki will use the proceeds to expand and enhance its product offerings for leading mobile platforms and the Internet. TuneWiki provides an online service consisting of a community-created lyrics synchronization database and an online/mobile community. It allows its users to…

  • Battery Ventures Leads Pursway’s Series A

    Eze Vidra
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:59 am
    Israel-based Pursway (formerly known as Datanetis) announced its series A of $6 million led by Battery Ventures office in Israel. Pursway uses patent pending sentiment analysis technology on social networks, enabling clients to identify the influencers and followers for each of their products product within their customer database. They can then create campaigns that utilize this information in a measurable fashion that can be tied to success metrics. The company’s solution aims to increase ROI, cross selling and customer acquisition through better targeting. Pursway has shown very…

  • Eyecon’s media companion software gives consumers control over content across media units

    gmugliston
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:45 am
    More and more consumer electronics products now include features which leverage internet connectivity – current generation gaming devices, entertainment systems, and of course smart handsets are a few examples that demonstrate this trend. Despite the powerful new features that are made possible internet connectivity in consumer electronics products, however, consumers have difficulty obtaining unified access to content and playback across devices. Enter Eyecon, an Israeli startup that enables consumers to improve their overall home media experience by providing a central media control point…

  • Invest in Israel Newsletter: January 2010 Edition

    Eze Vidra
    3 Feb 2010 | 2:22 am
    As usual, 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 previous editions of the newsletter, click here. ISRAEL RAISES GROWTH FORECAST TO 3.5% FOR 2010 Israel’s central bank has raised its economic forecast for 2010, citing an improved outlook for global growth and world trade. The Bank of Israel now expects the economy to grow 3.5% this year, compared with its previous forecast last September of 2.5%.

  • First Bitesize of 2010

    Eze Vidra
    7 Jan 2010 | 1:54 pm
    Information overload! That’s the only way to explain the “January Effect” of tech and VC news since the new decade began a week ago. Here’s a few links worth clicking on: Microsoft’s research and development center in Israel is set to hire dozens of new employees SAPIR extends the power of web searches beyond centralized text and metadata searches to include distributed audio-visual content Why Do VCs Blog (and Tweet)? A directory of the top angel and seed investors in Silicon Valley. And how to reach them. Boxee, Waze and RedBeacon in Robert Scoble’s list…
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  • Enter the iPad

    Shai Tsur
    2 Feb 2010 | 1:26 am
    Steve Jobs is the greatest product marketer of the last 30 years. By now, this much should be almost inarguable. And I say this despite the fact that no one can accuse me of being an Apple fanboy.Time after time, Apple utilizes the same technique for rolling out new products:1. Maintain an absolute code of silence, which by now is an integral part of Apple’s corporate culture2. Make sure to announce new product launches at specified times each year, thus creating an annual ritual akin to a religious ceremony3. Leverage a rabid fan base and generally Apple-friendly tech journalism community…

  • Heading up the blog

    Shai Tsur
    14 Jan 2010 | 5:14 am
    You may notice a new feature here on the Giza Blog. We have implemented the Headup application, developed by SemantiNet.So, what exactly is Headup? Headup is a semantic web widget service that enables online publishers to expand the range of information that users can access directly from their sites. Publishers can install the widget quickly and easily (it works with all major blogging platforms). Once installed, Headup identifies names and terms on a page and marks them.For example, if I was talking about Tel Aviv, users who are looking for more information on our fair city could mouse over…

  • Our Latest Internet Investment: WinBuyer

    Shai Tsur
    24 Nov 2009 | 8:11 am
    We were pleased this week to officially announce Giza’s investment in WinBuyer, one of five investments we’ve made this year and the latest addition to Giza’s Internet portfolio.WinBuyer is one of the most interesting Israeli companies working in the e-commerce space, and a leader in the new and growing field of Onsite Comparative Pricing (OCP). The company’s technology enables online retailers to bring comparison shopping to their own sites.E-tailers running the WinBuyer solution can then display competitors’ prices for a specific product on that product page. Buyers get the…

  • Surfing on a Wave of Marketing Problems

    Shai Tsur
    13 Oct 2009 | 7:45 am
    Over the last couple of weeks, nearly everyone in my social network who has any connection to the tech world has begged (sometimes desperately) for an invite to Google Wave. This is reminiscent to the kind of excitement that GOOG managed to generate a few years back when it first started handing out invites to Gmail, but greatly balloon-ified.Going by the hype being generated, it seems clear that Wave is destined to become the next big online thing.Or is it?I’m not entirely certain. (Full disclosure at this point: I am one of the sad proles still waiting to try out Wave. The opinions…

  • Jacko, Neda, and the Limits of Social Media

    Shai Tsur
    7 Jul 2009 | 11:26 pm
    As I write this, the memorial service for Michael Jackson is about to kick off. While a large majority of the US (and world) population will be glued to their TV sets watching the spectacle, I imagine that my colleague Michael Eisenberg from Benchmark won’t be one of them.The other day, Michael penned a heartfelt blog entry entitled “Michael Jackson Killed the Iranian Revolution” which deals in general with how the world focuses its attention to breaking events and more specifically how social media shapes and relates to this. Michael was bothered at what he perceived to be a major…
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  • California and More Fun From the Right

    6 Feb 2010 | 3:18 pm
    The Republicans are trying very hard this year to unseat Barbara Boxer, one of the more liberal US Senators. So, out in California, two Republican front runners are going at it: Tom Campbell and Carly Fiorina.Tom Campbell is a former educator (Law professor) who has spent years in different state-level political positions. In his previous attempt at the Senate, he was beaten in the Republican primary by Bruce Herschensohn, whose right wing tendencies made Boxer seem less left wing. It's how she won. Campbell is one of the few remaining Republicans who is fiscally Conservative and socially…

  • The "Left Wing" Media?

    6 Feb 2010 | 2:50 pm
    Once again, reality intrudes upon right wing liars. There are two ads of consideration for tomorrow's Super Bowl. There is one the network accepted, that from an anti-choice group who propose the idea that every aborted fetus could have won the Heismman Trophy.Then there's the one the network rejected, that from a gay dating service. That's right, just an ad for a legitimate dating service. I once teamed up with other heteros to put a branch of Together dating service out of business due to their fraud, so I'm not a great supporter of dating services. Yet even I can't see what's threatening…

  • Egypt and the Caliph

    3 Feb 2010 | 10:26 am
    Egypt is a moderate Muslim nation. It is a nation much more accepting of other religions than many other Muslim countries. I keep coming back to this point in order to stress what "moderate" means in Islam.As reported by the AP, activists in Egypt are protesting that Muslims only need municipal permits to build mosques while churches must be approved by the president.This follows the shooting of a bunch of guards outside a church, supposedly in "response" to the rape of a Muslim woman by a Christian man. Of course, the man had nothing to do with the church attacked, but that didn't stop the…

  • Mixed Blessing

    2 Feb 2010 | 12:58 pm
    Last month, the neighbors on one side moved out. This weekend, the ones on the other side moved. They weren't bad neighbors, only occasionally being very noisy, but the extra quiet will still be nice.Sadly, nothing's perfect. It also means I've lost insulation on both sides of my apartment. My electric bill will be higher. Nothing's perfect...

  • Anti-Choice Ad, the NYT gets it right

    31 Jan 2010 | 10:58 am
    Shocking, journalists got something right. Alert the media! Oh, wait...It seems there's going to be a Super Bowl ad from an anti-choice group. The spot will focus on a Heisman Trophy winner (American football's award for the best college player) whose mom ignored doctor recommendations to abort what ended up being him. Some pro-choice groups are shouting that the ad shouldn't be allowed. An NYT editorial castigates them for the view.Yes, it's idiotic to think that all aborted fetuses could have become award winning athletes. The odds are probably around the same as one would be the next…
 
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  • Fact and Fiction: Beit Avi Chai launches film series

    Beit Avi Chai has launched a fascinating new lecture series at its Jerusalem headquarters. The program is called “Fact and Fiction: Diversity Within” and features documentary films followed by one-on-one discussions between the film director and Amy Kronish, a long-time movie maestro and critic who’s put together the series. Last night was the opening session and [...], Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:30:41 +0000

  • A scoop in the family

    I think my children know that I make a living as a journalist – but sometimes I’m not sure. My daughter, who’s currently in basic training in Karkal – one of the few mixed men-women combat units – was home for Shabbat. In passing, I mentioned that a photographer friend thought it would [...], Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:28:36 +0000

  • Marquis de Sand

    I know, I’ve been writing about my various nieces and nephews a lot, but hey, they’re doing interesting things in their twentysomething-year-old lives of seeking and searching their future selves. Today’s pick is nephew Adin, brother of Noa of storm chasing and army officer fame. Adin is something of an iconoclast, a lover of anything geographical, [...], Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:16:08 +0000

  • Nostalgia Sunday – Stitching in the Seventies

    Israelis are a crafty lot – and not in the way you think I mean. Israelis – particularly women – have always liked their handicrafts. These days, every neighborhood boasts a hobby store. Decoupage seems to be the most popular craft of the moment, putting pretty flowered napkins at a premium and shooting gilt paint [...], Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:05:17 +0000

  • Listen to the music

    One doesn’t often mention the words music and haredi in the same sentence, unless you’re referring to cantorial liturgy. But at the Ron Shulamit Music Conservatory in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem, haredi women of all ages (from age 7 through adulthood) are not only learning the classical canon on their instruments of choice, but [...], Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:19:01 +0000
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  • Social is the Next Search

    Michael Eisenberg
    20 Jan 2010 | 6:38 pm
    Another incredible chart courtesy of our portfolio company Gigya. If you are not plugging in Social Infrastructure to your website, you will lose. As Gigya likes to say "Gigya Socialize is the new SEO."

  • LiveU Broadcasts...er...narowcasts my nephews' bris

    Michael Eisenberg
    19 Jan 2010 | 11:05 pm
    My sister and brother-in-law made a bris this morning on their twin sons in Jerusalem. 3 of us siblings are in the US and were pretty bummed at missing the momentous occasion. Cousin JJ volunteered a beta unit from LiveU to live stream the bris up to an internet link where we could watch it. So, my sister in NYC, my sister and I in LA cozied up to the laptop to watch live.The broadcast is not without glitches as it cuts out every once in a while and the photographer was a bit late so we missed the first bris (good thing there was a second one) but the experience was absolutely magical. Seeing…

  • ISRAEL' DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSE. Amen

    Michael Eisenberg
    18 Jan 2010 | 6:35 pm
    Dear Judge Goldstone, Prime Minister Erduan of Turkey and Delegates to the UNThis came to my inbox today from Marcia and Dov. Nuf Ced.ISRAEL' DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSEMany countries and world leaders have accused Israel of responding disproportionately to aggression from Hizballah inLebanon and Hamas in Gaza.However, it is time that the world press and media speak of another disproportionate response from Israel. The terrible disastrous earthquake in Haiti has generated responses from many nations. The US has sent supplies and personnel, Britain sent 64 firemen and 8 volunteers, France sent…

  • Dear Investment Bankers: Please Do Not Ruin The IPO Window

    Michael Eisenberg
    11 Jan 2010 | 2:44 am
    Ahead of the live discussion panel taking place today on Seeking Alpha* about the thawing of the IPO market, I would like to make a plea to the investment banking community. Please do not rush "unsuitable companies" to the public markets to take advantage of the IPO window. That is the best way to close it again.One of Benchmark's companies OpenTable.com officially reopened the IPO window with its IPO in the first half of 2009. The company performed well on the road show and the stock has performed well in the aftermarket, up over 25%. A123, the first clean tech company to burst through the…

  • Chart of the Day from Gigya: Social Networks a Threat to Google Traffic Hegemony

    Michael Eisenberg
    6 Jan 2010 | 9:58 am
    This is incredible data (click to enlarge chart) from our portfolio company Gigya. Huffington Post passed the Washington Post and the traffic source that drove it was Facebook!Gigya is seeing that Facebook connect, Twitter's APIs and 7 other social nets are driving significant traffic to sites that are implementing them. It is a paradigm shift on traffic generation and engaging users.
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  • The Top Five Reasons Brands Fear Social Media

    blonde20
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:39 am
    I’ve been in the social media space now for quite a few years and I meet with at least 5 companies each week who have understood the importance of utilizing social media for their businesses but are still afraid of entering their brands into the new media age. What are they worried about? Here are the top five concerns that I’ve heard from executives and my response to them: 1) They’re afraid they’ll lose control of their brand and open themselves up to negative feedback – When you open a business and start marketing your services and exposing your brand to…

  • HP Israel’s PSG Group Gains Momentum in the Social Media World

    blonde20
    1 Feb 2010 | 8:54 am
    When Blonde 2.0 began to assist HP Israel’s Personal Systems Group with their social media marketing efforts, we found they had no representation in the social media world. A community had not yet been built for the group and their customer base did not have a proper network to turn to for questions and answers. Over the course of a few months’ time, Blonde 2.0 and HP quickly exposed HP Israel’s PSG group to the social media world and began engaging with customers and potential customers in order to increase the group’s brand awareness in the community. When you build a…

  • Social Media – Give It Some Time!

    blonde20
    25 Jan 2010 | 9:23 am
    (Guest post by Dorine Sinigaglia) When talking to clients about social media and its effects on increasing sales of their products and increasing traffic to their site, the most asked, common question is: “That’s great – but what will social media do for us? Show me the money!” – and their point is rightfully valid. For those who still don’t quite understand the long-term effects that social media has on their company, it is rather difficult for them to understand the true purpose for setting aside a budget directly for social media, as they don’t…

  • ICQ Launches ICQ 7 – Introduces Social Messaging Across Networks

    blonde20
    18 Jan 2010 | 4:03 am
    If we look back in history , we will find that much before Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, there was ICQ. For anyone who doesn’t know, ICQ was created in 1996 and is now wholly owned by AOL. ICQ was THE pioneer of social media and real time updates. It introduced us to instant messaging and a revolutionary new way to communicate with people instantly in real time. ICQ could have been Facebook or Twitter a long time ago. It’s taken ICQ quite a long time to get back to its status as a social pioneer but now with it’s new client, ICQ is getting back to what it was about all…

  • Starbucks’ Formula to Social Media Success

    blonde20
    11 Jan 2010 | 7:52 am
    Starbucks has over 705,000 followers on twitter and over 5,428,000 fans on Facebook. I guess you could say that they’re doing something right on the Web. What is it about Starbucks’s social media strategy that makes it so successful? Let’s analyze Starbucks social behavior across the Web: 1) Starbucks on twitter – Starbucks engages with customers on twitter, answer questions, retweets what people are saying about the brand and creates an open communication channel to speak with the public. 2) Starbucks on Facebook – Starbucks uploads content to their Facebook…
 
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  • Israel’s Time To Know Aims To Revolutionize The Classroom

    Roi Carthy
    2 Feb 2010 | 11:50 pm
    This is the story of Time To Know, an enigmatic Israeli startup that has somehow managed to remain under the radar of Israel’s tightly knit startup scene. What makes this feat wondrous is not only because of the daunting challenge the company has chosen to meet, but that it has quietly ramped to 350 employees and no less than $60M in funding—all without attracting attention. Time To Know is the realization of a single man’s vision to un-root teaching methodologies from their 19th century origins and thrust them into the 21st century. The entrepreneur is Shmuel Meitar, co-founder of…

  • Refer Java Developers & Get an iPad!

    Roi Carthy
    31 Jan 2010 | 5:10 am
    If you, or someone you know is looking for an exciting Web challenge and a great working environment, this should interest you. This for a funded startup in Hertzeliya Pituach. It’s still a small company so each person that joins will have a large impact. This means they’re looking for smart, capable, passionate developers. The deal with the iPad is simple… If you refer someone that ends-up getting hired, you get a 16GB Wifi iPad! Yes, you’ll have to wait until they’re actually shipping). Here are the positions: Front-End Seeking front-end Web developers with…

  • Followbase: A Twitter CRM Starter Kit

    Roi Carthy
    12 Jan 2010 | 6:33 am
    Although there is no shortage of businesses large and small making great use ofTwitter, many are still trying to make heads-and-tales of how to harness its power to communicate with existing and prospective clients.CoTweetandHootSuiteare trying to meet this opportunity with feature-rich CRM applications, but for businesses who are Twitter newbies, these apps can be daunting. Followbasesaw this opportunity-within-an-opportunity and designed a simple, bare-bones Twitter CRM app that could form a stepping stone to the more heavy-duty apps. All you need to do to get started with Followbase is to…

  • Attn: Online Job Boards – Subject: RealMatch Breathing Down Your Neck.

    Roi Carthy
    15 Dec 2009 | 7:42 am
     If you think that the online job board vertical occupied by the likes of Monster.com can’t be shaken up, think again. Case in point:Realmatch, an Israeli founded startup that is climbing up the job classified food chain. In only three years, it has managed to form a 1200-strong partner network that is reaching 37 million job seekers per month with 60,000 positions available at any given time. Realmatch’s end-to-end solution appeases employers, candidates and partners. It begins with employers who instead of shelling a couple hundred bucks, get to post their jobs for free. They’ll then…

  • Need Help Selecting a Payment Processor? Look No Further Than Payments-R-Us

    Roi Carthy
    2 Dec 2009 | 12:37 am
    More and more startups are finally focusing on real business models, ones that are based on actually selling a product or service. You know, for money.The irony is that many get pretty far down the development path before realizing that adding billing infrastructure to their offering may not be as simple as integrating with PayPal’s API or some other payment processor. Choosing the right processor, and many times, processors, from a confusing multi-layered vendor ecosystem can be tricky. Poor decision-making when it comes to issues such as terms of pricing, business fit, or processing…
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    Jewlicious

  • Ambassador Oren vs. Hamas At UCI

    Rabbi Yonah
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:04 am
    Ambassador Oren heckled and disrupted by Hamas on Campus at UC Irvine. 12 arrested. When will University President Michael Drake KICK THE MSU OFF CAMPUS? When will the University take responsibility for this? We have heard Michael Drake for years DENY THAT THERE IS ANY SERIOUS PROBLEM. He said this publicly. No problem, huh? The University has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on so-called bridge building which is for the most part totally ineffective. As long as the MSU is allowed on campus, as long as students are not held responsible for their actions, this kind of activity will…

  • Vote for the Shuk!

    ck
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:25 pm
    Submissions for Leadel.net’s Jews That Do contest are over but now it’s time to vote and my vote goes to… the shuk! Two of the videos focus on Machane Yehuda, Jerusalem’s Central Market where Jerusalemites and tourists shop for fresh fruit, vegetables, baked goods etc. The Market is a microcosm of the city, one of the few places where religious and secular, Ashkenazi and Sephardi, Jew, Muslim and Christian rub shoulders. So here are the videos: Uzieli the Yemenite healer man is one of the unique elements of the shuk. Like the video? Vote for him here. This video shows…

  • Netanyahu’s Surprisingly Brilliant Speech at the Herzliya Conference

    dahlia
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:09 pm
    We are surprised! Last Wednesday night, delivering the keynote address at the Herzliya Conference, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, gave a surprisingly brilliant speech. He spoke of security, saying that Israel “must continue and strengthen its military might,” elaborating that the “weak do not survive in this region [the Middle East], and the weak do not make peace.” Yet, he noted that defending against terrorism is costly. Every state need (including security, health care, education, etc.) requires a strong economy. Israel has a strong economy, with a GDP per capita…

  • Moshiach Times Band: One Mitzvah at a Time; 2 On Shabbes?

    ck
    7 Feb 2010 | 2:59 am
    OK, that title was total nonsense But seriously, when I want to know the latest in teen religious Jewish boy band news, the first place I go to is Heeb magazine. And they never disappoint! After the bump check out these uh… cuties, called the Moshiach Times Band. JDub dubs them the “Jewnas” brothers and raves about their “skinny jean/Tzitzit combo” while Tablet Magazine says that they are “the religious Jews’ answer to the Jonas Brothers.” Me? I don’t even know who the Jonas Brothers are and I’m definitely not going to make any cracks…

  • “Is there a discount for Jewlicious Festival tickets?”

    ck
    6 Feb 2010 | 8:27 pm
    Such a bargain for you! This is one of the questions we get asked the most and I am uh… pleased to say that the answer in all cases is “unequivocally yes.” Every attendee at Jewlicious costs us between $150 and $200. That covers the discounted rate we pay for the JCC that hosts the event, expenses associated with speakers, expenses associated with bands, transportation, food expenses etc. etc. We charge as little as $36 per person for the entire weekend because we don’t want money to be an issue with regards to participation. Even then, if someone flat out can’t…
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  • Jerusalem art: it's eeeeeeeeevil

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:36 am
    Hey, remember that "concerned Jerusalem citizens' group" Lemallah (population: one dedicated hombre) that, well, according to itself, stopped the construction of a philanthropist-funded aesthetics-defying eyesore of a public sculpture over Zion Square downtown?

  • A conversation with Bracha Din, jeweler

    13 Jan 2010 | 9:28 am
    Bracha Din first visited Israel in 1968, and she came by ship. A true child of the '60s, Bracha traveled the country, spending the requisite time on an authentic kibbutz, before ferrying off to Athens, the first stop on an extended European tour which took her to 22 countries in three years. Back in the United States, Din tried out college but left after a semester to hitch-hike across Canada and the western United States. This journey eventually brought her to San Francisco.....

  • The top five underground performance spaces in Jerusalem

    18 Sep 2009 | 5:48 am
    Much is made of the youth exodus plaguing Jerusalem, a cascade of bright young people squeezed out every year by skyrocketing rents, poor municipal management and sometime intolerance by more conservative sectors of the population, but were a Jerusalem visitor to situate themselves in the slice of downtown between the Ha-Nevi'im Street and Hillel Street, they would find a youth culture more culturally vibrant, artistically engaged and politically aware than any in a city three times the size of Jerusalem...

  • Beating the summer heat

    29 Jun 2009 | 12:43 am
    Sure, the relative height of the Judean Hills and the occasional mountain breeze means that during the hot months Jerusalem residents suffer less than their compatriots in the Levantine bayou that is summertime Tel Aviv - but when it's 90 degrees and there hasn't been a cloud in the sky since March and the desert sun is glaring fiercely off the glowing white Jerusalem stone, the difference can seem at times to be mostly academic....

  • Boom Pam brings tuba to the Bass

    14 Jun 2009 | 9:12 am
    On June 23, celebrated low-fi jammers Boom Pam, who are signed to Frankfurt's Essay Recordings and often traverse Europe with their concert tours, are scheduled to play downtown Jerusalem party venue Bass....
 
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  • Top 50 Online Freelance Marketplaces That Cost Nothing To Use

    Jacob Share
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:01 am
    These are the most popular FREE freelance marketplaces on the Web according to the Alexa ranking system. Unless mentioned otherwise, any site listed here is free to use, whether to post jobs or to apply for them, and is in English. The list also mentions site specialties where relevant. 1) Elance.com – general 2) Suite101.com – writing 3) odesk.com – general 4) GetAFreelancer.com – SEO, writing, programming, design, marketing 5) rentacoder.com – programming, graphic design, writing, translation 6) ScriptLance.com – programming 7) Guru.com – general 8)…

  • All Ages Job Fair in Jerusalem, Wednesday February 10th 2010

    Jacob Share
    2 Feb 2010 | 2:19 am
    Hiring companies, speakers and expert counselors will be at your service as Merkaz Hamagshimim Hadassah and AACI put on their first job fair since 2007. Update 05/02/10: Shira from the Mercaz sent me the list of companies that are supposed to be at the fair, see below. Who From the official release: “For job seekers in all fields (computers, science, medicine, teachers, researchers, pr, admin, engineers, tour guides, translators, etc), as well as students, those who recently completed the army, new and veteran olim, and Israelis, English, Hebrew, and other language speakers…

  • Free Haifa Seminar for People Wanting To Transition Into High Tech Careers on March 2nd 2010

    Jacob Share
    30 Jan 2010 | 2:47 pm
    Microsoft Israel is sponsoring a free employment seminar with the Haifa Municipality aimed at people who would like to get into high tech in Israel. Who The event is aimed “academics, engineers and students” who are interested in joining the “computers and high tech” industry. What According to the official announcement, the event’s schedule runs from 4:30 pm until 8:15 pm, including speakers from Microsoft Israel (What Will the World Look Like in 15 years?), AllJobs (Transitioning into the World of High Tech), and others. Possibly the most interesting part will…

  • On Personal Brand Destruction, Hockey and the 2010 Winter Olympics

    Jacob Share
    28 Jan 2010 | 11:00 am
    How you take rejection can determine whether or not you’ll need to do so again. The story begins when… A really interesting personal branding-related story took place on the road to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and as an avid hockey fan, I’m glad to have finally found a way to sneak my love of hockey into an article here for you. It all began when national hockey team rosters were announced, deciding which lucky few would get to represent one of the 12 national teams that qualified for the men’s ice hockey event. Each team is allowed to choose a…

  • 117 Funniest Creative Job and Recruitment Ads

    Jacob Share
    26 Jan 2010 | 11:00 am
    The most creative and funny job ads that recruiters are using to get your attention. Enjoy! Click through to see larger versions at the source. Which one is your favorite? Tell us in the comments. Bonus More funny and creative job ads 10 Ridiculously Genius & Creative Recruitment Ads Top 10 Best Job Ads of the World Subscribe to JobMob via RSS or email and follow me on Twitter for more funny creative job stuff. -- Jacob Share, Job Search Expert and Professional Blogging Consultant Related posts:Funniest Strangest Job Titles Ever 10 Questions With Recruitment Consultant Anna Talmy of…
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  • Israeli Wine at Houston’s 13Celsius

    Richard
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:47 pm
    This past Friday night we held an Israeli wine tasting of 6 wines I import at another one of my fave wine bars in Houston called 13 Celsius. Listen to me….the place was packed! I love the vibe in this old building. And the crowd keeps it real and fun. I loved the people I met at the event, too. Except maybe for the one guy who poked me in the chest as a way to get me to pour him more wine…Ummmm this is not a recommended strategy ! And Mike and Ian, the wine director and owner, have done a superb job of going out of their way to bring you wines that stretch you to visit new parts…

  • Israeli Wines Win Another Smackdown in Houston

    Richard
    6 Feb 2010 | 8:30 pm
    This afternoon my friend Charles from fave wine bar + retailer + killer restaurant Block 7 Wine Company in Houston held a tasting of 7 wines I import from small wineries in Israel. I was again amazed by the overwhelmingly positive response top these wines from the great people of Houston. We have (as I had hoped) gone well beyond a Jewish audience with these grand wines, I focused on very basic talkpoints as usual (as Winnie the Pooh said, I have a small bear brain!). Like the fact that wine was born in Israel. And that Israel is smaller than New Jersey but long and narrow like Chile or…

  • Making Room for New Vintages: Flam Classico 2006

    Richard
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm
    While good wine doesn’t exactly go “bad” there comes a time when you gotta make room for the newest vintage. We’ve sold A LOT of Flam Classico 2006! In fact we have only 71 bottles left at last count this afternoon. And it’s time to make room for the 2007. Which is what I am drinking right this moment as I sit in bed and write this brief post. A lot of you have ordered Flam Classico 2006 from me. If you like fruit and Mediterranean herbs, you love this wine. Period. Winemaker Golan Flam trained in Italy then brought back to his estate winery in the hills outside…

  • What am I trying To Do??

    Richard
    2 Feb 2010 | 9:18 pm
    It’s good to regularly review why you are doing what you are doing. This allows you to make decisions about how to spend your time and money, and how to allocate attention. What is it that you INTEND? And how is what you are doing aligned (or more likely, not aligned) with your intentions? There’s a big difference between thinking about what you’re making or selling or whatever and fully considering what you are trying to bring about in the worldby making or selling what you make or sell. I guess it’s sort of like the difference between “features and…

  • Carignan, anyone?

    Richard
    27 Jan 2010 | 2:28 pm
    To you wine-lovers who set a New Year’s resolution of getting out of the Cab-Merlot-Chardonnay wine box and a litte off-the-trail in terms of wine varieties you taste…I’m here to help! Carignan, anyone? Usually a sort of behind-the-curtain, high yield, nothing-special blending grape, tiny little Somek winery in Israel has elevated Carignan to fine wine in their 2004 showing. Full Disclosure: YES, I import this wine! And I am totally biased in its favor or I would not have brought it at great expense across several oceans to bring it to you! Get over it Led by husband and…
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  • Weekly Links

    Gil Student
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am
    Rules: link (Note that this post will move every day until the end of the week)TuesdaySALT today: linkPetira of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander; Founder & President of Touro College (funeral today at 11am): linkFla. justices refuse to halt execution next week: linkArchbishop of Canterbury to challenge infighting over gays and women bishops: linkR. Yitzchok Adlerstein on R. Dr. Bernard Lander: linkLazar refuses to debate Greenfield: linkPrevious days' linksMondaySALT today: linkThe debate over the NY Times Jerusalem bureau chief: I, IIA diverse new wave of kosher in Teaneck: linkSurvey evaluates…

  • Laundry Day

    Ari
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:37 pm
    By: Rabbi Ari EnkinAmong the decrees which were instituted by Ezra is that of washing one's clothes on Thursday in honor of Shabbat.[1] Indeed, this decree is codified as normative halacha.[2] The reason for the decree was in order to ensure that one would have ample time on Friday to tend to the many other Shabbat preparations and not have to be occupied with doing the laundry.[3] It also ensures that no mishap would prevent one from having clean clothes for Shabbat.[4] In an additional explanation for Ezra's decree, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach suggests that since people generally do not…

  • Announcements #138: Etz Chaim in February

    Gil Student
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:38 pm
    Etz Chaim in FebruaryExciting lectures at Etz Chaim this month.147-19 73rd Ave.Flushing, NYEtzChaimkgh.orgRabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh WeinrebWednesdays February 10, 17, 24 7:30pmHalakha and Psychology1. Perspectives on Mental Health Issues in the Orthodox Jewish Community Today2. New Trends in the Search for Spirituality: Helpful or Harmful to the Halachic Jew?3. The Posek, the Pious, and the Parent: What Psychology Can Teach ThemRabbi Dr. Edward ReichmanWednesdays February 10, 17, 24 8:30pmMedical Ethics1. When Man Creates Man: The Beginning of Life2. End of Life Issues 3. Entering Dangerous…

  • Announcements #137: Check-Out-Linden Shabbaton

    Gil Student
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:59 am
    Young Families: You’re Invited to a Check-Out-Linden Shabbaton!Shabbat, March 5-6, 2010Spend Shabbos with the Linden community, the new destination for young, Orthodox families in New Jersey.We offer:Without question, the most affordable houses in an Orthodox community in the NYC area.Great single-family homes, beginning at $220,000 in addition to garden apartments and multi-family rentals.A growing community: We welcomed 13 new families to Linden in the last 3 years.A beautiful, tree-lined, safe and quiet neighborhood with a 35-minute commute to NYC.All Orthodox Jewish ammenities: schools,…

  • Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be

    Gil Student
    7 Feb 2010 | 6:38 pm
    I. ReunionLast night I attended my 20-year high school reunion. As I've written before, I'm a sucker for nostalgia. Now that we are old -- even though many looked quite young last night, some of us have children in high school (including one with a child in the school we attended) -- I think it's possible to begin evaluating the results of our education. Let me note that I was instructed to be discreet in writing about the event so I will use a loose code and will only intentionally embarrass one person with a carefully inserted falsehood (why? link). Please allow for inside jokes.Click here…
 
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  • Bernard Lander, ז”ל

    Yitzchok Adlerstein
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:54 pm
    I don’t believe that I will ever again meet anyone like Bernie Lander. I’ve met two kinds of people best described as bigger than life: those of huge vision, and those of huge accomplishment. Both are essential to a forward-moving community. Each adds an invaluable element to the full picture. Each kind usually has a deficiency. Those with the necessary vision are often incapable of translating that vision into a reality, and those who are builders and doers often narrow their vision to the job in front of them, and no further. Rabbi Dr. Lander was the only person I ever met whose…

  • The Myth of Mundanity

    Avi Shafran
    5 Feb 2010 | 7:13 am
    An abrupt shift takes place in all the world’s synagogues around this time of year. Over the previous 17 weeks, since the public reading of the Torah was begun anew after the holiday of Sukkot, the readings were narrative in nature, beginning with the world’s creation, continuing with elements of the lives of the patriarchs and matriarchs, then the account of Joseph’s life, the sojourn in Egypt, the Exodus and the revelation at Sinai. Beginning with the portion called Mishpatim, though, the Torah’s focus is largely on technicalities of civil and ritual laws. Then, in subsequent weeks,…

  • The Micronesia Principle

    Eytan Kobre
    2 Feb 2010 | 2:35 pm
    To mark the just-concluded week-long visit to Israel of the presidents of Micronesia and Nauru, I republish below a piece that appeared in Hamodia in 2004. Micronesia. A fabulous name which, if it didn’t already exist, would simply have to be invented. Perhaps as the moniker of an exclusive island retreat for top Microsoft executives. Maybe as a medical term describing a very minute memory lapse. Or, can’t you just see it in some children’s storybook as the name of an enchanted kingdom populated by the Little People? Yet, in reality, Micronesia is none of these things. It is, instead,…

  • Haiti and the Mind of G-d

    Emanuel Feldman
    2 Feb 2010 | 7:01 am
    I am not able to worship a G-d Whose ways are all crystal clear to me – attributed to the Kotzker Rebbe (1787-1859) The ways of G-d are hidden and mysterious; they have never been crystal clear to man. Only a finite and mortal god can be fully known and understood by finite and mortal man. But who will worship a mortal god? By the same token, only an infinite and immortal mind can fathom the infinite and immortal G-d. But who among us has an infinite and immortal mind? Given these obvious facts, it is difficult for a mortal mind to fathom the ease and eagerness with which other mortal minds…

  • A long-awaited trip to Israel

    Harvey Belovski
    2 Feb 2010 | 4:26 am
    My second daughter, Tehilloh, is very excited, as in about a month, God willing, she and I will be spending eight days together in Israel. She will become Bat Mitzvah at the end of June, and this trip to Israel, her first, is her special birthday present from me and my wife. I have the privilege of visiting Israel often, but for various reasons, my wife gets there only occasionally, and my children not at all. As such, it is a challenge to ensure that our children share our passion for Israel and remain aware of the fact that Israel lies at the centre of all Jewish religious, political and…
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  • Misting Fans

    ay4blk
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:19 pm
    One of the best things to do during the summer is to spend some time outdoors under the warm sun. There are tons of different activities you can do like having BBQs, talk with mates, or have some range of charity event. One of the problems with being out of doors for too much time though is that it can frequently get far too hot for comfort. The continuous change of liquid to gas produces a cooling effect known as evaporative cooling. Re virility, misting fans can be employed just about anywhere ( in and out of doors ). In areas where air conditioner can not be used, the cooling function is…

  • Reasons to Buy a Digital Voice Recorder

    hann
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:16 pm
    One of the items that you should always carry with you is a digital voice recorder as these can be very useful for business meetings or classroom lectures. Using a pen and paper to write down notes can be difficult sometimes as you can easily miss writing down important stuff that you might need later on. Fortunately, you can record any type of audio by using a digital recorder which is why they are so essential to have as you can refer to them anytime. There are actually many different handheld models available that you can choose from those are that are able to hold hours and hours of…

  • Vollara Is The New Name For EcoQuest

    alanlest08
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:04 pm
    Based in Greeneville, TN was once known as the top air purification company in the United States and maybe the world and it has now changed their name to Vollara, which means “to fly” in Latin lingo. The air purifier company will still sell a line of air filters and purifiers and vitamin supplements and hails in Bristol VA. The company manufacturers what is now known as the FreshAir by Vollara or FreshAir Surround which was formerly known as the Fresh Air by EcoQuest International. It is an air purification system, but not an air filter, that will clean the air in a big home,…

  • Who Has Heard Of Lois Hill

    thyui
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:14 pm
    One amongst the weave is 18th century constant wire weave, that is hand woven from the only wire. This art will yield anything from the tiny ring to the belt, which takes over a month to weave. The Hill’s most beneficial weaves creates from the hill tribes in the Northern Thailand. It is been comprised of little jump rings woven like the textile and is intricate that concerning an inch each day and is hand woven. Lois Hill jewelry vogue combines 3 totally different, and entirely unrelated strategies, and beginning with the hand carving by using the hammer and also the chisel, most…

  • Before You Buy Notebook Computers

    willard093
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:13 pm
    We all know how vital it is to be able to get online and look up information on anything that you need to know.Price comparison is always important when you buy notebook computers or any other type of product either online or offline. Well the great news is that it is not very difficult to find cheap notebook computers that do everything you need them to. As long as you do your research before you go shopping you will save money.Most people have gone crazy over the small notebook computers and it is not every difficult to find them at your local retail store for less than $500.
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  • Hamas' cash flow problem

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:38 am
    Hamas gets plenty of money from Iran, but it is having a problem smuggling it into Gaza.According to Asharq Al-awsat, Hamas employees have not yet been paid for the month of January. Apparently, Egypt has been much more vigilant at stopping money from being transferred over the Rafah border.Hamas is denying any cash flow crisis, saying they are just distributing salaries in a different way.Hamas has a $540 million annual budget, and 32,000 employees in Gaza. In addition, there are tens of thousands of PA employees who get paid to sit at home and do nothing.58% of the PA budget goes to Gaza…

  • A brief peek into recent Palestinian Arab court rulings

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am
    Palestinian Arab newspapers are different from other nations' media, in that you hardly ever read about court cases and rulings for ordinary crimes. They arrest people, but after that the stories usually disappear. Whether this is a reflection of the complete absence of any normal system of justice, or a cultural anomaly, I cannot say.However, today there was one of these rare stories, apparently from a military court.As best as I can interpret it, the following cases were concluded:* A man was sentenced to death for collaborating with Israel.* A soldier was sentenced to one year of prison…

  • Palestinian NGO Network demands apology from Berlusconi

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:01 am
    From YNet, February 3:In a speech in Jerusalem, Berlusconi said Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza last year was justified self-defense. But during a stop in the West Bank, he later explained this does not rule out sympathy for the war's victims. some 1,400 Palestinians were killed in the fighting.Berlusconi said, "Just as it's right to cry for the victims of the Shoah, it's right to show pain for what happened in Gaza." Shoah is the Hebrew word for Holocaust.The Palestinian NGO Network is outraged and demands an apology for Berusconi's equating Gaza with Jewish victims of the Holocaust.Just…

  • November 2009-February 2010 rocket calendars

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:16 am
    Q=QassamQS=Qassam landing short in GazaM=MortarMS=Mortar landing shortP=Projectile of unknown type(Paren) indicates unconfirmed Palestinian claimsNovember 2009 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat 1 2 31Q 4 5 6 7 81Q 91Q 10 11 12 132Q 14 15 16 17 181Q 19 20 211Q 22 231Q 24 25 265M 27 28 29 30 December 2009 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 132Q 14 15 162Q 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28(1P) 29 301M 31(2P)1M? January 2010 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat 11M1MS 2 3 41MS 5 6 71Q10M 81M 92Q 104MS 111Q 12 131Q 14 151M 16 17 18 19 201Q 21 22 23 241Q 25 26 27 28 29 301Q 31 February…

  • Two good followups to horrible stories

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:39 pm
    From Al Arabiya, in a followup to this story:Saudi Arabia's human rights commission has hired a lawyer to help a 12-year-old girl divorce her 80-year-old husband, the lawyer said, a move activists hope will lead to a ban on child marriages.Also from Al Arabiya, in a followup to this story:Prosecutors in Turkey are seeking life in jail for the father and grandfather of a girl who was buried alive for befriending boys, local judicial sources said Monday.The pair were arrested after the body of 16-year-old Medine Memi was found in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a hole in a chicken…
 
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  • Letter to the Reform movement

    Vic Rosenthal
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:15 pm
    I’m a member of a Reform Jewish congregation.  I wrote the following letter to Rabbi Eric Yoffie of the Union for Reform Judaism, and Rabbi David Saperstein, head of its “Religious Action Center”. I also sent a copy to our rabbi and the president of the congregation. If you are a Reform Jew in the US, you should do the same: February 8, 2010 Dear Rabbi Saperstein and Rabbi Yoffie, I was shocked to see that the Reform Movement – in the person of Rabbi Saperstein –  has leapt to the defense of the New Israel Fund (NIF), after it was revealed that almost all of the…

  • An assault of illogic

    Vic Rosenthal
    6 Feb 2010 | 3:49 pm
    The flap over Im Tirtzu’s exposé of the New Israel Fund’s (NIF) support of left-wing Israeli organizations that contributed to the slanderous Goldstone report gets bigger every day. Naomi Chazan, the fund’s president, was dis-invited from a speaking tour of Australia. After Chazan threatened to sue the Jerusalem Post, the Post dropped her as a regular columnist. There are calls in the Knesset to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the NIF and foreign funding of Israeli non-governmental organizations (NGOs). A group of high-ranking reserve officers signed a…

  • BDS campaign comes to Davis

    Vic Rosenthal
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:07 pm
    Recently I discussed the Boycott, Divestiture and Sanctions campaign against Israel. Now anti-Zionist activists have brought it to Davis, California, where they are circulating a petition to force a food co-op to stop stocking Israeli products: The Co-op is owned and operated by 10,000 shareholders. Its bylaws allow members to decide what to vote on during annual elections. Five percent of this governing body must sign the petition in order for it to appear on the store’s May ballot. The Davis Committee for Palestinian Rights has been collecting signatures since Jan. 1… “The…

  • Israel’s enemies choose war

    Vic Rosenthal
    5 Feb 2010 | 11:45 am
    Recently, I wrote about Ahmadinejad’s bragging that Iran was already the predominant power in the region. There is no doubt that US influence has declined radically in the last few years, but Ahmadinejad is counting gestational chickens. The biggest obstacle in his way is tiny Israel, remarkably. The conservative Arab regimes of Saudi Arabia and Egypt are paper tigers militarily and politically. Israel, with all of its problems, still projects Western power in the region (would that the West, and particularly the US administration understood this). The Iranian strategy is to weaken…

  • Funds, horns and a thumbs-up from Hell

    Vic Rosenthal
    2 Feb 2010 | 12:23 pm
    In my last post, I wrote about how a Zionist student group in Israel called Im Tirtzu exposed the way a ‘progressive’ American foundation, the New Israel Fund (NIF), supported the Israeli non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provided 92% of the negative citations from Israeli sources in the Goldstone report. Im Tirtzu held a demonstration in front of the home of the NIF President, former Meretz MK Naomi Chazan, and bought full-page ads in Israeli newspapers showing Chazan wearing a rhinoceros-like horn (the Hebrew word for ‘fund’ and ‘horn’ are the…
 
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  • הפועל חיפה: דורה לא מתכוון להתפטר

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:32 pm
    מאמן הקבוצה הודיע שאין בכוונתו לפנות את מקומו ובנוסף הוא גם לא מתכוון להסכים למינוי יועץ מקצועי שיהיה איתו על המגרש. כץ בתגובה: "אין שום סיבה ששניהם לא יסתדרו. אנחנו חייבים רענון בצוות המקצועי"

  • טניס: דודי סלע על לשמנית גמר טורניר סאן חוזה

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:23 pm
    הישראלי הבכיר גבר, 6:7 6:7, על הקולמביאני, סנטיאגו ג'יראלדו (100) שהקנו לטניסאי 8,000 דולרים ו-20 נק' דירוג. בסיבוב הבא הוא כנראה יפגוש עם הגרמני, פיליפ קולשרייבר (27)

  • אוהדי מכבי פ"ת: "מגמאדוב לא יפרוש בלי תואר"

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:12 pm
    האוהדים בקמפיין חדש לקראת מפגש הגביע עם אחי נצרת. הבלם בן ה-37, שייעדר: "מחמם את הלב לדעת שהאוהדים אוהבים אותי". גם אבי יחיאל לא ישחק מול הקבוצה מהמגזר

  • הסוף מתקרב? נותק החשמל בפראטון פארק

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:56 pm
    עקב חובות שלא הוסדרו, הוקפא גם המנוי לרשת "סקאי ספורט". פומפי עומדת בפני 24 שעות הגורליות בתולדותיה, כשבערב תארח את סנדרלנד ולמחרת תופיע בבית המשפט, כשרק נס ימנע ממנה להיות מוכרזת כפושטת רגל

  • כדורעף: קריית אתא ניצחה 0:3 את ארזים רעננה

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pm
    הקבוצה מהצפון עלתה למקום השלישי והבטיחה באופן כמעט סופי את אחד מארבעת המקומות הראשונים, בדרך לפיינל פור
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  • פנייה לאלטון ג'ון: בטל הופעתך בישראל

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am
    אקדמאים בריטים פנו לזמר שצפוי להופיע בישראל ב-17 ביוני בבקשה להימנע מהגעתו בשל פעולות הצבא בעזה. "כשתעמוד על הבמה, אתה תשתף פעולה עם מדינה גזענית"

  • מוציא להורה

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:16 am
    "הורה", עבודת המחול של אוהד נהרין ולהקת בת שבע, הולכת עם תנועת העולם - חופשיה לעשות מה שעולה על רוחה. ענת זכריה חשה געגוע לתמונת הפתיחה עוצרת הנשימה שרק גורמת לרצות לראותה שוב ושוב

  • שווה זהב: מי תזכה בתואר השחקנית הטובה ביותר?

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:45 am
    המהפך של סנדרה בולוק, האותנטיות של מריל סטריפ, הפריצה של גבי סידיבה, החושניות של הלן מירן והחינניות של קארי מאליגן. חמש שחקניות, פסלון אחד. אז מי תיקח את האוסקר? כתבה ראשונה בסדרה

  • תרקוד היא אמרה לו תרקוד: על גמר "רוקדים עם כוכבים"

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:28 am
    "רוקדים עם כוכבים" היא תוכנית טובה לכאלה שרוצים לתת שוונג מחודש לקריירה ולכוכבים שמפחדים להיעלם. לכן, לא ברור מה עשה שם משה פרץ והכי לא ברור - מה חיפש שם שלמה ארצי

  • אמריקה X

    7 Feb 2010 | 10:37 pm
    שהיר כבהא, כוכב הסרט "עג'מי", יוכל להגיע לטקס האוסקר רק אם ישיג קודם אישור כניסה לארצות הברית
 
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  • מירי בוהדנה (שוב) בהריון

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:57 am
    הילד בן קובו-בוהדנה יזכה בקרוב לאח או אחות. הדוגמנית והשחקנית מירי בוהדנה מטפחת לה בשקט בשקט בטן הריונית

  • בירדי שופעת

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am
    ולא רק איחולים לרוברטו ושלי חזן שהשיקו את יורשת העצר טליה באירוע הבריתה שנערך באולמי קליאו בת"א. הביג בירדי של האח הגדול ניצלה את האירוע כדי להציג לראווה את הפרונט המשופץ. גם "הבסט פרנדס" דידי הררי ואליקו הגיעו לצ'קצ'ק ואפילו אסי ועקנין והגרושה סיגל כהן טרחו להתייצב אבל בנפרד

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    Coolil
    26 Jan 2010 | 6:01 am
    Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and It’s a great opportunity to celebrate and express your love to that very special person in your life. While you could always make the last-minute dash for chocolates, buy a dozen roses or a gift in a red box, it is the gifts that get are part [...] Related posts:10 Best Holidays Gift IdeasValentine’s Day Gift Guide: How Long Are You Together?Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

  • Israeli Fashion & Design Events: The Plastic Market

    Coolil
    21 Jan 2010 | 8:04 am
    The Plastic Market is coming back this weekend. 55 fresh designers will offer clothes, jewelry, purses, bags, belts, pins, shoes, hats and baby accessories, mostly inspired by street fashion. The Plastic Market began about 3 years ago as a platform for young fashion designers, who wanted to present their collections to a vibrant crowd of fashion [...] Related posts:Israeli Fashion & Design events – The Fashion Market 01/14/10-01/16/10Israeli Design Rocks in NYC Fashion marketIsraeli Fashion & Design events 11/14/2009 – 11/21/2009

  • Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: How Long Are You Together?

    Noa Levy
    19 Jan 2010 | 2:28 am
    Finding the perfect Valentine’s Day gift shows how much your care. It is one of the most difficult shopping experiences in any man’s life. The meaning of your gift varies according to the seriousness and the type of relationship. If you bring your wife a box of chocolates on V-day she might think that you [...] Related posts:Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas10 Best Holidays Gift Ideas

  • Gotta Have It – Nimnumi’s Muslin Wrapping Blanket

    Noa Levy
    11 Jan 2010 | 2:53 pm
    Nimnumi baby products are designed to provide mothers and their babies a comfortable and relaxing experience. All items are made from the highest quality materials which make them soft, simple, and practical. The Israeli designer, Karen Perry, established her brand Nimnumi by incorporating multidisciplinary art into the world of textile for toddlers. Each [...] Related posts:Let Your Baby Blossom with Flower Girl’s Bebies ClothesWhy We Love Manuella’s Drawing Doll?Clever Designs to Keep your Babies Calm and Happy

  • Israeli Fashion & Design events – The Fashion Market 01/14/10-01/16/10

    Noa Levy
    10 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am
    The biggest Fashion Market of Israeli designers in taking place this weekend in Tel Aviv. Israel has a great growing fashion scene and this event, taking place twice a year, provides the best opportunity to meet over 100 Israeli Fashion designers – from accessories to women fashion and even men clothes. The Fashion Market presents [...] Related posts:Israeli Fashion & Design Events: The Plastic MarketIsraeli Fashion & Design events 12/11/2009 – 12/18/2009Israeli Fashion & Design events 11/28/2009 – 12/05/2009
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  • Endgame for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran?

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:18 am
    (Telegraph-UK) Con Coughlin - Iranian President Ahmadinejad has publicly warned that he will mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution on Thursday by delivering a "telling blow" to the world's leading powers, a message that hardly serves to reassure Western concerns about Iran's future intentions. But before Western governments become too alarmed by Tehran's provocative stance, the regime's recent announcements need to be examined within the context of the country's deepening political turmoil, which many predict will surface again on Thursday. Today's opposition movement has a far…

  • Will Tehran Choose the Tiananmen Solution?

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:17 am
    (Times-UK) Amir Taheri - Over the past eight months, the political dispute inside Iran has moved beyond the issue of a stolen election as a fully-fledged pro-democracy movement has emerged that rejects the Khomeinist regime. Even some former regime grandees such as former President Khatami and former Prime Minister Mousavi now publicly admit that the Khomeinist revolution has failed and that theocracy always leads to despotism. Suddenly Ahmadinejad and Khamenei appear to have become irrelevant as millions of people in insurrectional mood are pitted against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard,…

  • Al-Qaeda a Wounded But Dangerous Enemy

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:16 am
    (Washington Post) Joby Warrick and Peter Finn - Top U.S. counterterrorism officials say al-Qaeda's ability to wage mass-casualty terrorism has been undercut by relentless U.S. attacks on the network's leadership, finances and training camps. But even in its weakened state, the group has shifted tactics to focus on small-scale operations that are far harder to detect and disrupt, analysts say. "Al-Qaeda's leadership is accelerating efforts that were probably in place anyway," said Andy Johnson, former staff director of the Senate intelligence committee. In the past year, the "good guys have…

  • Peeling Syria Away from Iran Seen Unlikely

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:15 am
    (AFP) Lachlan Carmichael - The Obama team will find it hard, if not impossible, to peel Syria way from hardline ally Iran, analysts say. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, writing in the New Yorker last week, disclosed that the Syrian secret services have already resumed cooperation with the CIA and Britain's MI6. Aaron David Miller, who was a Middle East adviser in past U.S. administrations, said Washington can achieve modest objectives, such as intelligence sharing, but he set expectations low. Syria is a hard nut to crack, he said, because President Bashar al-Assad, from the minority…

  • Poll: 90 Percent of Middle East Views Jews Unfavorably

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:15 am
    (Jerusalem Post) Amir Mizroch - The Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes survey conducted last year found that in the predominantly Muslim nations surveyed, views of Jews were overwhelmingly unfavorable: 97% in Jordan, 97% in the Palestinian territories, and 95% in Egypt held an unfavorable view. Similarly, 98% of Lebanese expressed an unfavorable opinion of Jews, including 98% among both Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, as well as 97% of Lebanese Christians. By contrast, only 35% of Israeli Arabs expressed a negative opinion of Jews, while 56% voiced a favorable opinion.
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  • Barred Iraq Candidates Allowed to Stand: Official

    3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Around 500 candidates barred from Iraq's March 7 general election for alleged links to executed dictator Saddam Hussein will be allowed to stand, an electoral official said. Politicians from Iraq's Sunni Arab minority, which dominated Saddam's regime, were enraged over the original disqualifications and both Washington and the United Nations had voiced concern they might undermine the election's credibility.

  • Radical Yemeni-American Cleric Acknowledges Ties with Christmas Day Bomber Abdulmutallab, Expresses Support for Christmas Day Plot

    3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    In an interview for the Al-Jazeera website, the radical Yemeni-American cleric 'Anwar Al-'Awlaki acknowledged his ties with the would-be Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab. Al-'Awlaki calls Abdulmutallab "one of my students" and expressed support for his actions, laying out his reasons for justifying attacks on American civilians – though he said that he prefers attacks on military targets, and denied that he had given a fatwa authorizing the Christmas Day plot.

  • Iran…Sweet Talk!

    3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    It is good that Iran is experiencing this tension, and perhaps the wise in Iran will learn a lesson from this, and appreciate things as they are, before it is too late and their country and the entire region becomes engaged in pointless war and destruction. Iran must know this, and must be informed of this, for anything else is merely sweet talk.

  • Iran's Leaders Are Worried about History's Forward March

    3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    The Iranian regime is now critically dependent on decisions made by one man, the supreme leader, Khamenei. For that reason, it is demonstrating a degree of fragility that is comparable to the shah’s regime in the latter part of the 1970s.

  • Iranian FM says any threat against Turkey considered threat against Iran

    3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that a threat against Turkey would amount to a threat against Iran and vice versa, Anadolu Agency reported. Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Motaki held a press conference after holding a meeting in Ankara.
 
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  • Making Aliyah: The Flight (part II)

    Lauren
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:02 pm
    This is a bit more personal than the other entries as of yet. The actual making aliyah—the flight, the ceremony, the welcome…it’s something you can’t really depersonalize. We were told to get on the flight. So we did—there was no boarding according to groups, seats, rows—none of that. It was “Board when you get there.” [...]

  • The Kylie Minogue of Israeli Pop & Rock: Ninet Tayeb

    Ashley
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:03 pm
    So, we’ve had the Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen and even the future of Israeli rock and pop strutting their stuff on the igoogledisrael.com festival stage. Now it’s time for the Kylie Minogue of the Israeli music scene (though some might argue she’s no longer the nation’s pop princess…), Ninet Tayeb. Ahh, Ninet, Israel’s first winner of the [...]

  • Gap comes to Tel Aviv!

    Simona
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:04 pm
    We’re all waiting with bated breath for H&M to open its doors in Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Mall, Jerusalem’s Malcha Mall and Haifa’s Grand Canyon in March, but did you know another big retail chain from America is also making a spot for itself in Tel Aviv? A huge billboard prominently displayed on Ibn Gvirol (central street [...]

  • Snowy coming to Israel - and I’m not talking about the weather!

    Ashley
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:03 pm
    Just as Israel wakes up this morning to some snowy landscapes (yes, snow in the Holy Land!), what could be more appropriate than to hear the news that legendary guitarist Snowy White is to play a concert in Tel Aviv at the end of March? Oh yes, as the news that Santana canceling his Tel [...]

  • Israeli movie Ajami set for Oscar glory

    Ashley
    2 Feb 2010 | 9:02 pm
    Israeli movie Ajami, a story of drugs, violence and tough times in a mixed Arab-Jewish Jaffa neighborhood, has done the Israeli movie industry proud with the amazing news that it got an Oscar nomination yesterday. This is the third year in a row (following Beaufort in 2008 and Waltz with Bashir from last year) that [...]
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