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- No more lying for ?religious? girls?
We know a girl named Liat who lied to get out of doing army service. Despite living a secular lifestyle, she told the army she was religious, which gave her an automatic exemption. She then made matters even worse: instead of signing up for national service, which most non-haredi religious girls do, she instead fled [...]
- From Material Girl to Zionist
Is it just the luck of the draw that the Queen of Pop, Madonna, has decided to open her 2012 world tour in Israel? I think not. The Material Girl, who provided a spectacle-filled half time show for attendees and viewers of the Super Bowl on Sunday night, scored her own Hebrew touchdown this week [...]
- Bebe in Israel
It’s the new Tiger Mom. Now it’s not just Chinese mothers who are superior, raising extra-capable, skilled intelligent children, but French mothers too. Oui, oui. A Saturday piece in the Wall Street Journal by Pamela Druckerman ahead of her soon-to-be-published book, “Bringing Up Bebe”, shares some of the secrets of French parenting, including saying no [...]
- Nostalgia Sunday ? Kol Israel archive open to all
As the child of a folksinger, it was more than exciting to read that the archive of American ethno-musicologist Alan Lomax has finally be digitized and 17,000 music tracks made accessible online through the Association for Cultural Equity (ACE). Lomax’s research, books and investigative sprit were evident on my parents’ bookshelves and record collection. As [...]
- In the Red South
After consecutive weeks of rainy weekends, Israelis flocked outdoors this weekend to feel the nature. Several went to the beach. Some headed north to the Galilee and Golan Heights. But based on the traffic jams we encountered, the majority went to the North Negev to the Red South Anemone Festival. With cameras at the ready [...]
- Israeli TV ad too ?HOT? for Iran to handle
One thing Israelis can take pride in is their dark, subversive sense of humor. Iran?s aiming to complete their nuclear program and aim missiles at Tel Aviv? No problem, let?s use it as a comedic backdrop. That?s the case anyway with the current TV ad campaign by cable provider HOT, which is promoting its ?on-demand? [...]
- Icecream for breakfast
According to my calendar, today was International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. I always thought that certain friends of mine down our Jerusalem block were the creators of this particular chag, LOL, but it turns out — thanks to the Facebook world — that they’re not, and many other communities worldwide celebrate the day. In [...]
- Israel now the second most educated country in the world
It seems like we only hear bad news when it comes to Israel?s educational rankings these days. Where once we were known for our prowess in math and science in particular, annual polls consistently put us near the bottom of the list for developed nations. Inside the country, we are warned that if educational budgets [...]
- Foto Friday ? Winter Wildflower Wonderland
I am not a great fan of rain and so this winter has been a particularly miserable one. Rain, rain, rain and more rain. However, even a sun worshiper such as myself can admit upside to the horrible, awful, gray, chilly, soggy, foggy, never-ending wet and damp: the landscape is green, the waterline at Lake [...]
- Jerusalem?s ugliest building (hint: it?s not the Holyland)
For years, whenever I have driven down King George Street, near the Great Synagogue and the Leonardo (formerly Sheraton) Plaza Hotel, the building at the corner with Agron Street has pained me ? a tremendously ugly, 7-story, dilapidated monstrosity that I have waited patiently for some announcement of its pending demolition that never comes. And [...]
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