Month: December 2006
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Waiting for Israeli 2007.
I’m not one to proactively celebrate Sylvestor or New Year’s or however one may refer to it… But I thought this was a cute marker to take Israel from the kishkush that was 2006 into the ??? that is 2007…. Sorry, it’s in Hebrew.
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Israel activism 2.0
What happened to the good old days, when you’d stay up until 4:30 a.m. in the Hillel office designing posters and copying fliers for the next morning’s defending-Israel rally? Well, as times change, it seems things get easier. Or at least more organized. StandWithUs is an organization dedicated to defending and promoting Israel and her…
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Today is the Tenth of Tevet.
I have nothing profound to say about today, which is the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet (‘Tevet’ being the fourth month of the Jewish calendar, ‘Tenth’ being the tenth day of said-month, and ‘Fast’ being what we Jews do on sad days because we eat too much on happy days). What I am lacking…
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Arabs and guns.
I don’t get it. Call me culturally ignorant. Why do I always see photographs of Arabs celebrating or protesting or mourning, always with guns present or being shot into the air? Anti Saddam Iraqis celebrating his death. (NYTimes) Pro Saddam Iraqis protesting his death. (NYTimes) If it’s a cultural thing, I don’t get it, and…
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Can't buy me happiness (with your revenge).
I’m not Iraqi, so I’m certainly not an Iraqi victim of Saddam Hussein’s reign of horror. But I can say this: in the following quote I found in Haaretz just now, you can find the major misconception apparent in too many conflicts that people sloppily attempt to patch up. “Now all the victims’ families will…
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A black hole in the Israeli outlook.
On Eretz Nehederet last week, the cast poked fun at Tzipi Livni and Condi Rice who met to discuss the usual. I’m sure there was a lot of good material there, otherwise why would they give it focus? But I was totally embarrassed when it showed that the extent they were going to poke fun…
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What is NOT a cease-fire.
Does anyone hear something wrong with this Jerusalem Post headline from yesterday? Palestinians: Israeli attacks on Kassams ‘will end cease-fire’ Guys? Do you call continuous launching Kassams over the border to the Negev a cease-fire? What about the two seriously injured teenage boys who couldn’t get to a shelter in time on Tuesday? Is that…
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Someone let it snow…
Ok, ok. Now it’s snowing:
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Today's word: שלג (snow)
An oldie, but always a fun one. Anyone who wasn’t asleep in Hebrew school knows this one, too:שלג = sheleg = snow I bring it up because, oddly enough, this is a popular name for dogs in this country. Well, two kinds of dogs: 1. White dogs.2. Black dogs. A white dog named “sheleg” exposes…
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Screw the sufganiya count.
My sufganiya count is embarrassingly low on this seventh eve of Chanukah, so I present a short display of people who eat more sufganiyot than I do…
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Today's word: שערות סבתא
Last night we strolled through the municipality’s Coffee, Chocolate and Book fair on Emek Refaim. When I spied a little kid with a HUGE cotton candy, my head said ‘oh, no!’ and my tongue said ‘wheeeee!’ שערות סבתא: Cotton candy is referred to as “Grandmother’s hair” which, when you think about it, makes a lot…
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Marry chrisstmas.
Only a true arse establishment like ‘Claire’ on Emek Refaim would celebrate this Jewish holiday season with a mini Christmas tree and red lights to compliment the spirit.Or maybe I’m missing something; when did this become fashionable? I guess it goes along with the awfully sleazy wedding dresses they boast, eh?Meanwhile, across the street, someone…