Lizrael Update

Month: December 2006

  • For the miracles…

    Good man British Yosef shared an awesome Chanukah-themed photo that I’d like to pass on… See more of his recent Chanukah photos here. Day of Chanukah: 5Sufganiya count: 11

  • Dancing Israel guy.

    Inspired from this, you are invited to view a guy dance his way around Israel… Where in Israel is Jacob?

  • My neighborhood light show.

    I’d wake up one day and then out of nowhere, thousands of little lightbulbs had taken over my neighborhood. They were everywhere and they shone in all different colours. That was the way December appeared in my hometown. Every year, the first night it was apparent that everyone was gearing up their Christmas light show…

  • If Sharon woke up…

    I got this forwarded to me and thought it was worth the spread: It is a rainy night outside the Tel Hashomer Hospital. Only one assistant is around, named Shmiel. He is on night duty tonight in the room of “sleeping” former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Everybody, but Sharon himself, knows he is no longer…

  • Gulp; another doughnut count.

    Day of Chanukah: 3 Sufganiya count: 5 I realize I’m not doing well with the doughnut count. Someone brought caramel Kisses to work today so I probably wasted a lot of sugar space on that.

  • Doughnut count.

    Day of Chanukah: 2 Sufganiya count: 3 A little background on the doughnut that became the token Chanukah sufganiya: Jelly doughnuts, known as Sufganiyah (סופגניה, pl. Sufganyot סופגניות) in Israel have become a traditional Hanukkah food in the recent era, as they are cooked in oil, associated with the holiday account of the miracle of…

  • Say it LOUDER!

    I wish that if people really believe this, they’d talk about it more… Especially the president… If you believe in the war, why didn’t you encourage your own daughters to fight for your country? Or did you?THE PRESIDENT: I believe Americans can contribute to the security and well-being of our country in a variety of…

  • Happy Chanukah, of course.

    This is how it goes down on the second night over here:

  • Today's word: שטויות ומיץ עגבניות

    שטויות ומיץ עגבניות This one is intangible so I’m not sure how to describe it; basically: That’s crap – even more than crap. Commonwealthies can substitute ‘crap’ for ‘rubbish’. Literally it means: Crap(rubbish) and tomato juice. The ‘tomato juice’ emphasizes the ridiculousness of the whole thing. Anyway, I bring it up because, though I learned…

  • Moving from NYC transit to Egged buslines.

    I’m sitting at the back of the 18. So is the old guy behind me; the old guy behind me who is wearing a pastel pink hat, a baby blue scarf, a 70s-style blazer, cow-print velvet pants, a multi-colour tie, and blasting earphones. He gets up suddenly and starts clapping his hands. I’m a New…

  • Aliyah figures 2006.

    Ministry of Immigrant Absorption aliyah statistics: Total Immigration to Israel: Year No. of Immigrants % Distribution 1989 24,300 2.0% 1990 200,170 16.4% 1991 176,650 14.5% 1992 77,350 6.3% 1993 77,860 6.4% 1994 80,810 6.6% 1995 77,660 6.4% 1996 72,180 5.9% 1997 67,990 5.6% 1998 58,500 4.8% 1999 78,400 6.4% 2000 61,542 5.0% 2001 44,633 3.7%…

  • Such a beautiful punim.

    A weird irony about Jewish models is that their faces are glamorous and their names are – sometimes not. For instance: Yael Goldman sounds like she could have been the girl who got straight A’s in high school and got married after seminary. But look at her:I mean, maybe she did get straight A’s in…