Monthly Archives: July 2008

Prime Minister Olmert's 'big' news.

Posted on July 30, 2008 by elie

Just watched Prime Minister Olmert’s impromtu press release (yes, he is still the prime minister). Nothing new, really. He’ll quit once the new Kadima leader is voted for and announced. He won’t run, but who of us thought he was … Continue reading →

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Jewish news for womyn-folk.

Posted on July 30, 2008 by elie

Just found three headlines from the last couple days that I thought I’d share. Consider it a little taste of news in the womyn’s world. Rabbi Metzger: Married women should give up maiden name “Advice to women from the chief … Continue reading →

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Bring out the big guns: Shmira for Tzur Hadassah.

Posted on July 23, 2008 by elie

We’re now officially Tzur Hadassah residents, no matter what amounts of arnona tax we’ve been paying for the last six months. We got our first shmira (security) service notice in the mail. Of course, it’s not really we, it’s more … Continue reading →

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Dirty geeks with dirty cars.

Posted on July 22, 2008 by elie

A friend sent me the photo below, taken in the parking lot of where we work in the Gan HaTechnologi, Jerusalem. That’s the Technology Park, where a lot of Jerusalem start ups are based. Yeah, I’ll bet you do, Gan … Continue reading →

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That Bezeq parrot invaded my Facebook.

Posted on July 22, 2008 by elie

The Bezeq parrot is back, trying to get at me with it’s creepy feathers via my Facebook account. I found this ad on there today: Well, at least the Bezeq marketing plan includes social networking sites. Even if that means … Continue reading →

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Another bulldozer attack.

Posted on July 22, 2008 by elie

I get a URL sent to me at work. I open it. I’m about to reply to my coworker, why are you sending me old news articles? when I decide to look at the date. July 22nd. That’s… today. I … Continue reading →

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For a clean Israeli environment.

Posted on July 22, 2008 by elie

Like everyone else, I’ve been thinking a lot about what my society has done for the environment and what long term changes are being made as the world-at-large starts paying attention to the state of the Earth. I know that … Continue reading →

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