What is this place?
This is one hell of a writing exercise. It began in 2004 and it’s not done yet. Finally, not finishing what I start is worth something.
Pieces of brilliance.
- it's quacking me up... http://bit.ly/cBx0K8 about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck
- shouldn't complain when huz wakes up w/, dresses koala, but navy blue shirt w/ navy blue shorts? wonder if ganenet knows who dresses him. about 14 hours ago from TweetDeck
- ok, it's done. 250 nis later, and Mister Zol Tzur Hadassah is officially on FourSquare and GoWalla. start checking in, @carolw @charleyw about 15 hours ago from TweetDeck
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Category Archives: politika
Israel’s real World Cup woes.
I know this is ancient history already, but a friend sent me this video last week and the song was stuck in my head all weekend. It’s an Israeli parody of the unofficial World Cup song, Wavin’ Flag, by Somalian-born Canadian-rasied hip-hop … Continue reading
Google Israel celebrates election day.
Aww. Google Israel got all cute and created an election day logo for the search engine’s Israeli homepage: Of course, that’s nothing like how our Israeli kalpi (polling) stations actually look; we get a blue tray of paper ballots behind … Continue reading
Posted in hi tech, politika
Tagged elections, Google, israel, logo, politics, search engine
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Election fever, Israeli-style.
I’m sitting in my office, listening as every single person who leaves for the day calls out in the hallway: “Happy voting!” “אל תשכח להצביע מחר” “!ללכת לקלפי, להצביע ולהשפיע” “Vote wisely!” At lunch, I walked past a lively discussion … Continue reading
Posted in politika, what a country
Tagged election, elections, israel, politics, vote
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A day for (small-town) democracy.
It’s a day for democracy everywhere, isn’t it? I know what you think I mean, but actually I’m talking about the Matte Yehuda Regional Council and Tzur Hadassah local council elections held today. Who knew that such a little town … Continue reading
What's been going on.
The past week and a half has been intense, painful, busy, impatient, energetic, emotional, nerve-wracking and exciting. And it’s not only for the reason you’re probably assuming. I haven’t been able to get all my thoughts out in an organized … Continue reading
Posted in 400 thoughts, b'herayon, koala update, politika, religiousness
Tagged charedi, family, Gaza, israel, life, love, pregnancy, war
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Israeli Consulate hosting a Twitter Q&A session.
And now, for something new and different. So… here in Israel, we are more computers than people. And I know I was a bit snobbish when I wrote about the Israeli elections campaigns using internet tech and themes from their … Continue reading
Posted in hi tech, politika, what a country
Tagged conflict, hi tech, Israeli Consulate, Q&A, Twitter
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Israeli election coverage from YouTube and Channel 2.
Here’s something new and different: Israeli television channel ערוץ 2 and YouTube seem to have teamed up to bring us (Hebrew) coverage of the 2009 Knesset elections campaigns. The campaigns have begun, although they’re obviously not as exciting or inspiring … Continue reading