This is sweet. My company gave us our usual Passover bonuses in the form of gifts bought via Sderot, so that Sderot vendors make some money off of the deal as opposed to vendors elsewhere.
Since the population of Sderot has been suffering for years now, and business has suffered along with it, there has been [...]
Pessach is a week and a half a way. Obviously I’ve been leaving everything until next week, but if you’re not, good for you.
And if you’re trying to figure out what to do with all your leftover chametz - breads, pastas, crackers, snacks etc. - there’s a new idea beside selling it:
The Jerusalem YMCA’s gym, [...]
I’m passing this along for those of us who have time and resources to partake. It’s best that we Israelis act the part of good hosts while we are entangled in the Sudanese refugee mess.
After all, we know what it’s like to be homeless.
BACKGROUND
Refugees escaping war and political dictatorship from Sudan, Eritrea and the Ivory [...]
Charity is good and all, and everyone likes a nice project now and again. But this is going a little far for a hobby, right? Walking through the streets of Jerusalem, I turn my head and see the giant face of Arkadi Gaydamak:
I guess it’s unnerving because no one really knows what the Russian-Israeli billionaire’s [...]
The buzz around my corner of Jerusalem these days is the intense 5-day bike ride to raise money for Alyn Hospital dubbed Wheels of Love. Quite a few of my friends are participating and it’s nice to see.
One friend created this video on his 24km practice run yesterday… Try to put the motion sickness aside, [...]