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Happy Yom HaAtzmaut – chag sameach!
Beached it up this year. Something new. Very worth it!
Google doodles Israel’s 64th.
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80 years of Naomi Shemer on Google today.
Google Israel is celebrating what would have been Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer‘s 80th birthday with Google logo art:
A lot of us diaspora kids grew up with Naomi Shemer’s music. It was like Intro to Israeli Culture 101 for kindergarteners.
Here’s a little something about נעמי שמר, the ‘first lady of Israeli song,’ from Answers.com:
Shemer did her own songwriting and composing, set famous poems to music, such as those of the Israeli poet, Rachel, and adapted well-known songs into Hebrew, such as the Beatles songs “Hey Jude” and “Let it Be” (“Lu Yehi”). Shemer’s songs have contributed significantly to Israeli culture. Several of Shemer’s songs have the quality of anthems, striking deep national and emotional chords in the hearts of Israelis.
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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 a giant blue oak tag (à la 8th grade science project) and cardboard blue boxes to stick the blue envelopes in. But hey, it’s better than dangling-chads behind curtains I suppose.
The little button on the second ‘g’ reads: בחירות, which means elections in Hebrew.
Here’s the article in Haaretz (where I actually saw it first; shows how much I actually use search engines):
Google Israel marks election day with special logo
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Snooty Israel-at-60 logo don't bother me.
As I mentioned briefly in my last post, the Jerusalem Post is reporting that the Israel at 60 logo is a no-go for some:
Want to use Israel’s 60th birthday logo to help spread the celebration? Not so fast. A request by The Jerusalem Post to use it on its Web site revealed this week that specific approval is required for such requests, requiring first navigating a bureaucratic path that may take some of the cheer out of the process.
While some questioned whether such a move might be undermining the very public relations opportunity the anniversary poses, those responsible for administering the use of the logo explained the bureaucracy was aimed at preventing misuse or commercialization of the symbol, which features the image of a child creating the number 60 with a blue ribbon. (jpost)
Well, I defy thee, bureaucratic Israel-at-60 logo! Defy thee!
