Since I’m already on the topic of religion and conversion, and since Israel is a ridiculous place even without all that, here is an image courtesy of Tel Aviv’s Ibn Givrol that you can feel free to nail into your head…
Does the crown of thorns come in extra small?
Gsus Sindustries. Based in Amsterdam. Sold in [...]
Last night I spent a lovely evening at a hi-tech geek party, otherwise known as MashBash. I love it when my hi-tech self and my Israel self combine into one crazy combustication of awesomeness.
There are so many reasons I love these gatherings:
They are parties with a premise, so the drinking is casual, the conversation is [...]
The area of the Tel Aviv port - נמל תל אביב - (right before Beach Mezizim) is one of those situations where ugly warehouses went for cheap rent, so trendy designers and cafes opened shop and now all the trendy wendys go out there a beautiful day to shop, eat, chat, ponder life, and whatever [...]
Spent the afternoon walking around Tel Aviv. It was the first time I noticed that the flags are out for flag season, or Yom Haatzmaut, which is going down next Wednesday evening-Thursday. It’s Israel’s 60th anniversary this time, so it’s actually more than just personal flags - storefronts, advertisements and highways are more decorated than [...]
Spread the word: I am in the market for good karaoke as opposed to Jerusalem karaoke.
A friend wanted - uncharacteristically - to get her sing on, so we all ventured out to Capricorn, which is apparently Jerusalem’s only karaoke bar.
Actually, it’s more like a portable karaoke machine + arse DJ + bitchy waitress + funny [...]
I needed a sanity check and a little dose of big city, so we drove to Tel Aviv today, parked in the free city-sponsored parking by the Yarkon and then walked through the city for a few hours.
It doesn’t take long before you realize that Tel Aviv has its own brand of humor that Jerusalem [...]
After I posted about volunteer opportunities with Sudanese refugees in Israel, a few people asked me for more details. While I didn’t have them (but did have the contact details of people who did) I now have more information regarding an opportunity to volunteer teaching English to refugees in Tel Aviv:
Looking for volunteers to teach [...]
Today I was on the 18, on the way to the bus station in Jerusalem. As the bus pulled up past the Beit Shemesh sherut que, I couldn’t help but daydream of a time, one day, when Jerusalem would have a better sherut system.
Sherut literally means service, but I can’t help but feel like they [...]