Category: general
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Gmar chatima tova.
Yom Kippur starts in a few hours; ideally I wouldn’t be lounging around and writing this, but nothing is ideal. I’ll go start mincha (afternoon prayers) in a few… Mincha of erev Yom Kippur is my favorite prayer of the whole year. It is something about the fact that it is still a regular day,…
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Celebrate 5768 with some more fruit.
You know the drill. And here is an obligational photo of fruits, somehow associated with completing one year and bringing in the new one: ————————— Brought to you by… Do you love eating food? If you love tasting, cooking and celebrating with food, sign online today and find Christmas food recipes and so much more!…
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Zara gets classy at Malkha Mall.
As zealous Malkha shoppers may know, Zara shut down a few months ago for renovations. The trendy, classy, expensive store has reopened, even trendier and more expensive than before. And with its new store come new store windows, decked out with the classiest mannequins. And I mean, classy mannequins: So classy. So very, very classy;…
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Simchat Torah come early… in Katamonim.
Katamonim never ceases to surprise or amaze. Tonight – despite a major Beitar game just a few kilometers away – my neighbors celebrated the reopening of a beit knesset the only way it knows how: Music, lights, dancing, bullhorn, clapping and a whole lot of M’pei El… The party started at the beginning of our…
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The parrot's back.
The crazy, stoned, alcoholic, balding Bezeq parrot is back and bringing its habit of bad marketing with it. It reads: Who will try to liquidate the parrot? Finally! Bezeq is coming to its senses. I wonder what will destroy this creature… Will he succumb to the alcohol? The crystal meth? Look in the mirror and…
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Am I a Mac or am I a PC?
The last time I entered this debate was in 2001. It was my sophomore year of college and it was time to buy my first laptop. I had been using a 5-year-old Compaq desktop, donated by my father for the greater academic cause. I chose the iBook – it, too, was a sophomore (at least,…
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The date I'll never forget.
We’re not the types for anniversaries but this one begs to be recognized, as we did mutually choose to get married on Tu B’Av. Which is lucky because if we hadn’t, we probably wouldn’t remember. We’ve been married a year (technically tomorrow at around 7 or so) and they say that the first year is…
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Harry Potter in the Holy Land.
Buying the newest copy of Harry Potter is just not the same in Israel. In America, the book stores were buzzing with customers chatting to each other on long lines… Everyone was filled with delicious, fluffy hype, the kind that I guess is only available in the capitalist of capitalist societies. The two book stores…
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Harry Potter and the Annoying Release Date.
Why did I move to the “Holy Land,” seeking Jewish freedom, if what that means is that a Harry Potter book release party is still going to take place on a Friday night and I can’t even use Shabbat day to read it? In other news, I did place an order for my very own…
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Sderot Solidarity Day.
Join Standing Together Wednesday July 18th We will be visiting Sderot, viewing the damage, supporting the shops and meeting the children and adults who remain in this forsaken city. Tour the city and see damage cause by rockets, Shop in Sderot stores to help the shopkeepers remain open, Eat lunch at the Yeshivat Hesder Sderot…
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Good call, Israel.
Calling all Israeli cell phone users (or, all Israelis, as it were): Magen David Adom, Israel’s Health Ministry, cell phone companies and others have come together to launch a pretty clever initiative. Mark someone in your cell phone as your emergency contact, knowledgeable in your medical history, so doctors and paramedics can speedily work you…
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An Israeli blogference, indeed.
Today I attended a blogging conference sponsored by the communications school of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) of Herzliyah. It was called: Blogference.Though I’ve never been to a blogging conference in the States, I can only assume that these are the top ten ways a blogging conference is different in Israel than in my motherland: 10.…