Category: general

Me and ‘very religious’ people are not friends. Not today at least. I’m sick of ‘very religious’ people telling me how to be, what to do, what I do wrong. Especially when they pay double the price for their ‘most kosher’ food when really they are paying rabbis who force food producers to pay them…

Israeli couple Maya and Shlomie ‘settled’ for a high school bomb shelter instead of a 900-person convention center for their wedding in Kiryat Shmona Thursday afternoon. Ok, they weren’t allowed a public gathering in a convention center by military rule; not exactly recommended either way, Kiryat Shmona is a kilometer from the border. Mazal tov!(Ynet)

Scene: Nine very big charedi people… and little me sitting between two of them. Big charedi woman sitting on my right from Flatbush, Brooklyn: “So why did you make aliyah?” Me: “…I didn’t really feel like I fit in.” (It would be better as a cartoon.)

“Soldier! Thanks for watching over us. Come home in peace!”

American son: “What are we gonna do about this bag of leftovers?” American dad: “Well, it’s leaking, we can’t take it in the cab. Do you know what they would do to us if we got their car seat all stained?” American son: “Sue us?”

My dear fiance is watching Palestinian propaganda on our new TV. There are only 3 channels, and the other two are news. How do I know it’s propaganda?Because of the Nazi music in the background. And the burning Israeli flags. And most of all: the children marching army-style.

Newly founded ‘Army of Suicide Bombers’ marches in Gaza“About 100 veiled and heavily armed Palestinian women marched through the streets of Gaza city Tuesday. The militant women belong to a unit recently founded by the Popular Resistance Committees. The ‘Army of Suicidal Bombers,’ as it is dubbed, consists entirely of women. A message released by…

I stumbled upon this just now at work: Timeline of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon Hezbullah Crisis War 2006 Israel-Lebanon Hezbullah Crisis War Since when did Wikipedia become a newspaper? It’s ridiculously up-to-date, if not always 100% accurate.And what did we do before the Internet, accurate or not…?In the Gulf War I remember highlighting paragraphs in the…

For people in the Golan, this is what they are saying to know: “Do not run to the nearest bomb shelter when the alarm siren sounds. The preferred option is to enter protective spaces such as a reinforced room in a private home or public facility. If none is available, enter an interior room without…

I’m not worried. If she can, I can.A Lebanese bride yesterday, on her way to be married. (taken from sandmonkey)

The bus home from Bnei Brak was crowded. The bus station was filled with people and their bags. Today my friend checked in to Gaza for his reserve duty. My cousin’s near Haifa getting her latest chemo treatment and fled to a shelter when they heard rockets around them. I saw a bag that belonged…