By far the most engaging panel of the day: Will Tomorrow Be Better? Some great sound bytes in here, and not just because the panel was moderated by Channel One's Oren Nahari and joined by former newsman Yair Lapid. Note: Some of these excerpts are transcription, some shortened for readability. Israel's economy: Finance Minister Yair Lapid When... Continue Reading →
Another year, President Shimon Peres turns 90, and we join together for the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference. I know there's quite a bit of criticism and controversy when it comes to the event. It comes from a good place but there are also good questions to ask about who isn't present and what isn't said. But... Continue Reading →
Last week, I was driving through the machsom, or checkpoint, between Beitar Illit and Tzur Hadassah. When I say 'driving through,' I mean that literally: I slowed for the speed bumps, waved at the soldiers on duty, and sped up to get home. But not before noticing the driver in front of me, who had... Continue Reading →
Note: Reflections based on my rare February and March 2013 trips to the Kotel. Based on today's news, I figured today's as good as any to post. I've been to the Kotel, the Western Wall, way too many times in the past year. Previously, I had a comfortable average of maybe once every two or... Continue Reading →
This is how a recovering poli sci major does parenting. Then the following exchange made me feel dirty: "Who is that man?" "The president of the United States." "Oh." "Moshe Rabeinu was the manhig (leader) of Bnei Yisrael, right?" "Right." "So President Obama is the manhig of America and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is the... Continue Reading →
Figured I'd stream the Knesset swearing-in ceremony while getting actual work done. Someone in this country has to, right? Anyway, during the part of the gathering where the members nominate and vote for the Knesset Speaker, I found a striking resemblance to a certain type of gathering I've been a part of many times now... watching... Continue Reading →
Oh, you know, just minding my own Zionist business at the IDF museum in מתחם התחנה in Tel Aviv (gorgeous area, go sometime), when in a room about Israel's generals I notice a photograph symbolizing hope, future, and cold peace... Ho hum, just having a grand time with my ex-arch enemy. What's that? The pattern... Continue Reading →
On this beautiful Israel election day, in our eretz nehederet, let's take a moment to appreciate the fact that we get to choose who screws us over. It's actually amazing. Did you feel it today? Did you feel the country, divided, coming together? Did you feel we were united, at the very least, in feeling... Continue Reading →
Wow. So, this just happened. Heard HaBayit HaYehudi front runner Naftali Bennett got snotty on his Facebook page today, so I went to check it out. Typed out his name and - Oh, hello, Bibi Netanyahu. You crashed yet another party. Living your meme, much? Or are you a lil afraid you will one day... Continue Reading →
Israeli election season started pretty much right as the U.S. election season ended. Fear not - it's no less depressing, frustrating and exhausting. I wonder if I can write in a candidate this time, too? Eretz Nehederet (Israeli sketch comedy) collected Israeli election memes and some of them are real... 'winners' (ehhhhh). A few of my favs:... Continue Reading →
Today is a few things; it's the 29th of November, the date in 1947 that the United Nations adopted the resolution to recommend the Partition Plan for granting two states for the Jews and Arabs living in British-mandated Palestine. And, 65 years later, it's the day Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas approaches the UN to... Continue Reading →
Here's a shout out to the awesome Anglo crew in Tzur Hadassah, which, in 48 hours, managed to rally and collect food, household items, toys and books for the citizens of southern Israel and soldiers serving on the Gaza border. Together, about seven or eight families, filled the trunk of a Ford Focus: And I... Continue Reading →
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