Cute. Happy Yom HaAtzmaut - chag sameach! Beached it up this year. Something new. Very worth it!
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →