Israel announced yesterday that what happened last summer was a war. And in other news, the fried chickpea concoction which I inserted into my mouth today was a falafel. A ministerial committee decided on the designation and its chairman said he expected a name would be...
The siren just went off. That was most certainly weird. If it happened in the States, everyone would run out of their house and look for UFOs in the sky. I did in fact run out of the office just to see...
Did that get your attention? Security forces, rescue services to participate Tuesday in massive drill simulating conventional and unconventional terror attacks across country, in order to implement lessons learned from war in Lebanon. Siren to be sounded in south, center of Israel at 2 p.m. That should...
I so didn't believe this was real when it was forwarded to me that I had to verify its authenticity...
As I detailed a few months ago, one of the national slogans here is "Yiyeh B'seder (it will be ok)". There's no situation yiyeh b'seder can't handle. It's the Clorox bleach of phrases. I recently witnessed the mother of all yiyeh b'seders when talking with my...
Hello, my loyal readers-excited for Shabbat? I sure am-it's been a busy week and I need to relax...
Ahh, Friday. The weekend. Time to rest, catch up on errands, and yes, my loyal readers, blog. Rosh Hashana was exactly what I needed: two days of relaxation. As I suspected, it was not the chag I was used to from the States. There’s no...
Thanks for tuning in, loyal readers. As I wrote, work has been crazy. The little monsters (not so little really, no monsters thusfar) arrived from the States and the UK a week and a half ago, ready for fun. Only two...
The primary topic of this post was going to be the solidarity “rally” Thursday night in Rabin Square (the plaza in Tel Aviv renamed for Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin after his assassination there at a peace rally). I put the word in quotes because...
I started staff orientation today for work so things are getting busy. I also registered for health insurance so I can get sick now. Short entry: this was forwarded to me today. I showed up on the website of Arutz Sheva several days...