22 Mar Haveil Havalim #209: Ahhhhh……Spring!
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Ahhh...
Current Events
16 Mar Beware the Ides of March (Or At Least Pinati)
Not to brag but did I ever tell you that I'm a founding member of Israel's premier chumus-eating club*? I haven't dedicated a post to us yet but I did share a picture or two some months ago, referenced here if you scroll down...
10 Feb BREAKING NEWS: Rabbi Michael Melchior and His Thoughts on Bar Refaeli
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Well, the results are in and the party I voted for didn't get enough votes to claim a seat. I had to go to Tel Aviv to cast my vote since I didn't register in Jerusalem early enough and despite not seeing a heck...
09 Feb Coming Soon from Warner Brothers
Starring Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny in: "DON'T BE RE-DUCK-LOUS!" Coming soon to a theater near you. And why the hell does Bugs say "Ehhhhh...
07 Feb And the Oscar for ‘Best Supporting Party’ Goes To….
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Haveil Havalim, the weekly Jblogosphere wrap-up is live...
01 Feb Just One Word
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, so that was two words and a noise. (For those of you who live here, we have two seasons in Israel: sweat and drought. And we've been in the latter for way too long. By the way, does anyone find the...
20 Jan Live Blogging the Obama Inauguration: Who Had 12:48 PM In The Shema Pool?
12:48 PM Eastern time / 7:48 PM Israel time: What's up with the preacher dropping the Shema in English? That was interesting. 1-something: Fox News freezes for a second, causing everyone in the room to temporarily freak the hell out. 1-something later (I'm good...
13 Jan Why You Should Come to Israel
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For the past year, I have written a monthly column for the Atlanta Jewish Times, similar to what you read here. After the conflict began a few weeks ago, I was asked to write a "letter from Israel" to be published in the coming...
09 Jan BREAKING NEWS: Gaza War Turns Nuclear!
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This just in: WE'RE IN A WAR ZONE!!!! CNN said so, people, so it must be true. In fact, my camel Chumus-hump just took two bullets to the solarplexus. EVERYBODY FREAK OUT!!!!!!!!! I don't want to cause mass panic here but this conflict...
03 Jan What War Zone? THIS War Zone
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From my third post ever, August 11, 2006: Something else came up: when looking at the title of this blog, Michal wondered if I realized that we were at war. I admitted the same thing to myself before she brought it up. Israel-supporters in the...