Today is Memorial Day in Israel, in which the nation’s fallen soldiers are remembered. At 8 pm last night and at 11 am this morning, a siren sounded and everything in the nation stopped. Cars stopped on the freeway and people got out and stood and remembered. For one minute last night and two this… Read More »
Israel is sometimes called the 51st state. In many ways there are similarities and sometimes you forget that you’re on the other side of the world. But yesterday I had three reminders that I’m not in America. 1. The cheapest child’s hamburger at Burger King is $3.20 (12.90 NIS). 2. No mail arrived. We haven’t… Read More »
Today in Israel is Holocaust Martyrs ‘ and Heroes ‘ Remembrance Day. At 10:00 this morning, loud sirens sounded throughout the country, calling people to stop for two minutes of silence and reflection. Arutz-7 links today to Israel National Radio which features a series of testimonies given by Holocaust survivors. Among 12 accounts of suffering… Read More »
I think that probably most of my readers more often get the Israeli perspective than the Arab one. Today I read an article about the travels of one Arab professor who frequently flies in and out of Israel. I think it’s worth reading to get a feel for the difficulties of life on the other… Read More »
This is not the first attempt and probably won’t be the last. But I think it worth reading anyway. From Arutz-7: A record number of Jews converting to Islam last year prompted the Shas Knesset faction Tuesday to propose a bill that would jail missionaries who proselytize to individuals in Israel…. The existing law mandates… Read More »
If modern Jewish approaches to the observance of the “sabbatical year” are of interest to you, today’s article in Arutz-7 is worth reading. Instead of giving the land a rest, a lot of work is done to figure out how to obey the letter of the law, but not its spirit. Leviticus 25:1-7 (NIV) ”… Read More »
If all you know about modern Israel comes fun historical novels like Leon Uris’ Exodus, then you may not be aware that the kibbutz movement has died. This didn’t happen overnight, but the recent overwhelming vote of the first kibbutz in Israel to dissolve the cooperative nature of their community might be viewed as the… Read More »
I think this picture might be worth a thousand words and that you can figure out the story yourself. Yesterday near Gezer You would be on the right track if your story includes the following elements: courageous bus driver, old bus, steep road bus couldn’t quite make it up, alternate back road that looked really… Read More »
A Christian organization that I have connections with is looking for two guys who can serve as videocamera operators in Israel from June-Nov 2007. Preferably the guys have experience with videocamera work, though on-the-job training may be a possibility. The positions do not include a salary but are all-expense-paid, including airfare to/from the U.S. I’m not… Read More »
A few weeks ago I was coming back from the Hebron region on the tunnels road (photo here). It was late on a Friday afternoon and the beginning of Shabbat was nigh. In one of the tunnels, there was a car accident. As we drove past it, we saw the line of cars backed up… Read More »