“Se on täyttää heprea,” say the Finns when it’s all Greek to them. Heprea, is… well, Hebrew in Finnish.
So much has already been said about the sound of Hebrew to foreigners (particularly Anglos, I’m sure the Dutch don’t really mind our guttural, fricative ways), yet it seems like the famous “ch” sound always gets [...]
Not only major political figures like Israel President Moshe Katzav and (former) Justice Minister Haim Ramon are in the limelight regarding sexual misconduct and harassment these days. Ofer Glazer, husband to billionaire heiress Sheri Arison, is now headed to jail after being convicted on several accounts of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment.
Glazer’s problems including his [...]
A 17-year-old died after shooting himself in the head on Tuesday afternoon. The youth, a student in Bnei-Akiva high school in Netivot in the Western Negev wrested the gun from the school’ security guard and ran off. The police investigation of the incident found out that the teenager attacked the guard from behind, twisted [...]
Maybe it’s Rosh Hashanah and the upcoming high holidays. Maybe it’s the TV’s Yom Kippur Cheshbon nefesh (self-examination). But the amount of TV shows ending with a big, glimmering finale in the last week is just too much to handle: Laredet Begadol (the Biggest Loser), Cochav Nolad 4, Desperate House Wives, Scrubs and on Monday [...]
The latest bumper sticker says Home (Habyta) in the center.
On the right the names of the 3 STILL missing soldiers.
On the left Olmert, Peretz and Halutz.
The word Habyta can be said as calling someone to come home or sending someone home.
The so called leaders can go home and the soldiers well…we want them back.
National Union/ NRP Leader and Knesset parliamentarian Effie Eitam has created a storm among Israel’s Arab citizens by advocating that they be forced to leave the country. Eitam, while speaking on Monday on a talk show radio program by Israel’s armed forces radio station Galei Tzahal, particularly singled those who are members of the Knesset, [...]
Don’t wanna drag yourself all the way to the gym (again)? It is indeed quite hot outside, you’d better stay in, really. And it is pretty boring there anyway, isn’t it? Not to say embarrassing, with all those fit body-builders and hot chicks, eh? But you must feel a bit guilty, having munched on so [...]
Area: Carmel, Ramot Menashe
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: Between half an hour to half a day
Entry Fee: Free
How to get there? Drive on route 66 (goes from Megido to HaTishbi junctions). Near Kibbutz Ha’Zoreah (1.5 km south east of the Kibbutz), a big brown sign will welcome you to “Ramot Menashe Park” (right).
Once in awhile I get [...]
Old Uncle Ned comes to Israel from the United States. He visits his Israeli relatives, who are warm and welcoming, and are very keen on feeding the hungry and tired visitor with something healthy and refreshing. In the big American kitchen his niece offers him three different delicious-looking dishes and some American “chips,” yet the [...]
The British are feeling the pinch in relation to recent bombings and have raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” Londoners have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies [...]
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