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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Know and Remember
17-Jul-08Rest in Peace
16-Jul-08Tel Aviv might launch free bus lines
14-Jul-08Anyone who ever had to take a bus in Tel Aviv knows how frustrating it can be. Different lines operate in different hours, and you have to learn in advance the line’s route and which lines are available for you from where. There is no apparent master plan; routes curl, curve, and even turn backwards(!) [...]
Sunday, July 13, Last Updated 12:00 GMT
JERUSALEM, Israel — In a rare move of self-awareness and humility, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, had been decorated this morning with a bold caption in white that reads “Ko’ach Mash’chit” — a translation of “Power Corrupts” to Hebrew. It is not clear yet whether this is a very elaborate [...]
Luck doesn’t live here anymore
10-Jul-08Pais (pronounced “Pa’ees”) is the name of Israel’s only Lottery organization. For dozens of years, the weekly lottery raffle had been broadcasted on Israel’s Channel 1 (”A’rutz E’had”) every Tuesday evening.
Beginning July 1, the Pais raffle has moved to Channel 10. The show’s mythological host, Irit Anavi, will continue to entertain the Israeli gamblers from [...]
Getting to Know You
08-Jul-08
OK….that was way more fun than I thought it would be!
It seemed like as good a way as any to let you all know the latest news, and it was actually way more fun that I’d anticipated. Humor me, indulge me, and read it even if you don’t comment…
xxx
D
Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting [...]
Ice Skating in Israel
07-Jul-08Yes, it’s possible to ice skate in Israel! And especially now, in the hot summer days, there’s nothing more refreshing than dreaming of the Winter Olympics.
The most well known ice ring in Israel lies in the northern town of Metulla, just below the Hermon mount on the northeastern border. But for many years, we had [...]
Wet Weekend
06-Jul-08For the fourth year in a row, Tel Aviv held its unofficial annual Water War. The event was organized by a group named Pharsh, and was inspired by similar events all over the world.
This last Friday, thousands of people arrived at Rabin Square, in the very center of Tel Aviv, just below the City Hall. [...]
