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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Halloween in Israel

31-Oct-08

A Christian visiting Israel? A Jewish who enjoys dressing up in costumes? Halloween is here!
Is there anything to do in Israel for Halloween? Well, honestly, not much.
If you’re in the Tel-Aviv area, you can hop over to Tzimerman, a neighborhood bar at 2 Berner Street.
If you’re residing in Jerusalem, or just touring the holy city, [...]

Resistance is Futile, Obama is everywhere

30-Oct-08

5 days to the general elections in the United States of America. Different polls show completely different numbers (has the polls lost their credibility?). Nevertheless, in all these polls, Obama is leading over John McCain — and at this point, an Obama victory is an almost certain event.
Despite this tiny fact, Obama is restless! Yesterday [...]

Examining King Solomon’s Legacy

29-Oct-08

As I wrote yesterday, the location of the Solomon Mines may have been finally located. Yet those mines aren’t the only underground achievement attributed to the legendary King Solomon:
King Solomon Quarries - Zedekiahs Cave in Jerusalem, 2008

The Real Indiana Jones

28-Oct-08

CNN reports:
Archaeologists believe a desert site in Jordan may contain the ruins of the elusive King Solomon’s Mines…. Thomas Levy of the University of California San Diego, who led the research, said carbon dating placed copper production at Khirbat en-Nahas (Arabic for ‘Ruins of copper”) in the 10th century — in line with the [...]

God and I - The Movie

27-Oct-08

Channel 8 is one of the best channels available on the Israeli cable network HOT. The channel airs mostly documentaries, science shows, history and culture-related films, and the like.
Now, Flix is an Israeli social network revolving around videos — sort of like the Israeli version of YouTube.
This morning I learned that Flix and Channel 8 [...]

Transit Governments

26-Oct-08

Tzipi Livni has decided last night to forego her last attempts in assembling a parliamentary coalition. This means we’re heading into general elections within 3 to 4 months, probably somewhere in middle February 2009.
Municipal elections in Israel are slated for November 11.
While the US Presidential elections are due November 4.
On top of it all, Abu [...]

RABBI SHLOIME Stranded in Malaysia

24-Oct-08

Looks like Rabbi Shloime (AKA Adam Logan) is stuck in Malaysia with a $1,400 hotel tab (must have raided the minibar)…. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!
Am in hurry writing you this short message and I am sorry I didn’t inform you about my traveling. I traveled to Malaysia and i got my self stranded. I am really [...]

In-D-Negev is starting tomorrow

23-Oct-08

For the second time ever, the alternative music festival “Indie Negev” (or In-the-Negev) is going to rock the weekend away.

It’s happening this weekend (October 24-25) in Mitzpe Gvulot, which is a camping site just outside the Gvulot kibbutz. Tickets are no longer available for purchase via the phone or the web, but if you arrive [...]

Israeli Bloggers Gather in November

22-Oct-08

Many Israeli bloggers use the WordPress platform (as does this blog). Across the world, WordPress bloggers gather together in conferences known as WordCamp, in order to socialize and to exchange knowledge about blogging and WordPress customization.
The first Israeli WordCamp was hosted in Tel Aviv last year, and the second Israeli WordCamp is due to take [...]

Who will blink first?

20-Oct-08

Livni had about a month to form a coalition ever since she was elected Kadima’s. But in the past 28 days she seemed to hurry nowhere, conducting the negotiations quite sluggishly.
Today her 90 minutes are up, and she only has a single round of overtime. (if you’d excuse my soccer metaphors). This morning, Mrs. Livni [...]