Americobsession – Part 3

As I’ve explained in the previous post, it is my aim to examine the “psyche” of Israeli culture in very broad (and no doubt very stereotypical) terms in order to get to the bottom of the “Americobsession” that has its …

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Explaining the Americobsession

Part 2 out of 5 In my last post I introduced the topic of the “Americobession” that has for many years—and it seems for many more to come—taken

Coping with the Americobession

It seems that American pop-culture and the English language have together saturated what could have been a thriving Israeli culture of sophisticated art, film, literature, and music. Just

Mofaz refuses debating

The Kadima primary is just a few weeks away, and there are currently 4 candidates. Avi Dichter, one of the candidates, suggested having a televised debate, where

Mega Twister

While the hurricane season is running rampage at the Atlantic Ocean, a different sort of hurricane is set to hit the Tel Aviv coastline this Friday. A dedicated group

Reddit offers initial Hebrew UI

Reddit now offers preliminary Hebrew support in its User Interface. Press for enlargement:

Turning Demolition into Art

This morning the building standing in Moshe Hess street No. 8 is set to be demolished. It is an old apartment building in the center of Tel Aviv,

Biggest Slumber Party

August is the month of festivals. Cellcom Volume is taking place right now on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. There's a festival of Street Performers in

End of Summer

We're quickly approaching the end of August. And even though we had some nice weather at the end of last week, it's steaming hot in Israel at the

Two years without Yaakov


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Two years ago, on the eve of August 24, 2006, Ya'akov Ratz'abi went missing in Tel Aviv. Yaakov was a hostel

Bye-Bye Olympics

Well, the 2008 Summer Olympics come to a close today. It's been a unique journey. First of all, the day the games began, Russia and Georgia had spiraled fast

The Power of Green People

I'm always amazed at the power of Little Green Footballs. How come a blog that has almost no original content in its posts (as of August 2008),

The Race Heats Up

Congratulations to Shahar Tzubery who just won the first Israeli bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics! The race was fantastic. As for the race to the mayor's office at

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