Give the guy credit, in a year that has seen the Israeli Prime Minister fighting all kinds of accusations of corruption and shenanigans, a year where he has lead a government that seems hell bent on chipping away at Israel’s democratic nature, well… his office managed to put out a pretty funny and surprisingly self-deprecating […]
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Every year, Tel Aviv becomes the Pride capital of the Middle East. Visitors from around the world join Israel’s LGBTQ community and their allies for a celebration of freedom that is unprecedented in its scope and intensity. And it culminates in a raucous parade through Tel Aviv, ending at the Mediterranean coast. If you’ve ever […]
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Is Ofer Berkovitch going to be the next Mayor of Jerusalem? Maybe so, at least according to the latest poll as reported by the Jerusalem Post which has him tied for first with political opportunist and ally of Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Moses Leon. Are Jerusalemites really going to vote for a smooth operator […]
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If Jesus was born over 2000 years ago in the Middle East, the odds that Jesus was a blond haired, blue eyed white guy are… shall we say… minimal. This may come as a surprise to Church going folk who have been inundated with traditional images of the inventor of Christianity. This clip, taken from […]
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In the US, the weather in many states is absolutely frightful. The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings, winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories that cover northern Kansas, central and eastern Nebraska, southeastern South Dakota, southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. High wind warnings cover much of Kansas. In the gulf region, a flash […]
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April 12 was Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel. On this day at 10 am throughout the country, a siren sounds and everyone stands still for two minutes in order to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and to commemorate those who fought back. This was filmed in the busy Machaneh Yehudah market […]
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This Israeli dunk contest video is kind of embarrassing. These are the best dunkers in the Israeli professional basketball league competing for what looks like the shittiest trophy in the world and $1,500. About that trophy? It seriously looks like it was produced by 3rd graders in a remedial arts and crafts class. Also making […]
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Ok. We get it. The gang at Google Israel put together a video outlining their development of an API that will help Hummus eaters find exactly the kind of Hummus they want to eat. Real fans of Hummus know that there are all kinds of Hummus. In Israel the first line of division is Jewish […]
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Usually as Passover approaches, we are either cleaning out our house from food that’s not kosher for Passover, or buying food that is kosher for Passover… and on Passover itself, we eat and eat and eat. Stellar Nova however, does things differently. First of all they create gender-balanced games and stories to inspire kids to […]
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Israel has been dubbed the “Startup Nation” due to the tremendous amount of tech innovation that takes place in this otherwise tiny, embattled nation. Headlines regularly report the financial aspects of this – a couple days ago, Orbotech, an Israeli electronics manufacturer which produces systems for circuit boards and chips, was bought out by US-based […]
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