“The tongue is more deadly than the pen and the sword” So far in the series we’ve heard from a Palestinian activist and an orthodox Jew, but there’s more to this thin strip of land than Jews and Arabs. In episode 3 of Hip Hop in the Holy Land, Mike travels to the desert town […]
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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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Pride Week in Tel Aviv began on May 29 and continues till June 4 this year. Chock full of fun events, of which the annual parade is always the highlight. This year we also have an official Tel Aviv Pride video – Aerosmith’s Pink sung by Shefita who fully channels her inner Umm Kulthum in […]
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Another Jewish New Year means another geek inflected Rosh Hashanah video from Technion. But this time, Israel’s version of MIT produced a video that includes robots! Dancing robots! How can you not find that sweet? So yeah, Shanah Tovah chnunim . I Hebrew that means “Happy New Year nerds.” From the video’s description: […]
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In the future, we’ll all probably be ruled by robots. We’ll look back on these days with longing as the last time we were free and didn’t have to do the bidding of our robot masters. We’ll look back at videos like these and think how naive we were. Yeah sure, a nerd produced video […]
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In this, the 4th installment of Hamburger Hummus, an IT guy gets all started up when he visits a start up incubator in Tel Aviv and learns just how high-tech and hot-tech Israel is. What does that mean? Here’s a typical line “These IT girls are giving me a startup in my shorts.” See what […]
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Since as early as 2008, Ben & Jerry’s in Israel has been producing a Kosher for Passover Charoset flavored ice cream. Charoset is one of the food items traditionally placed on seder plates by Jews around the world. The Ashkenazi variety is typically a paste made up of apples, nuts, wine and cinnamon meant to […]
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Israelis of all stripes and persuasions lip dub to Matisyahu’s hit song “Sunshine.” The video is gorgeous, goofy and earnest – a side of Israelis you don’t see much of in the daily news. Enjoy!
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Sucar bike trail has been described by some as the best bike trail in Israel. But that description does it no justice at all. Sucar is an ancient trade route used to transport spices and other tradeable goods up from the Dead Sea to Jerusalem. It’s about 22 km long and drops about 1200 […]
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Writing this review in the middle of Passover, one would think a movie about yet even more Matzo is more of an American nightmare than an American dream. However, while all my meals this week involve Matzo, unleavened bread is just part of the story related by Michael Levine’s documentary Streit’s: Matzo and the American […]
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