Waiting for a miracle

The story is told of a religious man living in a house in the middle of nowhere.
One rainy morning he gets up and turns on the radio and hears a flood warning. “I’ll be OK”, he says to himself. “God will save me.”
As the day goes on, the rain gets heavier and the river bursts [...]

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Historic times?

My son had a bagrut exam this week in history. We were listening to the news broadcast on the radio the other day and they were talking about Bibi’s Bar Ilan speech, the criminal antics of Dudu Topaz and the unrest in Iran. “This” I said to him, refering to the latter item “is what [...]

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“The weak strata”

That is Hebrew PC-speak for “poor people”. In Hebrew “השכבות החלשות” or “HaShkhavot HaHalashot”. I heard on the radio this morning that the proposed imposition of VAT on fruit and vegetables may cause the weak strata to buy less fresh food. Why not just say “the poor”?

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New Jerusalem picture for Yom Yerushalayim

Friday is Yom Yerushalayim – the day (by the Jewish lunar calendar) that Jerusalem was re-taken / conquered / liberated / occupied in the 1967 “Six Day War“. In Jerusalem they are having all the celebrations tomorrow because Friday is a short day. However the real day is Friday.
In the circles I mix in it [...]

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Hot

Not what you’re thinking… this kind of hot:

like 37.1°c (or 98.8°F for the metrically challenged).
Tomorrow’s supposed to go down to a more reasonable 29°c. 

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Meron path framed

Last week I took the new Meron Path picture for framing and I just got it back now from the framer. Looks really good. I have hung it in my living room so I can show it off.
As always I was a bit worried about how the painting would look framed. After the effort and [...]

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Recycling in Jerusalem

I just came back from the new Jerusalem recycling center . Not many people there, just the guy who looks after it and he looked kind of bored. He was very helpful. Looks like he has loads of time on his hands.
The center is opposite the Herzog Hospital in Givat Shaul on the road that goes [...]

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ATV hooligans filmed in Beit Shemesh

Last night Channel 2 News ran an article on ATV riding hooligans idiots in Beit Shemesh. Here is a link to the story in YNet.
Over the last few months, there have been lots of complaints from people living on the edge of town about noise and dangerous driving by ATV (“traktoron” in Hebrew) drivers on [...]

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Ahmed & Salim (cartoon)

I’m trying to decide whether this is funny or not. I certainly chuckled, but I’m not sure it’s funny… if you know what I mean.

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Segregating the dead

Rafi G wrote a post yesterday about the latest haredim vs. everyone else fight in Beit Shemesh. The proposal has been made to create a shomrei shabbat section in the Beit Shemesh cemetery. This is something that exists in other places as a way for the Orthodox community to define the the line between “us” and [...]

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