Israel
Anticipating Day after Night
Next week, we’re going to have Anita Diamant, author of the new book Day after Night, blogging for us. It’s ...
Buying Local in Jerusalem and Supporting Palestinian Farmers
MJL contributor and generally awesome person Leah Koenig has an article at Tablet right now about about a mini-shuk in ...
#GiladShalit
My morning routine is about the same every weekday: Drag my lazy butt out of bed. Feed the dog. Get ...
Palestinian Google’s Big Secret
Google just started a Palestinian version of their site. Being the always-curious cultural instigator that I am, I hopped on ...
Don’t Worry, Swine Flu Is Being Taken Care Of
I wish I knew more details about this story beyond “I saw this on Colbert Report last night and thought ...
Education Issues in Israel
In a major decision, Israel’s High Court has ruled that schools cannot justify segregation of Ashkenazi and Sephardi students on ...
Lady Gaga Is Her Own Tznius Police
Lady Gaga is in Israel for a concert, and she has apparently made statements about not being quite so wild ...
Should the Israeli Army Be Religious or Secular?
There’s a fascinating article over at the Christian Science Monitor now about the increasing level of religiosity in the Israeli ...
Best of the Rest
These weeks just go by so fast. Last week, we had Tisha B’Av and lurking in the distance are those ...
News From The North, A Book Review, And An Anniversary
While withdrawl from the Golan is often dismissed as unthinkable, governments of Rabin, Peres, Netanyahu (first term), Barak, and Olmert ...