Just came back from the BBC studio in Jerusalem where I was a guest panelist on the World Service Newshour radio program with Julian Marshall.
You can hear the second part here. I can’t find the first part online yet but will post it as soon as I can.
It was my first time on radio, so [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Guest panelist on BBC World Service
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our national bird is full of it
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, Israelis chose the Duchifat, or Hoopoe in English as our national bird.
Some quick research shows that the Hoopoe fills its nest with its own fesces to ward off predators. So basically, to keep itself safe, it has to live in its own crap, along with all the constant bad smell. It also can apparently [...]
Jonty Rhodes to play in Israel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cricket, cricket in Israel, Israel, Jonty Rhodes on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is such a great surprise. One of my all-time heroes Jonty Rhodes is coming to Israel in July to play some cricket as part of Israel’s 60th celebration, and he will be on a special Invitation XI team. Now if the Israel Cricket Association were really smart, they would create some buzz before Rhodes [...]
Cries from the Beloved Country V
Posted in South Africa, Uncategorized, tagged Cape Town, South Africa, South Africa violence, South African Jews, xenophobic attacks on May 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is the fifth installment of Cries from the Beloved Country blog posts, chronicling the latest issues in my former home, South Africa. I’m desperately wanting to write about good news from SA, but lately I can’t find any: Electricity outages, worsening crime, racism on campus, the return of Jacob Zuma, and now this xenophobic [...]
Or Yehuda Burning
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Israel, Jews for Jesus, messianic Jews, New Testament Bible, Or Yehuda on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just heard that Or Yehuda police have turned this hot potato over to the national police HQ for investigation. I’ll be keeping an eye on this, because if there is a real inquiry and arrests are made, then this will turn into a massive issue with the ultra-Orthodox likely to get really offended. And if [...]
Absurdistan in Tel-Aviv
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s an interesting twist to the non-enforcement of the no-smoking in public places law.
On Thursday night I was at the Foster’s Bar on the corner of Shlomo Hamelech and Frishman in Tel-Aviv, a small, intimate bar with an upmarket vibe. It was my housemate’s birthday party [about ten of us] and there were about 40 [...]
Israel’s Applause-O-Meter
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, Bush, Israel, Olmert, Peres on May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here is the applause-o-meter from last night’s President’s Conference at the Jerusalem Convention Center honoring 60 years of American-Israeli friendship. There were several thousand people in the hall, many of whom were participants in the conference, as well as many Israelis with connections to American think tanks and organizations; and many American citizens.
The applause-o-meter is [...]
Desalination can’t meet water needs
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Current plans for water conservation and existing desalination facilities are insufficient to meet the country’s growing water demands and rapidly decreasing supply, the Environmental Protection Ministry warned on Tuesday.
Due to the “serious threats to Israel’s water resources, there is a need for a visionary plan exceeding the one in place today,” Dr. Yeshayahu Bar-Or, the [...]
The Media is the message
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ehud Olmert, Moshe Moris Talansky, Uri Messer on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This week the spokesperson for the National Fraud Squad, the police unit investigating Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Moris Talansky, Uri Messer and Shula Zaken on suspicions of financial impropriety, told The Jerusalem Post that none of the media reports over the past two weeks had emanated from the highly secretive unit. “You have no idea [...]
Israel at 60: Kebabs, bongs and trash
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I almost got swept away in all the nice things people were saying about Israel and the Israelis now that its our 60th birthday and all. But I just got out of the Ben Shemen Forest [a good mountain biking and hiking spot between Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem] and this most beautiful of forests has pockets [...]
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