Snow in Jerusalem
Some beautiful pictures of the snow falling over the old city of Jerusalem, Israel.
Tag Archives: Israel
A journey, back home
Literature has its responsibility in fooling our imaginary. Odysseus sailed the dangers of the known seas to sit once again on the throne of Ithaca. And I remember this song […]
Shavuot Harvesting Festival in Israel
Harvesting Festival Shavuot is one of the three Pilgrim Festivals. And, as it is in the case of most Jewish festivities, Shavuot has as many interpretations as one may fancy to […]
Chicks Who Love Guns
Chicks Who Love Guns is a movie in the movie, featured in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown. I was not sure if it was appropriate to title this post with what […]
Fooling god
There are several ways to comply with the requirements laid down by the clergy talking in the name of your favorite god. You may do as the god wants. You […]
Happy Hanukkah!
Sufganiyot (סופגניות) The eight-day Jewish festival of lights began yesterday, December 20, at sundown. On the first night of Hanukkah, millions of Jews in Israel and abroad lit Hanukkah candles. […]
Tzahal’s Angels
The Israel Defense Forces (Hebrew: צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל Tzva Hahagana LeYisra’el, lit.“Defensive Army for Israel”; Arabic: جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي), commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal (צה”ל), are the military forces of the State of Israel. In a […]
