More on Sufganiyot

December 14, 2006 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Food 

Someone is so into the ubiquitious Hannukah doughnut that they’ve launched a blog dedicated to finding the best in Israel and recommending the best times of day to buy them (sufganiyot are one of those items that lose their luster a very short time after they are made.)

Welcome, Sufganiblog! We’ll be watching.

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Defending Those Who Defend Us

December 14, 2006 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: A New Reality 

Even if certain generals and commanders did screw up during the Lebanon War, argues columnist Yair Lapid, they deserve better treatment than the rush to judgement and public shaming they are receiving, and he wishes everyone would just shut up until the findings of the committees investigating what happened during the war are in:

I am all for criticism but that is not what is happening now. It’s not criticism, it’s madness.

I don’t know if Halutz should resign. I have interviewed him; we had a preliminary chat first. I read everything published about the subject and a few things that weren’t. I spoke with senior officials in the investigating committees. My sources are pretty good in the army and outside of it.

And after all that, I still don’t know because that’s not really my job. The testimonies are still being taken, the investigation is continuing. It’s not just me. No Israeli journalist knows, and if someone claims otherwise he’s a liar or unreliable, just like taxi drivers, weather people, corporals in the reserves and the couple who were yelling in my living room on Friday. Facts cannot be replaced by opinion. We simply don’t know yet so how is it we already have an opinion?

And even after the hearing it is decided that Gal Hirsch has to leave the military, and even if the public debate compels Halutz to resign – isn’t it appropriate to enable them to leave honorably, with quiet dignity, without our shoe prints embedded on their backsides?

Aren’t their past achievements worth something? Is there no value to the fact that these are people who did the best they could under impossible conditions, with intentions that were no less than noble?

And when they do leave the stage for the last time don’t they deserve to be saluted?

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An Israeli Cooking Show Online! How Cool is That?

December 14, 2006 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Food 

The show “Israelicious” has made its debut over at Jerusalem Online. What a great idea, and with the perfect host, Phyllis Glazer, the longtime Martha Stewart among the native English speaking Israeli crowd, who has become a respected authority on food for Israelis as well.

In the first installment, she’s frying up soofganiot – Hannukah doughnuts.

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Three Years in Three Minutes

December 13, 2006 by · 3 Comments
Filed under: Israeliness 

I think that this video really encapsulates the experience of an Israeli young adulthood – I haven’t experienced one, but I’ve watched it at pretty close range, and it is dizzying as this young filmmaker portrays, with the contrasts of army life, home life, trips abroad, and going out on the town with friends, all spun around in a blender and mixed together.

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Bulls or Bears?

December 13, 2006 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Business 

Haven’t you been all up nights wondering whether Nun Bet is rolling in dough or in the poorhouse, theoretically speaking, of course, in his Invest in Israel project?

This week’s report is in:

Invest in Israel Game: Overall, this group of eight stocks is up since purchase 4.38%. The big winner this week is Fundtech Ltd which is up 14.17%. Elbit Systems has made some gains this week too and is posting a gain of 9.11% since the start of the game. The biggest loser this week is Teva Pharmeceutical which is down 4.78%.

First Israel Fund Game: This fund continues to perform well! Currently it’s up 9.14% since the start of the game. Even with the percentage fees associated with buying this fund, the return has been pretty good thus far.

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