Lemon Bars, Beer & Oscar

February 25, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
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Were you itching for the perfect Je ne sais quoi to serve at tonight’s – 3 a.m. Israel local – Oscar party but couldn’t put your finger on “it”?

Fear not. My Mom’s Recipes offers up several enticing how to’s for the special eve. There’s Babka (Remember THAT Seinfeld episode?), Magic Brownies (but are they the magic kind like in San Francisco that take you to the magic kingdom?) and Lemon Bars.

Mmmmm, lemon bars. Perfect with chips and beer.

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Snip & Tuck

February 25, 2007 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: A New Reality, Blogging, Life, Pop Culture 

A growing trend in Israel – and worldwide – is the decision to forego circumcision for boys. Jewlicious has been hitting the books researching the correlation between HIV and circumcision. Or that would be HIV and lack of circumcision.

Data on his site says circumcised males are 60% less likely to contract HIV (!) than their intact brethren.

Circumcision is the most potent intervention in HIV prevention that has been described World Health Organization AIDS Division Director Kevin DeCock (okay, Mr. Licious, did you make that name up?) is quoted as saying.

And sorry but there will not be a visual with this posting.

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Escort Tourism

February 24, 2007 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: A New Reality, Israeliness, Life, Pop Culture, Travel 


This little tidbit in yesterday’s Hebrew press was too eye-catching to pass by:

A new and popular trend among top Israeli business executives is spending the weekend aboard private yachts and picking up (ahem) female companionship en route.

Yachts loaded with 8-10 men, a private chef and skipper head out from Israel on a Friday & dock in Turkey just long enough to pick up “escorts” before heading back to sea. Flowing alcohol, belly dancers and a general party-time atmosphere – Scuba diving optional – is guaranteed.

This is a hush-hush operation gaining popularity via word-of-mouth only (geez, how come?). The price tag: $1200 for the weekend.

No comment.

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Jesus’ Burial Site?

February 24, 2007 by · 3 Comments
Filed under: History and Culture, Life, Pop Culture 

Documentary filmmakers are saying Jesus’ final resting spot has been discovered in Jerusalem; if it’s true, it’s gonna set the religious and archeological worlds ‘a spinnin’.

According to this story, Oscar winning director James Cameron along with Emmy winning filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici will hold a press conference in New York on Monday explaining their theory and the premise for the film.

The story starts in 1980 in Jerusalem’s Talpiyot neighborhood, with the discovery of a 2,000 year old cave containing ten coffins. Six of the ten coffins were carved with inscriptions reading the names: Jesua son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Matthew, Jofa (Joseph, identified as Jesus’ brother), Judah son of Jesua (Jesus’ son – the filmmakers claim).

The film took three years to complete and is slated (when, the article doesn’t say) to air on The Discovery Channel, England’s Channel 4 and Israel’s Channel 8. Wah Wah Wee Wah

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What to Think?

February 23, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: A New Reality, History and Culture, Immigrant Moments, Israeliness, Politics 

After years of not living in Israel, I moved back to Tel Aviv in 2005. For numerous reasons.

Since returning, I routinely run into old friends or acquaintances from the past and I re-visit old haunts.

Last week I stopped into my old fruit and vegetable vendors’. Their avocados were on sale so I figured it was a good excuse for stopping by to say “hey”.

I remember you…said one of the owners
You do? Likewise. You haven’t changed much. This is my son
Where were you all this time?
In San Francisco
Well…Welcome back!

A few seconds later, one of the vendor partners who had been listening to our exchange asked: “Why’d you come back? This country won’t be here much longer.”

Generally, or in the past, that statement would have been really funny. Because, you know, things are touch and go in this region and have been since….a very very very loooong time.

But because things are so tenuous or maybe because Iran is digging in on nuclear development or because Lebanon is a ticking bomb or because I have a child or because I’m older and humorless OR because the vendors live in Bakka Al Gharbiyah I took offense.

What? I thought. Do you have some kind of inside information I’m not privvy to?

Suddenly I was paranoid and suspicious and angry because the guy hit a nerve that is raw for many of us over here yonder. And I wish it weren’t so. And in fact I wasn’t even aware of the raw nerve until he hit it. And he probably didn’t mean it the way I understood it. And, and and…Merde.

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