Simple Formula
Yehuda, Israel game blogger extraordinaire, spent Independence Day BBQ’ing. Imagine that.
In this post, he shares a quiet observation he had while taking in his surroundings.
We went out to Ariella’s…in Ein Prat for a barbecue, which was pleasant.
Whenever I go out to the hills of Judea (the West Bank), I stare out from a hilltop onto hundreds and hundreds of completely empty hilltops. Close enough to all of these hills you can find water, if you dig deep enough.
And whenever I see this, I think: There’s so much damn space. What the Hell are we fighting over? You live here, I’ll live there. What’s the difference?
What a Mensch
Shortly after 17-year-old Jerusalem yeshiva student Yishai Gaspan won the annual World Bible Quiz, he started arguing with the event host. Not over prize money or his share of the winnings; he wanted points taken off his score.
The winner of the annual World Bible Quiz on Tuesday asked to share his prize with the runner up after he discovered one of his answers was partially incorrect…(Gaspan) quoted a passage which refers to the Assyrian king Shalmaneser V, mistakenly naming his successor Sennacherib instead.
Despite his protests, Israel’s fifth president and World Bible Quiz judge Yitzhak Navon rejected Gaspan’s request (to knock points off the score) and said he displayed exceptional knowledge of the Bible during the quiz.
Gaspan was competing against 64 peers from 35 countries.
Pretty darned noble. Moshe, are you taking notes over here?
Foto Friday Submissions
We’re inching up to Foto Friday once again which means we want to see your stuff.
Follow the guidelines, send in your pictures and we’ll post them here on Friday.
What a bargain.
Israel of Yore
YNet did something kinda cool: To mark Independence Day, they asked some of the country’s top professional photographers to submit photos of the “Israel they miss”. Check the collection here and sample a few of the shots below.
Hebron 1992, Jim Hollander
Purim 2004, Pavel Wolberg
Rise Up & Walk the Land, Dafna Maoz
Israeli Pride, Rina Castelnuovo
‘Strange Workers’
Part of Israeli comedian Yair Nitzani’s routine has included undertaking the task of explaining to Israel’s foreign workers (translated from Hebrew, unfortunately, as “strange workers”) life lessons on Israel & living among the Jews.
To kick off Israeli Independence Day, a pre-Gregorian calendar New Year segment. Crass and over the top in some places but all in good fun. Happy Birthday Israel.
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