Tribute to Ha’Gashash
Israel’s newspapers all headlined today with news of the passing of one of the country’s foremost entertainment industry icon’s: 66-year-old Yisrael “Poli” Poliakov, widely known for his role in the Gashash Ha’Hiver or Ha’Gashashim comedy trio suffered a heart attack two weeks ago and didn’t recover. He died in hospital yesterday.
The trio has been synonymous with Israeli comedy for decades and they won the Israel Prize for Lifetime of Achievement in the Arts for their contribution to society. Ask anyone who’s been in the country for a while and they’ll tell you about Ha’Gashash. “Remember that skit…?”
Go here for details on his background and press play to enjoy this classic clip (in Hebrew). Poli’s in the middle.
Go in Peace, Poli, and Thanks for Making the World a Much More Pleasant Place to Be!
Up the Hill A’ Ways
Here at Israelity we don’t seem to write a whole lot about Haifa. Which is probably a darned shame because it’s a pretty beautiful city sitting up on a hill with loads of interesting attractions: The Technion, The Bahai Temple, Yemin Orde Youth Village, Ein Hod, the promenade etc.
So when we see that someone’s blogging about Haifa, we perk up.
Rachel, a guest blogger at The Big Felafel, writes about moving to Haifa to attend university and get her MA. It can be tough.
Before I began my MA in social work in Israel I knew it would be different than America, and I knew it would be difficult – but I still didn’t know what to expect. So far, it is different and it is difficult, but there is a lot of good too.
I moved to Haifa to go to school and I am surprisingly among the minority of people in my class who live in Haifa . Most of them commute, even some from Jerusalem , my former safe haven of English speaking olim. Haifa is great for olim, if you are from Russia.
Go on over and pick up the rest.
Flashing the Goods
How do you get out of an army interrogation?
Get naked, that’s how.
At least that’s how one young female soldier serving on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon evaded questioning.
As the woman was being questioned she decided she’d had enough and bolted from the interrogation room.
An officer followed chase and when he caught up with her ordered: “You’re under arrest”. To which she responded by flashing her breasts and replying: “Let’s see if you can arrest me now”.
Caught unawares, the officer was rendered somewhat incapacitated for a few seconds – long enough for Flashatella to escape the base.
She was later apprehended and has been fined and deemed a bit psychologically unfit for army service. Surprise surprise.
Clever ploy.
French Influx
Continuing along our real estate market thread, we’ll skip over to talk of French immigrants and how their influx to Israel has affected housing prices and housing availability.
It’s been a hot topic for over a tad longer than a year when the numbers of French nationals moving to Israel or purchasing homes simply to have property here increased sharply. The buying drove up prices and fostered a seller’s market, for sure.
Astute Economist writer and fugitive peace blogger Gideon Lichfield recently shared with readers advertising he noticed outside Israel’s Foreign Ministry directly aimed at French buyers. I share with you.
It reads: “Discover a New Life & Culture”…
Food for thought.
Home Buying Tips
Buying real estate can be challenging in any market – aren’t we all just feeling the effects of the U.S. Subprime lending bust?.
When you’ve moved countries, the playing field can get doubly tricky. Interest rates, property values and depreciation, lending rules…
Working Nation Blog - “Inspiring Your Jewish Biz” – provides some useful information about Israel’s real estate development and ideas for buying.
Real Estate in Israel has more of the characteristics of its counterparts in Hong Kong and Singapore than it does to the West for the simple reason that Israel loses land on a regular basis and is becoming increasingly a city state. Israeli prices in the main cities not only are subject to local supply and demand but are heavily influenced in a top-down manor by the even flow of interest by diaspora Jews to own vacation property in Israel.
You might wanna hop on over and check out the Thinking About Real Estate in Israel? entry.
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