Hannukah in Jerusalem’s Old City

December 21, 2006 - 9:23 AM by · 2 Comments
Filed under: History and Culture, Holidays, Life 

Hannukah menorah overlooking Western Wall plaza
Near cauldron-sized vats of the “Hannukia”
overlooking the Western Wall plaza.

Took a stroll down to the Old City a few nights ago, and made my way through the alleyways of the Armenian Quarter down to the Western Wall plaza, photographing all the way. Both for Hannukah, and to sharpen my night-shooting skills with the Fuji S9000: not to be confused with a “PhD” (Push Here, Dummy) camera.

More photos after the jump. Comments and critique are welcome.

(Cross-posted at Israel At Level Ground)

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Tel Aviv: River of Light in a waning sky

November 4, 2006 - 8:52 PM by · 5 Comments
Filed under: Travel 
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Tel Aviv: River of Light
(Photo: Dave Bender)

Shot this image of the north Tel Aviv skyline, traffic and water during a sudden cloudburst last week in the quickly ebbing day, as dusk closed in on drivers headed home; others still lighting the office towers into the night.

More images are here.

(Cross-posted at Israel At Level Ground)

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JerusalemOnline news update: Oct. 19th (Video – Channel 2 TV)

October 19, 2006 - 6:55 AM by · 1 Comment
Filed under: General, Israeliness, Politics, War 
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The Israel Wayback Machine: (pre, pre, pre, pre – ‘Skype Out’)

October 18, 2006 - 8:42 AM by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: General, Immigrant Moments, Israeliness, Life 


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One Jerusalem has a cute item illustrating what I’ve been trying to tell my kids for a long time: what using telephony here was like BEFORE the Internet, and the advent of SkypeOutMSNMessengerAOLYahooGoogle, cellphone SIM cards, prepaid calling cards, you-fill-in-the-blank, etc…


Remember these? My kids don’t. Israeli asimon
telephone tokens, with graphics helpfully
imprinted right on them!

Ok, granted, they go a bit further back than I was aiming for – 1925(!) – but hey, the dialing instructions for calling Bethlehem from Jerusalem (about two whole miles – tops) are worth the price of admission. What I still don’t though, get is where the “asimon” telephone token goes…

(Cross-posted at Israel At Level Ground)

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McDonald’s – I’m Hatin’ it!

October 17, 2006 - 8:57 AM by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Pop Culture 

A group of about 15 “twenty-something,” self-described animal-rights supporters and anarchists held a protest vigil outside the downtown Jerusalem branch of McDonald’s Monday evening.

The group, blowing whistles and shouting through a megaphone, called on passersby near the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall not to eat at the restaurant, due to what they described as the food corporation’s harmful policies.

“McDonald’s puts profits before people, animals and the planet,” group leader Amnon Keren, 24, of Jerusalem, told Israel At Level Ground, and called on Israelis to boycott the chain.Keren, noting that the group had numbered about 30 earlier in the afternoon, added that similar vigils were being held concurrently in front of branches in Ra’anana, Kfar Saba, Haifa, Rehovot and Beersheba, as well as at many locations worldwide today.There was a brief, non-violent, altercation with a diner, who, stepping out to protest the noisy demonstration loudly argued with Keren over the usefulness of such vigils.

A small crowd of about 20 pedestrians gathered across the narrow street, and spirited discussions about the eatery were bandied about.

Several, apparently bemused, kipa-wearing Jews ironically found themselves on the same side of the ideological divide as the protesters, due to McDonald’s non-kosher status because the chain is open on Shabbat.

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