First lady Laura Bush is visiting” title=”http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3087587,00.html\”>visiting” target=”_blank”>www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3087587,00.html”>visiting the region and will be in Israel for a couple of days next week. She’ll be greeted by national embarrassment Judy Nir-Moses, wife of Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom.

You might not know Judy, but she is a celebrity whore who is currently the center of a “political scandal” here in the holy land. You see, “Judy” was recently accused of attempting to get Israeli Ambassador Danny Ayalon’s assistant fired because she didn’t set her up with a meeting with Madonna when she was here on a visit last September.

Everyone knows Judy. She has her own talk show, her family has a huge share of Israel’s largest newspaper, and she is known to be her husband’s puppeteer. She is repeatability mocked on Israel’s most popular comedy show and her physical appearance is well, unbecoming to the wife of a foreign minister.

Personally I thought her lowest low occurred a few weeks ago when she presented Prince Charles a wedding gift at the Pope’s funeral.

Tasteful, huh?

May 19, 2005 | Filed Under Old Blog | Leave a Comment

May 18, 2005 TVFH Podcast!

Finally got this week’s podcast up. Better late than never. But I do have to say that this is our worst podcast ever, so if this is your first time listening to our show please don’t start with this one. Just kidding. Well, sort of.

On this program:

Ziva commits a crime! Hate mail! Belle and Sebastian boycott Israel! Harry and Ziva boycott Belle And Sebastian! And more!

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May 18, 2005 | Filed Under Old Blog | Leave a Comment

Wanted: Jewish Bachelor

Jewish?
Bachelor?
Successful?
Handsome?
Like hummous?
Media whore?
Think Israeli women are hot?

Well if you find yourself answering yes to the above questions then a new Israel reality television show wants you!

The program’s producers are looking for a bachelor between the ages of 24-38, and are interested in finding someone who is handsome, educated and financially secure - that is, the dream of every Israeli mother.

In the framework of their efforts, the producers even elicited the assistance of Jewish organization in the hopes of finding the perfect man for the job.

Auditions are scheduled to take place in the coming weeks in New York and Los Angeles and additional selections are set to take place in one of Europe’s capital cities.

If you believe you have what it takes and feel you are a potential candidate, send an email to kuperman {at} hot3.co(.)il and leave your details, or secretly nominate family members or friends.

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May 16, 2005 | Filed Under Old Blog | Leave a Comment

Happy Independence Day Motherf*ckers

Tonight we celebrate Israel’s 57th birthday.

This year, I give you the gift of metal.

I present to you, Israel’s national anthem, Hatikvah, in all it’s metalfied glory.

It’s an amalgamation of sound. Chugging Anthrax guitars, double octave guitar leads and even gratuitous fretboard tapping.

This special rendition of Hatikvah was created by Seth Diamond (aka DJ Blood Sacrifice) of the New York metal band Gods of Fire. Seth may look like he worships Satan, but I assure you, he is a nice Jewish boy. In return for this wonderful piece of metal he received a gift of Elite chocolate, bamba, bisli, Turkish coffee and a can of pickles. Rock.

Hatikvah (MP3)

(crossposted to Zion B’Ayin)

May 11, 2005 | Filed Under Old Blog | Leave a Comment

Memorial Day

On Memorial Day in Israel, we not only remember our fallen but also victims of terror. The radio plays sad songs and the television plays home video after home video of soldiers who have fallen in battle. It’s gut wrenching to watch. It’s an intense and somber day and even those of us who haven’t lived here our entire lives are deeply affected. There are few people I know who haven’t lost a friend or family member in a terrorist attack or has fallen in battle. Me included.

Today, I was reminded just how different some people live their lives here. We have cousins who are ultra-orthodox and live in an extremely religious area of Jerusalem. They are extremely sheltered and everything they see and think is filtered through a lens of pure ignorance. Once, when we mentioned how beautiful we found Amsterdam to be, a relative said, and I quote, “Amsterdam? I heard that there are needles everywhere and mothers are doing heroine in the parks while their babies starve!”

Yeah, so you see where I am coming from. Complete and utter ignorance. Anyway, we got a call this evening that one of the daughters got engaged. Yay, mazel tov! Good news all around. Then came the invite to the engagement party to be held at 8:00 p.m.

This is of course the same exact time that a siren rings and the entire country stops whatever they are doing and observes a minute of silence. Not exactly prime party time. Obviously, as a Zionist Jew I was deeply offended by this insensitive act. Look, I understand that they believe in Israel as a “state of mind and not a state” and that only when the messiah comes should Israel exist. I think its lunacy, but whatever. And have your damn inappropriate celebration, but how dare you call your secular relatives and invite them to partake in such an event? I equate celebrating on this day to eating on Yom Kippur. It’s that serious. How can they be so insensitive?

Just how removed are these people from Israeli society? Extremely. One of their sons wanted to go to the army like majority of boys his age. Rabbi Dad said no. If he goes to the army he’ll have sex with secular girls. Thoughts that aren’t exactly based in reality.

So I called them and said that we wouldn’t feel comfortable celebrating on this day. What I really wanted to say is that I think it’s inappropriate to celebrate on this day, but I held my tongue.

His answer was “I understand.”

But did he?

May 10, 2005 | Filed Under israel, religion, scary stuff, wtf? | Leave a Comment

May 07, 2005 TVFH Podcast!

Harry gets hassled by the fuzz! Neighborly gestures! Satanic Godcasts! Interesting holidays! Ziva laughs! And much, much more!

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May 7, 2005 | Filed Under Old Blog | Leave a Comment