Happy Channukah to everyone. I happen to live in the town where historically the Maccabees originated. In fact, I live Channukah every day of the year. I always thought that Modi’in’s city slogan should be “Modi’in, where it’s Channukah 365 days a year.”
“Checkpoints? Why not? Roadblocks? Yes, definitely. Tire burning? If necessary, sure. Violence? Who knows?” Yitzhak is ready to fight back: “We will now take things into our own hands and prove that the `hoity-toities’ are no longer like that. Don’t get us wrong. Everyone here dresses in white shirts and ties, but we intend [...]
Secular apathy led to the election of Lupolianski as mayor of Jerusalem. His term thus far has been an absolute disaster for the city and Jerusalem’s financial coffers are becoming slimmer and slimmer every month. Thousands leave every year. Secular Jews leave for bedroom communities like Modi’in while the religious head for Beit Shemesh. We [...]
If there is something strange in your neighborhood….who you gonna call? Not Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramus and Ernie Hudson. Apparently the correct answer is former Modi’in Chief Rabbi David Lau (son of former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Lau. Rabbi Lau was called in recently to lead a prayer ceremony in the Prime Minister’s office. [...]
I got stoned this morning on the way to work. No, I wasn’t pulling tubes in the front seat of my Honda civic. Not even close. I was driving to work on Road 443 bopping my head and rocking out to Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend album when I caught out of the corner of my eye [...]
My wife threatened me today. She said that if I don’t start blogging again we are going to have to discuss canceling the hosting fees. Fair enough. I guess that is impetus enough to start writing again. It’s unfortunate that I haven’t been into writing so much but the problem lies with our big move [...]
Next week there are municipality elections throughout the country, including in my town of Modi’in. My wife and I have been following this election very closely. It’s the first time I’ll be voting where the “situation” isn’t an issue. It’s quite refreshing actually weighing candidates on issues such schools, city expansion, economic growth etc. We [...]
Wow. FINALLY back online. This blogging break was totally unintentional. I was without a TV or internet access for about a month and a half. It wasn’t easy. I did sleep a lot more which was nice, but I’m thankful for technology. We were living on Abraham Lincoln street or as they say in Hebrew [...]
While America was celebrating their independence on Thursday we celebrated our independence from landlords. We finally signed a contract and purchased a beautiful home in Modi’in. Modi’in is a relatively new town smack between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. If your interested you can read about it here and here. Modi’in is the ancient home of [...]
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