Apologies for the delay in posting; this was due to circumstances far beyond my control. Whew. Okay. A moment before the Purim holiday ends, let’s take a look at days gone by, in particular the Adloyada parade. “Adloyada” is a bastardization of the phrase “ad lo yada” o...

The Philadephia Daily News recently ran a compelling profile of international Israeli boxers Ran Nakash (pictured) and Elad Shmouel. The main thrust of the piece is that being raised in the Middle East makes one a particularly hard brand of badass, making Israel an emerging source for fighting talen...

About five years ago, Emanuel Peled made headlines when he was convicted of fraudulently billing suckers for phone sex calls they didn’t make. He stole hundreds of thousands of shekels from strangers by threatening to make public these peoples’ love of audio porn, even though in most cas...

In a trend that runs parallel to the exploding popularity of pole dancing lessons among North American soccer moms, Israeli women - even Baby Boom-generation Ashkenaziot (Jews of Eastern European descent) - have been flocking to belly dancing activities and workshops in recent years. The art form...

While we used to only have one TV station here, now media options are almost as diffused in Israel as they are in the US. HOT, YES, satellite TV, we’ve got it all - and you can watch alot of the same crap that’s on American TV any time you want. Still, there was something [...]...

One thing you can say about Jews, is that we can find the dark humor in anything. Hot on the heels of the unilateral cease-fire announced by Israel, one email making the rounds on Sunday parodied the ‘Top Ten’ list of American talk show host David Letterman, but with a local twist. Even though i...

The world of haredi observant Jews is one that most secular Israelis never get a chance to see - and if they do, they find it alien, even threatening. Photographer Yuval Nadel, an Israeli-born Jew with a secular up-bringing, became familiar with and learned to appreciate and respect the people who [...

Even as we’re fighting for the lives of residents of the South, we Israelis are also keeping a close eye on how we’re being perceived by the rest of the world. I don’t mean the anti-Israel protests that have plagued European and Asian cities the last two weeks, but where it really ...

Anhedonia is “an inability to experience pleasure from normally pleasurable life events� and in addition to being the working title for Wood Allen’s “Annie Hall� - it also describes a feeling Israelis wrestle with on a daily basis. Nissan Shor, is the author of the new book “Dancing With...

Arik Einstein turned 70 this week. Were it not for the war, this would have been front page news. Not only because it is an occasion for celebration but because in this land of the perpetual diminutive, where everyone goes by their childhood nickname, people find it hard to believe that Arik - singe...