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With the rise of social media and an increased reliance on the internet to create and maintain relationships, internet users are finding it beneficial, if not flat-out critical, to create a whole online persona, complete with the perfect profile and perfect profile picture.In the world of social media, photos play a major role [...]
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Although I’ve only been in Israel for a few months, it didn’t take me long to notice how popular and celebrated art is in Tel-Aviv and the rest of Israel. One of the few perks of my coveted fine art degree is an eye for clever artistic work, and Israel has more than [...]
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Behold Israel in all its glory!Thanks to Israel 3D, you can beholden it right from your computer. With hi-definition, fully panoramic views of all the most legendary and beautiful spots, you can “virtually” experience the Western Wall, the Dead Sea, or the spot in front of that rainbow-colored hotel on the Tel-Aviv beach where I [...]
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Every year before Rosh Hashana, businesses and organizations start sending out Rosh Hashana cards via email. Most are pretty much the same: nondescript text with a picture of an apple, or honey, or apple and honey.So it’s very refreshing to get a card that stands out and even makes you laugh. If I was holding [...]
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Israel’s biggest bully, The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, just visited the UN to speak at the General Assembly. How lovely. Thankfully, there are activists all over the web who are voicing their outrage and speaking their mind. For those of you still throwing staplers and keyboards at your screens, it might be time to [...]
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While some Israelis are concerned about the collapsing stock market, or that Tzipi Livni will be Prime Minister soon, Reuters reports that others are flaming mad about the last time they stepped in dog poo and want justice.  Some of those angry residents are in Petach Tikva (Petah Tiqwa, or spell it how you will), [...]
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If you’re the jumping-out-of-planes and dressing-up-in-leggings type, there is great news in the air. The Technion: Israel Institute of Technology’s students (the same smart peeps who brought you the time travel machine) are perfecting a winged, Batman-like flying suit, ideal if you find yourself in need of a graceful landing from a plane.Fans of the [...]
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If you happen to be a geek like me who reads the digg.com homepage on a regular basis, you may notice a certain trend when it comes to anything about Israel that appears there: they’re all about how Israel is the root of all evil.To get on to the digg homepage, lots of diggers have [...]
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Maybe it’s because it was at the end of a very long day. Maybe it’s because Binyamin Netanyahu showed up and spoke for ages. But whatever the reason, I am exhausted from the NBN First International Jewish Bloggers Conference. Even the conference title is exhausting.Backtracking a bit: today was the NBN bloggers conference. It consisted [...]
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When we first came to Israel in the early 1990s, Israeli television was a pathetic affair. There were two channels, and the only semblance of competition between them was who could broadcast the oldest, most boring reruns possible. Commercials were worse: static screens with white text on a blue background telling us to buy something.As [...]
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