Items found in new apartment

At the meeting point of tradition and modernity:


L'chayyim!

Tel Aviv in the kingdom of the spirit

Yom Kippur scenes:

Kikar Rabin #1



Kikar Rabin #2



Shuk Hacarmel



Rothschild Boulevard


"Lettuce is murder"

odd choice of words

BBC: "Iran unveils plan for women's car".

באופי שלך

Attention hip, young, good-looking consumers.

Do you like to dance? Does your hair fly around as you move to the beat?



Do you have an ipod? Do you drink milkshakes? Do you enjoy babies? And graphic design?




If these symbols signify a demographic you want to be considered part of -
Meretz is your in!
Vote yourself cool. Vote Meretz in municipal elections.

Pulse and gait

From the New York Times travel section:

But if the intermingling of many different kinds of people is what gives Tel Aviv its pulse, it’s the clash of old and new that still gives this city its surprising and slightly uneven gait...

Tel Aviv is “half Iran, half California; it’s a synagogue meets a sushi bar,” ... filled with impossibly good-looking 20-something surfers and hipsters...

Not to toot my own horn, but the themes of this article would probably most perfectly be illustrated by my snap of this Migdal Hameah shopper:

Living a holy life

I'm not religious, so it's less relevant, but I know someone who could really use this:

Gay shul's siddur features prayer for 'unexpected intimacy' (JTA)

Send that link to Moshe Katzav. Or just put it up in his office for the employees...

sheikh mate: the herb for leaders

Lebanese Druze jefe, Walid Jumblatt drinking yerba mate (apparently)