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Israel: Like this, as if: Myth, legend and fact in the 1947 Exodus episode
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Israel: Like this, as if. Sunday, May 4, 2008. Myth, legend and fact in the 1947 Exodus episode. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2008/05/myth-legend-and-fact-in-1947-exodus.html. This is misuse. "Legendary" is probably what they meant. Real-life subjects are not "mythological," a term that belongs to dragons, unicorns and the Tooth Fairy. Are we having a problem distinguishing between reality and fantasy? Hold the question. Last week some 300 people including President Shimon Peres and Def...
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Israel: Like this, as if: October 2007
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Israel: Like this, as if. Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Rabin took responsibility for a failed mission. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2007/10/rabin-took-responsibility-for-failed.html. Israel's media are busy reminiscing about Yitzhak Rabin. Today (Oct. 24) on our Hebrew lunar calendar is 12 Heshvan, the 12th anniversary of the assassinated Prime Minister's death. (On the Gregorian calendar, the assassination took place Nov. 4.). Today in a radio interview one of his aides recalled that Rabin...
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Israel: Like this, as if: January 2007
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Israel: Like this, as if. Monday, January 29, 2007. Eilat: No longer the end of the world. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2007/01/eilat-no-longer-end-of-world.html. What changed today is that a suicide bomber killed three people in Eilat. It was the Red Sea resort's first suicide bombing. The fact that the bombing took place in a neighborhood away from Eilat's hotel district is not much comfort for the local tourist industry. Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog is rushing from one media outlet ...
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Israel: Like this, as if: April 2007
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Israel: Like this, as if. Monday, April 16, 2007. More people getting married in Israel. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2007/04/more-people-getting-married-in-israel.html. More people from abroad are getting married in Israel. It was her husband's first visit to Israel, and together the two families toured the country. Close friends and relatives who came used the wedding as part of an Israeli vacation, too. The next time you get married, think of us! Posted by News Service at 11:42 PM. Links...
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Israel: Like this, as if: How some Israelis view the United States
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Israel: Like this, as if. Sunday, May 18, 2008. How some Israelis view the United States. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-some-israelis-view-united-states.html. Here is some old material that remains pertinent. Three years ago my college alumni magazine produced a roundup of articles on how Americans are viewed. In eight countries around the world. They asked me to write about Israel. - J.M.H.]. The newsstand manager replies in Israeli-accented English. What’s the problem? Mazal, a...
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Israel: Like this, as if: New York and Israel: Same same, as we say in Tel Aviv and other parts of Asia
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Israel: Like this, as if. Wednesday, June 11, 2008. New York and Israel: Same same, as we say in Tel Aviv and other parts of Asia. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-york-and-israel-same-same-as-we-say.html. A travel article in Smithsonian magazine contains some perceptive points about what life in Israel is like. The article. Isn't about Israel, though. It discusses the behavior of New Yorkers. Http:/ www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/17669919.html. A comment about "sweetheart." In I...
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Israel: Like this, as if: Henglish, or Why Gilad Schalit is not free
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Israel: Like this, as if. Sunday, November 23, 2008. Henglish, or Why Gilad Schalit is not free. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2008/11/henglish-or-why-gilad-schalit-is-not.html. Henglish is the language you get when you directly translate Hebrew into English. For example, the title of this Web log "Like this, As If" is translated from the Hebrew ". That in turn is translated from the English slang, "so, like" as in "Jill Hennessy is so, like, foxy." (Well she is, isn't she? But in English, i...
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Israel: Like this, as if: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Censorship of Kiddies
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Israel: Like this, as if. Friday, June 26, 2009. Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Censorship of Kiddies. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2009/06/pride-and-prejudice-sense-and.html. In a blogicle called " Not realizing which team he is on. Treppenwitz explains that he censored his five year old son's "inappropriate" TV watching activities, and his son did not understand that he is on the opposite "team" and was supposed to object. Cops and robbers. Like, where are they living? If there is less si...
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Israel News: Video and petition: Swedish Organ Stealing Story was invented in Palestine
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Saturday, August 29, 2009. Video and petition: Swedish Organ Stealing Story was invented in Palestine. Http:/ zionism-israel.com/israel news/2009/08/video-and-petition-swedish-organ.html. A brief but well researched video. On the same page as the video, you can sign a petition to ask the Swedish government and the Aftonbladet newspaper to condemn the story. Posted by News Service at 1:22 PM. This is the Israel News and Commentary Weblog of Zionism-Israel Center. Contact: info(at)Zionism-Israel.com. Israe...
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Israel: Like this, as if: Racism and Israel
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Israel: Like this, as if. Sunday, April 27, 2008. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2008/04/racism-and-israel.html. A Jewish woman in the United States has sent a question to the Zionism and Israel Information Center. She is planning a visit to Israel and asks: "How would I be treated if I decided to make Israel my home? She describes herself as an African-American convert to Judaism, active in her local synagogue. Here is a response. How would you be treated as an immigrant to Israel? The conce...