Jerusalemites woke up this morning to over 10 inches of snow that fell overnight in the capital. Roads closed, busses stopped running and the shrieks of children playing in Gan Sachar woke me up...
Tag - Jerusalem
Lives Taken in Jerusalem
This morning, innocent, beautiful lives were taken from us. Palestinian terrorists, who freely roam the country, snuck into a synagogue where Jewish men were praying for a better world. Headlines of...
Thoughts on Terror from Jerusalem
Everyday I live side by side with arabs, on the bus, in line, at work, in class… Human beings just like me…a person is a person is a person. A person is not politics, but created in the...
DAYO LIVE! Watch us get married…
Thanks to TM for announcing my upcoming nuptials. The festivities begin tomorrow morning Israel time and, in true nerd-o fashion, it will be broadcast live. That’s for the sake of grandparents...
Israel’s Knesset Should Hold a Symbolic Vote on Scottish Independence from the UK
Some British MPs think they should interfere in the business of another democracy, perhaps they should focus on theirs instead?
Tonight In Jerusalem: Love Lone Soldiers
The latest nonsense to come out of the Israel-is-Always-Wrong-No-Matter-What crew is the #JSIL hash tag, meant to liken the State of Israel to the crazies at ISIS. New York Magazine, in an article...
Black Jihad Flags Fly Over Jerusalem
In the wake of Journalist Steven Sotloff’s horrific recent public beheading by ISIS (don’t click on that unless you want to see the actual ISIS video of the beheading), I felt the need to...
Beit Avichai’s Jerusalem and the Jewish People
Jerusalem Day, or Yom Yerushalayim (×™×•× ×™×¨×•×©×œ×™×), commemorates Jerusalem’s reunification in 1967. This day begins on the 28th day of the month of Iyyar in the Hebrew calendar or, this...