Life in Israel does not stop surprising me. Yesterday while I leafed through the paper, I stumbled on this sensational minor report: “The Knesset is expected to look into the possibility that Israel Nature and Parks Authority guides at the Soreq cave Nature Reserve are concealing the true age of the cavern’s stalactites and of [...]
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On ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ashkenazi Jews, Haredi Judaism, Immanuel school, israel, Judaism, Middle East, secular population, segregation, Sephardi ultra-Orthodox, Ultra-Orthodox on 30/06/2010 | 1 Comment »
You name it
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ahmadinejad, Ashkenazi Jews, change, immigrants, israel, Kabbalah, law, legislation, name, prejudice on 08/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Growing up with a family name like “Chiesa” wasn’t always easy. “Chiesa“, besides being hard to pronounce in every possible language (in Italian the sound is Kiesa, but I heard it mangled to the horrible English Cheesa, or the equally horrible French Schieza), it also carries a not-so-neutral meaning: “Church”. It is easy to imagine [...]
Excuse my baldness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ashkenazi Jews, bald, Baldness, Health, hormones, israel, precocius, processed food, shampoo on 27/12/2009 | 2 Comments »
In a recent post about this beautiful Hebrew language, I was discussing how fast street idioms evolve and age. Do you remember the expression tered li mi ha karakha (lit. “get off my baldness” as in “leave me alone”)? Well, I might have found out why it is not so popular anymore. I had an [...]
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