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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: May 2007
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Israel: Like this, as if. Wednesday, May 30, 2007. Guest blog: A letter to bubbe (grandma) Gittel. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2007/05/guest-blog-letter-to-bubbe-grandma.html. A letter to Bubbe (Grandma) Gittel, May Her Soul Rest in Peace M.H.S.R.I.P (The peace that was denied to her bodily remains). You then told us that with our grandfather and six children, you left your home in Lithuania, towards the end of the 19. You did not like the wet-cold drizzly English climate. You came to the ...
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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: February 2007
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Israel: Like this, as if. Thursday, February 22, 2007. A diplomat reacts to Israel's scandals. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2007/02/diplomat-reacts-to-israels-scandals.html. Talk to an Israeli about our recent wave of scandals and official resignations and you will hear expressions of outrage or dismay. A newspaper editorial-page cartoon, above, shows three deposed officials. The Hebrew sign on the empty chair states, "Reserved." The question is who will be next to fall. I have encountered ...
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Israel: Like this, as if: June 2007
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Israel: Like this, as if. Thursday, June 28, 2007. Thank God it's Thursday. Http:/ israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com/2007/06/thank-god-its-thursday.html. Today is the last Thursday in June, which means another White Night in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv's White Night festival. To make the White Night festival legal, the city government amended its laws and allowed places of business to stay open beyond regular closing hours. This put the White Night festival on the same footing as Israel's two big celebratio...
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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...
