Archive for February 24th, 2005

Not Everyone’s a Fan

Before a couple of days ago, Israeli actor Aki Avni’s main claim to fame outside of Israel was playing Arab terrorists in series such as 24.
 
Now, he may be remembered as the guy who kissed Natalie Portman near the Western Wall, and almost got his head ripped off for his troubles.

Dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jewish worshippers angrily [...]

A Sloppy Start Episode III: The Macher Strikes Back

I have to admit that after the Machers’ reply to David, I believed that this project was not being run by a professional person, but rather some guy with a really bad attitude, still living at home with his parents. But I was wrong. It is not a guy.

We added Israellycool to our directory.
 
I already apologized for the [...]

Separated at Birth

Yes, I know I have two Separated at Births in a row. But I can’t resist this one..
 
While browsing on JRants, I came across an ad from Frumsky. And I immediately thought “What is Howard Dean doing on a Jewish personals site?”
 

Transformation

It is not every day that a guitarist with a metal band becomes a born-again Christian. But this is just what has happened with Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch.

Guitarist Brian “Head” Welch is exiting the chart-topping n-metal band after finding God, according to a message on the band’s official Website.
 
“Korn has parted ways with [...]

Pulling No Punches

Get ready for an (another) impending diplomatic crisis between Israel and France.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called the French government “pro-Arab” in an interview on his Negev ranch with comedian Eli Yatzpan that was broadcast on Wednesday night. Sharon criticized the French decision to not label Hizbullah a terrorist organization.
The French will certainly take exception to [...]

Israellycool Meets Israelity (Israelly Confusing to Anybody?)

I made no secret about the fact that I was somewhat disappointed about not being invited to join the fantastic new Israeli blog Israelity. Not because I think I am “all that”, but rather because the main aim of my blogging has always been to promote Israel, and I feel that Israelity provides a great opportunity [...]

A Sloppy Start Episode II: Return of the Macher

Following yesterday’s post on Machers, ‘Treppenwitz’ David Bogner alerted the Machers management to their description of him as a “Jewish mother.”

“I appreciate the link… but the last time I checked I still had a ‘Y’ chromosome. In other words, your research department didn’t look too closely at my blog (treppenwitz) before writing the blurb. Good luck [...]