Archive for March 31st, 2005
Hate in Dubai
Educational authorities in Dubai have promised to withdraw a school book which contains an extremely offensive picture: two Jewish children.
Education authorities here have promised to review a book taught in an international private school that features a photograph of two Jewish children sporting plaited hair and yarmulke.
Dr Obaid Butti Al Mohiri, the Director of Curriculums [...]
One Night in Jerusalem
Last night I attended a wedding in Jerusalem. The groom, an Australian friend of mine who I met here in Israel, married an American, giving the wedding an American-Australian flavor (actually, the Australian flavor was more pronounced, especially with the groom donning an Australian Rules Football guernsey and guests kicking around a football). This is [...]
Great Result
Israel 1 France 1
That’s what I’m talking about.
I did not see the game – I was at a wedding – but well done to the boys! And I am even reading that Israel outplayed the French and should have won. But I am calling the glass “half full”, since the result would have upset the [...]
