Comments on: One Night in Jerusalem http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:46:26 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-3182 Anonymous Sat, 02 Apr 2005 09:29:03 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/#comment-3182 Correct - 'A jersey , a jumper or a guernsey is what Australians call a sports sweater. Correct – ‘A jersey , a jumper or a guernsey is what Australians call a sports sweater.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-3181 Anonymous Fri, 01 Apr 2005 19:32:56 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/#comment-3181 Guernsey and Jersey are both Channel Islands. 'football <strong>jersey</strong>' is what you meant? Guernsey and Jersey are both Channel Islands. ‘football jersey‘ is what you meant?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-3180 Anonymous Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:15:49 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/#comment-3180 i had the luck to live in Israel for a few years, and it was the best time of my life. It was great because of the people there. They aren't just there for you every time you need help, but they are also the most honest, and selfless people i've ever met. I live in Ireland now, and things and people are very different. I often feel lonley here, although i never felt lonely in Israel. I really miss it every day, and i hope i can return to Israel one day. i had the luck to live in Israel for a few years, and it was the best time of my life. It was great because of the people there. They aren’t just there for you every time you need help, but they are also the most honest, and selfless people i’ve ever met. I live in Ireland now, and things and people are very different. I often feel lonley here, although i never felt lonely in Israel. I really miss it every day, and i hope i can return to Israel one day.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-3179 Anonymous Fri, 01 Apr 2005 07:56:40 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/#comment-3179 heh i would have started freaking out when he asked for the cell phone :) one night my dad was coming home to jerusalem from a wedding all by himself, when he burst a tire. 1am, highway between tel aviv and jerusalem, intifada going on around him (this was circa 2002) and my dad is stuck. a few minutes barely pass, and this minivan drives by, notices him, and stops. my dad must have peed in his pants and started wondering if he whould call his wife or the police first to tell them that he was about to be kidnapped by terrorists. Then out of the van popped three heads, obvisouly belonging to young yeshiva students, who rushed over to him and told him to stand aside, there is no way on earth that he will change his tire while being so well dressed. So my father stood there, watching his tire being changed by complete strangers, and half an hour later he was home :) -Micol heh i would have started freaking out when he asked for the cell phone :)

one night my dad was coming home to jerusalem from a wedding all by himself, when he burst a tire. 1am, highway between tel aviv and jerusalem, intifada going on around him (this was circa 2002) and my dad is stuck. a few minutes barely pass, and this minivan drives by, notices him, and stops. my dad must have peed in his pants and started wondering if he whould call his wife or the police first to tell them that he was about to be kidnapped by terrorists. Then out of the van popped three heads, obvisouly belonging to young yeshiva students, who rushed over to him and told him to stand aside, there is no way on earth that he will change his tire while being so well dressed. So my father stood there, watching his tire being changed by complete strangers, and half an hour later he was home :)

-Micol

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-3178 Anonymous Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:57:32 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/#comment-3178 Reminds me when I was at a random tachana mirkazit, which was really more like 3 or 4 bus shelters. I was sitting there waiting for my bus and I got into a conversation with someone who turned out to be a kid who had just gotten out of prison recently and going on a trip late at night to gind a lawyer the next day. At first he asked for my cell phone to make a call, I tired to explain to him that all I had was my Australian sim card and I lost my Israeli one, so instead he had m watch his stuff while he phoned his parents at a payphone. So of corse, being Israel the security is making thier round and they ask me whos bag that is I argue with them that it was ok for me to watch it its only a very small bag and I wait untiil he comes back to claim it. Later a russian comes to the bus shelter and this criminal(he later told me some of what he did it wasn't that nice) gets into a heated arguement about how the Russian doesn't really want to go to teh army, the criminal berates him saying that its everyones tdream to enlist and that if he weren't bogged dowbn in legal proceedings he would rush to try to get into the best unit. The bus came and I helped pay 1/3 of the criminal's fare becuase it was more than expeted and it was only a few shekel anyway. I fell asleep on the 3 hour bus ride thinking about the normal Israeli scene that just occured. Reminds me when I was at a random tachana mirkazit, which was really more like 3 or 4 bus shelters. I was sitting there waiting for my bus and I got into a conversation with someone who turned out to be a kid who had just gotten out of prison recently and going on a trip late at night to gind a lawyer the next day. At first he asked for my cell phone to make a call, I tired to explain to him that all I had was my Australian sim card and I lost my Israeli one, so instead he had m watch his stuff while he phoned his parents at a payphone. So of corse, being Israel the security is making thier round and they ask me whos bag that is I argue with them that it was ok for me to watch it its only a very small bag and I wait untiil he comes back to claim it. Later a russian comes to the bus shelter and this criminal(he later told me some of what he did it wasn’t that nice) gets into a heated arguement about how the Russian doesn’t really want to go to teh army, the criminal berates him saying that its everyones tdream to enlist and that if he weren’t bogged dowbn in legal proceedings he would rush to try to get into the best unit. The bus came and I helped pay 1/3 of the criminal’s fare becuase it was more than expeted and it was only a few shekel anyway. I fell asleep on the 3 hour bus ride thinking about the normal Israeli scene that just occured.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-3177 Anonymous Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:34:14 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/#comment-3177 Wow, what a story! I am actually laughing out loud while I read this. And so very Israeli. Its odd really: the Israelis can be quite rude and arrogant in everyday life- but when they see someone in trouble, even the worst of them will magically transform and do their utmost to help. Wow, what a story! I am actually laughing out loud while I read this. And so very Israeli. Its odd really: the Israelis can be quite rude and arrogant in everyday life- but when they see someone in trouble, even the worst of them will magically transform and do their utmost to help.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-3176 Anonymous Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:40:21 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/#comment-3176 Great story! But I've learned not to trust someone just cause they have a kipah. It's apparently not uncommon for non-religious men to wear it to appear more honest and trustworthy than they really are. Great story! But I’ve learned not to trust someone just cause they have a kipah. It’s apparently not uncommon for non-religious men to wear it to appear more honest and trustworthy than they really are.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 Anonymous Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:35:45 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/31/one-night-in-jerusalem/#comment-3175 This is what I love about Israel. The guy who pushes in front of you in the post office with "just a question", would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it in an emergency. I know very well how to change a tyre on my car - but I've never needed to. On the few occasions I ended up with a flat tyre, I was stopped on the road for only about 5 minutes before some lovely macho Israeli turned up to change my tyre for me - ensuring that a) I didn't get dirty, and b) I didn't break any fingernails! Hazel This is what I love about Israel. The guy who pushes in front of you in the post office with “just a question”, would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it in an emergency.

I know very well how to change a tyre on my car – but I’ve never needed to. On the few occasions I ended up with a flat tyre, I was stopped on the road for only about 5 minutes before some lovely macho Israeli turned up to change my tyre for me – ensuring that a) I didn’t get dirty, and b) I didn’t break any fingernails!

Hazel

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