Archive for May 8th, 2005

We Are the Champions (Again)

I have just finished watching Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team defeat Spanish team Tau Vitoria 90-78, to win the Euroleague for the second year in a row.   That’s right. We are the champions – yet again – of the European basketball league. I gain immense satisfaction knowing that we are the best in [...]

May 08, 2005 | 1 comment | View Post

The Days of Our Lives: Israel Style

The big news of the day here in Israel has all the ingredients of a popular soap opera, including forbidden lust, revenge, power. It even has some Arab-Jewish cooperation thrown in for good measure.   Here’s the story: Ayala Amar, the 18 year-old daughter of the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, reportedly met a 17 year-old Charedi [...]

May 08, 2005 | 4 comments | View Post