Comments on: Will This Cause Lebanon War 3?

By: mzk1

mzk1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:06:58 +0000

I listened, and it he said that they did film, but people weren’t that happy about it. So it doesn’t sound like, say, B’nei Brak, where I hope they would have the decency to respect the residents’ desire for privacy. (Besides, it’s not part of Tel Aviv.) Could be anything – Arab areas (Jaffa IS part of Tel Aviv), ritzy areas (would they film where th nomenklature live?), south Tel Aviv with the illegal immigrants, maybe just people who want to get to work and are annoyed by the traffic there being even worse than it usually is.

(I assume you meant Chareidi. I would say Israel (Jewish pop.), while only about 25% “religious” is maybe 80% Orthodox, classical American definition. Even the majority of “Secular” people are a sort of “Cafeteria Catholic” (as you once asked me).)

By: mzk1

mzk1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:56:38 +0000

Of course, Homeland is based on the script of an Israeli show.

One correction to the included article – even though it is contiguous, I would question the appetite of our SECOND largest city for claiming the whole Gush Dan. I would doubt that B’nei Brak, for example, one of our largest cities (16th?) could be considered part of “Greater Tel Aviv”.

By: E Pluribus Beagle

E Pluribus Beagle — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:45:04 +0000

I heard the guy who invented Mad Libs died yesterday or the day before. Pity. That’s what Arab culture is. One big Mad Lib that ends in something on fire and body parts in the street.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:27:52 +0000

Umm Dave they filmed the assasination scene in Haifa not Tel Aviv.

By: Jim from Iowa

Jim from Iowa — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:53:55 +0000

In the last clip, Mr. Gordon referred to some difficulties in filming in places where the film crew was not welcome. He didn’t say, but I assume he is referring to some Orthodox neighborhoods in Israel where there is a great deal of hostility to outsiders. I’m not sure why this might be the case, but I’ve seen any number of YouTube videos capturing this hostility (Morgan Sperling and others).