Tag: Blog

Balabusta boosts the shuk

There’s nothing like a summer in Jerusalem. That’s a catchphrase I find myself uttering frequently to friends contemplating a visit to Israel’s capital. We’ve got

The view from inside

How often do you turn to your doctor and say – please give me a very unpleasant and painful procedure? But that’s pretty much the

Answers.com no longer has all the answers

Answers.com, one of Jerusalem’s largest employers of English-speaking immigrants and a long-time survivor of the first dot.com crash, has been effectively gutted by its new

Sarah Silverman at the park

Sarah Silverman is coming to town. Finally. The caustic comedienne – who, for those not yet familiar with her offbeat self-deprecating humor, was thrust onto

Spotting the wild Israeli

With all the Israelis who head off for the Far East on extended post-army trips, we were pretty sure we’d meet tens, if not hundreds,

Sniffing for chametz in India

It’s been a few weeks since I last posted – that’s because we just got back from our long-planned family trek to Nepal and India.

Israel and US partner for prosperity

What in the world do graphic design, agriculture technology and legal services have in common? They are three examples of a wide-ranging and growing catalog