The Harlem Shake in Israel: IDF Armour Unit
Look. I grew up in the diaspora. The young Jews I was used to looked like doughy teenagers well into their 30′s. Now that I live in Jerusalem, I need to be reminded…
Responses to Some Dumb Stuff on Facebook
Guest post by Eden Banarie CK has been trying to get me to write for Jewlicious since, I don’t know, 2008. But I guess it took a perfect storm of conditions – coincidentally…
IDF Elephant Assaults Palestinian Girl. Or does he?
Of course not! This photo is obviously fake! For starters, the IDF does not issue AK-47s to it’s soldiers. Secondly, no elephant serving for the IDF has ever reached the rank of Sergeant…
Yom Hazikaron – Israel Memorial Day 2011
Israel’s official memorial day, officially known as Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day. It honors the memory of 22,867 soldiers killed in the line of duty and 3,971 civilian victims…
Will Lone IDF Soldier Kevin make it to Coachella?
The countdown clock is running. There are a mere 7 days left to one of the most popular festivals of the year: Coachella! Can you help a lone soldier make his dream come…
Richard Goldstone Reconsiders the Goldstone Report
Shocker! Well, no. Not really. Almost a year ago I stated in a comment that “based on some of his comments thus far, I don’t believe we’ve heard Goldstone’s final word on the…
ICT Talking Heads Session 2: Former Ministers of Defense and IDF Chiefs of Staff
Session 2: Former Ministers of Defense and IDF Chiefs of Staff. The speakers are: Prof. Moshe Arens, Former Minister of Defense (1983 – 1984) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1988 – 1990); Lt….
IDF’s Got Talent
Maybe better than Madison Avenue can produce? There are actually a bunch of these videos online. The one reposted below by TM has truly gone viral.
You Had No Idea They’d React That Way?
Really? Are we really supposed to believe that. Upon waking up this morning, I flipped through the news channels and as I passed the BBC, I heard the discussion going about an “Israeli…
Lawlessness Begets Extremism
Duh. That’s Lisa Goldman‘s central thesis in an opinion piece written in today’s edition of Haaretz: For Palestinians in the West Bank, the sense of helplessness and frustration must be enormous. When they…
Lest We Forget
These are words that we hear at least once a year. For those of us who grew up in Jewish day school or in Sunday school, we heard this motto more often. “Lest…
An Official Response to Goldstone
It’s about time, no? The Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, (the “Malam”), headed by Colonel (Res). Reuven Erlich, has released a 500 page report refuting the Goldstone Report. In a summary published…
Peres Speaks at the Herzliya Conference
Speaking, last night, at the Herzliya Conference, Israeli President Shimon Peres spoke about many different topics. Speaking briefly of the Palestinians, Peres discussed the Palestinians’ state-building enterprises, and the efforts they are making…
Jesus is my Gun Sight
Uhm. Not so much. It must have seemed like a good idea at the time I suppose. I mean when you look at any kind of armament you can’t help but notice all…
Eretz Nehederet on Haiti: Israel, Good Job!
Eretz Nehederet is an Israeli sketch comedy show that I never, ever watch. I think it airs on Friday night when I am usually in the company of my Sabbath posse. Also, I…
Making Heroes
With the world in awe of the Israeli response to the tragedy in Haiti, much energy has focused on the reason that Israel is good at this kind of disaster relief. Yes it…
Israeli Soldier May have been Kidnapped Today
Traffic all across Israel has ground to a snarl as police are checking cars looking for an IDF soldier that may have been kidnapped today at noon. Stay tuned as we’ll try to…
More Fun in the South of Lebanon
UNIFIL – the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. They are the peace keeping force in Southern Lebanon. Part of their job is to monitor what Hezbollah does in the South of the…
Hamas Map
Earlier today, the IDF unveiled a Hamas map found by a unit of the Paratroopers Brigade in the al-Atatra neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip. The map is hand-drawn, and depicts the neighborhood being broken…
More Rockets Fired into Israel
Something close to 140 rockets have been fired into the western Negev from Gaza over the past two weeks. Only yesterday, another 10 rockets were fired into Israel. Color Red Alerts (the rocket…
3 Killed in 3 Days in the West Bank
You know that in three seconds they will throw their firebombs at you and your friends.
A New Lebanon War?
Well, my friends, it may be that a new war between Israel and Hizbollah is looming in the near future. Since the so-called “Second Lebanon War” in 2006, Hizbollah has spent its time…
Some ‘Lish Photos: Girls in the Israeli Army
Serial No. 3817131 is the title of Photographer Rachel Papo’s latest essay, showing the everyday routine of girls in the Israeli Army. Some photos look like the ones my brother took of us…
Send in the Jews?
TMZ recently reported about this season’s must have accessory amongst the Hollywood Glitteratti – a security team made up of former members of the Israel Defense Forces. The video ironically notes how a…
