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April 22, 2013
1:16 pm

Striking back at El Al

A girl walks into a travel agency. Her agent recognizes her from across the room and calls out, “Wanna book a flight on El Al?” He’s a funny guy, Illia. Why......

April 16, 2013
1:24 am

Marathon dreams blasted away

There’s a difference between being injured and being wounded. Wounds are inflicted; injuries occur. Two bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon left three dead and some 100 WOUNDED, not......

March 21, 2013
3:32 pm

Runners 1: Bureaucrats – 0

I don’t know much about boxing, but I do know that “knockout” is not a term often employed when discussing running. This afternoon, the 2000 or so marathoners who were......

March 21, 2013
1:36 pm

More drama from the marathon that wasn’t

Two days ago I wrote about two events being scrabbled together to compensate the runners left disappointed and hurt by the municipality’s ignorant and short-sighted decision to ...

March 19, 2013
3:41 pm

‘Splitters!’ The saga of the stolen marathon continues

Runners, distance runners especially, are a stiff-necked bunch. You have to be to grind out 30+ kilometers at a time. So it’s not really a surprise that after the......

March 19, 2013
12:15 am

The marathon blame game

Last Friday was supposed to be the day. After four and a half long months of training, including distance runs as long as 38 kilometers, I was supposed to......

November 15, 2012
5:59 pm

Not to burst your bubble…

If Hamas et al want a full-out war, firing missiles on Tel Aviv is a good way to ensure that they get it. Tonight, as many have already observed, the......

October 30, 2012
3:12 pm

We do run run run

You might want to steer clear of central and northern Tel Aviv this evening. Tonight is the Nike Night Run*, and a record 20,000 runners have signed up for......

September 13, 2012
8:33 pm

Pigtail pat-down

Ever since 9/11 convinced Americans that an illusion of safety is more important than civil liberties (something I’d call a resounding victory for terrorism), stories of the Transportation Security......

July 24, 2012
12:36 am

‘Howl’ for summer 2012

I saw the mediocre minds of my generation atrophied by Twitter, starving hysterical naked, Dragging themselves through the packed streets on Saturday nights Looking for an easy fix, Addle-headed hipsters burning for the......

July 23, 2012
10:18 pm

Putting out fires

It’s always easier to start a fire than to put one out. Moshe Silman, who hung on for six days before succumbing to injuries he incurred......

July 17, 2012
6:03 pm

A quality of life issue

Moshe Silman attempted suicide by self-immolation at Saturday night's social justice protest. But witnesses foiled his plan, putting out the flames, and Silman was left with......

July 15, 2012
3:17 pm

Takes one to know one, Doni Kandel

Doni Kandel is sad. In a blog post today entitled "The Times (of Israel), they are a changin'" (Editor's note: The post has since been removed from the Jerusalem......

July 10, 2012
10:10 pm

Drop that weasel

I don’t remember exactly what convoluted series of clicks led me to ferret legging. I know I started out on the aggregate news site Fark.com and from......

July 9, 2012
4:12 pm

The Anglo inferiority complex

On Saturday evening I published a blog titled "Why can't the Anglos learn to speak?" in which I pondered why many English speakers in Israel, even......

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