Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Simona Kogan http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Tue, 21 May 2013 21:58:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 What’s the fashion standard for Israeli politicians? http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/whats-the-israeli-fashion-standard-for-israeli-politicians/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/whats-the-israeli-fashion-standard-for-israeli-politicians/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:22:56 +0000 Simona Kogan http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=100710 How would Barack Obama dress if he was an Israeli politician? Would he unbutton his white collared shirt and leave it open — chest hairs a blazing? Would his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, crop her top? Last night, the unthinkable happened.  Or perhaps it was the thinkable, depending on what you deem as commonplace [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/whats-the-israeli-fashion-standard-for-israeli-politicians/feed/ 12 One Small Step For Fashion, One Giant Leap for Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/one-small-step-for-fashion-one-giant-leap-for-israel/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/one-small-step-for-fashion-one-giant-leap-for-israel/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:44:23 +0000 Simona Kogan http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=87276 In a time when the world is likely to associate Israel with war, politics, religion, and negativity, it has been important for me to get the word out that Israel is more than just Bar Refaeli and the ongoing situation. For weeks I’ve been struggling  to write the appropriate Israeli fashion topic to kick start [...]

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