Aryeh Myers

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Oct 21, 2012, 10:21 AM

Upstanding Members of Society

An article in the local Modiin newspaper tells the story of an old custom slowly returning to schools in the city; that of standing when a teacher enters the room. It's not an official rule from the heady heights...

Oct 10, 2012, 3:22 PM

And so, even in the furthest western reaches of earth, the festivities of the month of Tishrei come to an end. My first Tishrei in Israel in a decade. It's easy to allow Israel to become just a place...

Sep 5, 2012, 5:14 PM

You can choose your friends…

Much was written on these pages in the days and weeks leading up to the London Olympics about the refusal of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow for one minute of silence during the opening ceremony to mark...

Sep 4, 2012, 2:11 PM

"I want to ride my bicycle," sang Queen, in yet another of the musical moments of genius. "On Yom Kippur!" add a vocal and victorious group of Tel Aviv residents, despite not realising that there aren't enough syllables to fit...

Aug 13, 2012, 5:08 PM

Flying the Flag

My scepticism began the day the announcement was made – 6th of July 2005. The date stuck with me not because of the announcement of London’s winning bid to hold the 2012 Olympics, but because of the terror that...

Jul 24, 2012, 5:45 PM

Anyone detect a pattern?

What a crazy few days. A shooting that killed twelve Americans. Innocent, young, enjoying some time in a cinema away from reality, except that reality bit back. They had lives, families, stories to tell. The BBC told us so. A bombing...

Jul 19, 2012, 11:14 AM

Actions and Words

I'm fairly certain that I know no-one who was on the flight to Bulgaria, no-one that was on the bus that was blown up by a terrorist or terrorists unknown, no-one who has been injured or killed in the...

Jul 11, 2012, 5:22 PM

Politics and Religion

Much has been made on this site over the past few days about appearances. How the ultra-Orthodox appear to the irreligious, how Anglos appear to Israelis, how new immigrants appear to more established immigrants, how draft-dodgers appear to army...

Jul 5, 2012, 12:38 PM

Was Corporal Klinger Charedi?

Since we moved back to Israel, our TV has remained blissfully unconnected to any of the suppliers. Our children watch DVD's from time to time, we (well, mainly the Mrs, as I'm not too fussed) can catch up on...

Jul 1, 2012, 12:32 PM

Just another Aba showing off…

Two months, six days and approximately twelve hours since we stepped off the plane that brought us home. A ten year sojourn in the UK finally at an end, some seven or eight years more than was initially planned...

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An Israeli who's returned home after ten years serving the London public as a Paramedic. Author of InsomniacMedic.com