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Apr 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 on earth would I want to book my flight to...

Apr 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 injured, including a number listed in critical and serious condition. Marathoners are no...

Mar 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 left out in the cold by the petty self-interest of...

Mar 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 cancel this year’s marathon. Tomorrow’s pirate marathon, with no official timing or logistical...

Mar 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 petty bureaucrats in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality decided first to...

Mar 19, 2013, 12:15 AM

The marathon blame game

Tel Aviv officials did nothing wrong except caving in to pressure to cancel. The fact is long distance running is dangerous

Nov 15, 2012, 5:59 PM

Not to burst your bubble…

when a seaside jog is cut short by a red alert

Oct 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 the 10-kilometer race up Ibn Gvirol St, along Rokach Blvd,...

Sep 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 Administration’s (TSA, or “This Sucks, Actually”) incompetence and ineffectuality have...

Jul 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 nearest wi-fi Connection to post their photos of the demonstration That night Who...

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About Me

Noga Martin has worked for The Jerusalem Post, Jpost.com, and Ynetnews and is now an editor at a publishing company. She lives in south Tel Aviv and has been blogging for the Times of Israel on a myriad of topics since July 2012.