The best corporate Rosh Hashana card I’ve gotten
Posted on September 25, 2008 • By Miriam Schwab
Category: Art and Culture | Tags: Tags: holidays, knesset, new years, politicians, rosh hashana | View Comments
Every year before Rosh Hashana, businesses and organizations start sending out Rosh Hashana cards via email. Most are pretty much the same: nondescript text with a picture of an apple, or honey, or apple and honey.
So it’s very refreshing to get a card that stands out and even makes you laugh. If I was holding a contest for the best corporate Rosh Hashana card, Ruthi from Rotem Design would win hands down. Here’s what she sent:
It’s a play on one of the Rosh Hashana blessings that says “We should be a head instead of a tail.” This version says “We should be a head instead of a thief,” a telling statement when there’s a picture of the Knesset in the background.
May this be a year where our politicians start to act like they have some responsibility towards the citizens, and where tax money is not for their personal use.
Shana tova!
How to be a pro-Israel activist online
Posted on September 23, 2008 • By Rebecca Markowitz
Category: Social media | Tags: Tags: activism, Honest Reporting, Israel, pro-Israel, Stand with Us | View Comments
Israel’s biggest bully, The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, just visited the UN to speak at the General Assembly. How lovely. Thankfully, there are activists all over the web who are voicing their outrage and speaking their mind. For those of you still throwing staplers and keyboards at your screens, it might be time to roll up your sleeves and become an online Israel activist.
Honest Reporting and Stand with Us just put together a 24 page guide to Pro-Israel activism on the internet. The guide is especially helpful for beginners, who are trying to sort out how to read the mountains of Israel-related news on the web, and then decide what action to take – commenting, blogging, digging, stumbling, etc. You can read the activism guide PDF here. Also, check out israelplug’s How to get a pro-Israel article on the front page of digg.com
Hopefully they’ll be more resources like this, like a top 10 list of pro-Israel activists to follow on Twitter, Stumbleupon, Digg, etc. so people can connect and create teams with immediate impact.
Apparently advocacy efforts for the other team aren’t going so well, as Al-Qaida expreienced some glitches in their web presence – Al-Qaida’s Propaganda Sites, Smacked Down
Poop justice in Israel
Posted on September 18, 2008 • By Rebecca Markowitz
Category: Technology | Tags: Tags: DNA, dogs, Israel, Petach Tikva, Technology | View Comments
While some Israelis are concerned about the collapsing stock market, or that Tzipi Livni will be Prime Minister soon, Reuters reports that others are flaming mad about the last time they stepped in dog poo and want justice. Some of those angry residents are in Petach Tikva (Petah Tiqwa, or spell it how you will), where a new program just launched to collect the DNA of the neighborhood pooches. If you pick up your dog’s poop and put it in a specially marked bin, you could be the lucky winner of coupons and prizes. But if they find your little puppy’s feces on the sidewalk, you’ll be slapped with a big fine.
I just feel bad for the poor, poor person who is responsible for tracing the dog poop to its owner. Now that is a crappy job!
Holy Batman suits! More than just a Purim costume
Posted on September 14, 2008 • By Rebecca Markowitz
Category: Technology | Tags: Tags: Batman, Technion | View Comments
If you’re the jumping-out-of-planes and dressing-up-in-leggings type, there is great news in the air. The Technion: Israel Institute of Technology’s students (the same smart peeps who brought you the time travel machine) are perfecting a winged, Batman-like flying suit, ideal if you find yourself in need of a graceful landing from a plane.
Fans of the latest Batman Movie, The Dark Knight, will be thrilled that they can try to imitate the man in a black cape with the raspy, robotic voice, but this dare devil stunt should be relegated to professional pilots only, says the Jerusalem Post.
Unfortunately for Superman fans, the flyinig suit developers claim that a Superman landing didn’t work out, so you might have to leave your shiny blue underpants hanging on the closet hanger for Halloween or Purim.
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