This is a bit far-fetched, even for me, but fascinating nonetheless. Here’s some of the story from Oniazuma :
Israeli officials publicly acknowledge the mysterious similarities between Judaism and Japan. Recently, in March of 2007, Rabbi Avichail of the Israeli Investigative Body Amishav, which searches for descendants of the Lost Tribes, arrived in Japan. Although they [...]
Lots of Israeli/Jewish blogophere coverage of the Beijing Olympics. JTA has a whole page dedicated to the subject with various interesting posts like “A ’shalom’ from Chinese schoolchildren” and “A bar mitzvah amid the medals” and terrific photos :
But the highlight of it all is definitely their video of asking Chinese folks about [...]
After over a week of embarrassing results for the Israeli athletes Israel finally won a medal. National pride almost completely shattered, but is now somewhat restored. From Xinhua :
(Photo : Reuters)
Earlier Wednesday, Zubari, who was considered one of the Israeli Olympic team’s best hopes for a medal, won the bronze medal of the men’s [...]
Following is a letter written by a Chinese as a reaction to how the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was covered by the Israeli channel 1 and a remark by Oren Nehari. It continues the series of posts regarding Sino-phobia in Israeli media and the use of extremely negative language against the Chinese people and government.
Dear [...]
Since I started with two posts about Sino-Phobia, might as well go through with it. Okay, two more from that same morning show, and the same male host, Mr. Avri Gilad. Two more horrible videos that show some of the dialog regarding China in Israeli media :
Male Host : […] Good morning.
Finance expert [...]
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Cats mating, dogs barking, traffic, fighting couples, my horrible roommates, ect. Taipei is SO noisy. How do you get sleep????
I was told to get ear plugs. but they dont’ work so well. I still get kept awake. Also they cause ear pain.
SO how do you deal with noise? Any bright ideas?
(source : Forumosa)
Let me add [...]
I can’t help it. I find the question of whether Taiwan is more similar to Israel or Palestine intriguing, even though one can also easily claim that it’s similar to both or to neither. Aluf Ben has an interesting article in Haaretz from a few days back titled “The Taiwan of the Middle East” :
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Sino-phobia is now all over Israeli media and I promised to continue with a few more examples. Here’s another one from a relatively well-known news show with a well respected news reporter, taking her time to lecture the Israelis against China and the Olympics, almost on prime time. Here’s from Keren Noybah in Channel 1’s [...]
