Jerusalem fashion on Shabbat

MEN - (fur) hats covered by plastic bags
WOMEN - hats with huge flowers in the front

WHY - Both accessoires offer perfect protection against the rain
DILEMMA - Is it forbidden to use an umbrella on Shabbat?

sequence of tenses

Today I called the Cinematheque in Tel Aviv to find out some details concerning Mungiu's film. The young lady who answered me was very kind and she really struggled to help me but she seemed to missunderstand me: "There isn't such a film!" "Is it a private screening?" "I'm telling you, this film doesn't appear on my list! Listen, I will check if this film exists and maybe in the future we will host it." and so on.

How could she tell me there's no such film! My Romanian pride started to take shape: "Look, you cannot say that there's no such film when Mungiu has won so many prizes!? And how can you say this when the screening was mentioned even on your website!? I myself was there, in the audience!" ...

And then she screamed "rega!" and asked someone in the office who told her "I heard of this guy!" I thought I would go mad!

In the end, after the neverending sound of her keyboard, she concludes: "I cannot make you a reservation for a film that doesn't exist!"

And then I realized what her problem was: sequence of tenses! pararel worlds!
And how come I was unaware of the fact that I can make a reservation for a film that doesn't exist at the time we speak but existed a month ago!? That's still a mistery to me ...

http://www.4months3weeksand2days.com/blog/

Karen + Kevin = LOVE

Once upon a time there was a South-African girl called Karen from Dubai, who fell in love with Kevin, a boy from Romania, whom she met in a chatroom on the internet. She was so in love that she convinced her mother to come with her all the way to Romania to meet her love.
And when they reached Cluj-Napoca the mother almost fainted - the boy called Kevin, was in fact ... a girl! And the poor girls run away from home, to Constanta, because nobody accepted them. Karen even wants to pay her lover the costs of sex change operation.
Finally the girls were discovered and brought home. Karen's mother will forbid the internet access to her girl and will pay a psychologist to "treat" her.
The Romanian family didn't make any comments on the story, as far as I know. I wonder what happened to Kevin.

http://www.gandul.info/actualitatea/iubire-intre-doua-adolescente-o-sud-africanca-si-o-romanca-ce-s-au-cunoscut-pe-internet-video.html?3927;2342466
...

working in Tel Aviv

Internet Cafe on HaNeviim St. in Tel Aviv

I still have a problem understanding the situation - who is this guy?

1. the guy who works there
2. the security guy
3. the client who 'appears offline' to his friends

Waiting for your answers ...

Kiriat Shmona experience

Kiriat Shmona - the city of the 8 (heroes who died in the 1920 battle for Tel Hai, including the famous Joseph Trumpeldor) -

It was a special experience to spend the Shabbat in Kiriat Shmona - from the sometimes annoying silence and the never-ending rain on Friday to the sunny Saturday and the annoying religious Jewish man who kept on asking me all kinds of questions about my mysterious existence on HaYarden Street number 16.

Attached is a picture-collage of the main street, on Shabbat - no people, no cars passing by ... and me taking pictures! Enjoy!