Lag b'Omer

May 09, 2004 18:47

Last night began Lag b'Omer, the Jewish holiday that mourns Jewish suffering and persecution under the Romans thousands of years ago. On the holiday Jews are supposed to light fires, and so it was amazing driving back at night from the Golan Heights to Be'er Sheva seeing all of the giant bonfires Israelis made all over the country. It looked as if ( Read more... )

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jhughes May 9 2004, 10:24:52 UTC
Why would you be in trouble? What's stopping you from coming to Israel?

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jhughes May 9 2004, 10:33:52 UTC
Sure, your politics probably are just as good as mine in Israel. This country probably has more political views than any other nation on earth. (per capita.)

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nice_neil May 9 2004, 12:23:41 UTC
and where is your fire?

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jhughes May 10 2004, 03:26:38 UTC
I wanted to light the UN truck on fire, but it was back in the Golan by the time I got my lighter!

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lexee24 May 10 2004, 06:27:49 UTC
Why didn't you just get osme friends to help tip it over?
I dislike the UN

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nicejewishgirl May 10 2004, 07:35:48 UTC
hehe, good idea

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