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Proposed Income Tax Cuts in Israel

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Check out this article in the Jerusalem Post on proposed tax-cuts that would be put in place over the next 7 years. To sum it up:

Monthly Salary (NIS)
2008 tax rate
2015 tax rate
Current US Rate

0-4,390
10%
10%
10-15%

4,390-7,810
16%
10%
15%

7,810-11,720
26%
17%
15-25%

11,720-16,840
33%
25%
25%

16,840-36,760
35%
30%
25-28%

36,760+
48%
42%
28-35%

Yay! While this will still leave Israel tax rates higher than US rates, it makes up most of the difference, and in [...]

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Contact Form & Photos

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

A few minutes ago I saw in my stats (yeah, I can be a little bit obsessive about those sometimes) that someone tried to use the contact form to send me an email (around 8pm, Israel time). After not receiving any email, I checked my blog setup and discovered that the contact form was not [...]

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Hard to Stay Hidden

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

So far, I have been outed (ie: identified by someone who I know in real life as being connected with this blog) by new friends and neighbors at a pretty fast pace. Each Shabbat (which is the only time when you have any real interactions with people beyond those who live on your street and [...]

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Better than the Ten Commandments

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Check out this 6 minute short-movie of the Pesach story.

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Women and Cake

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Last night, Adina made a frosted chocolate cake to bring to work, in honor of one of her coworker’s birthday (who wouldn’t want some cake for their birthday?). I forgot to remind her to take it this morning, and when I spoke with her, asked her if she had remembered. She had, and I said [...]

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Can one take a job knowing that he wont be able to daven?

Monday, October 8th, 2007

To the person who searched Google for “can one take a job knowing that he wont be able to daven” and ended up at my recent Rules of Chazzanut post - why are you going to Google for this? If you know that this might be a halachic issue (it most certainly is), and you [...]

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Time to put away the Sukkah

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

I remember motzei Shemini Atzeret last year - out first inclination was to wait to put away the schach from the sukkah until some later point. The reasoning behind this was mainly that we were too lazy to put it away right away. In the end though, we put it away that night, with the [...]

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Advice for Guys who are Shidduch-Dating in Israel

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

(This list was compiled by a someone I know who has been very involved with Shidduch dating in Israel over the past few years, based on her experiences, both good and bad, during this time. She asked me if I knew any way to publicize it, so naturally, I am posting it here. If any [...]

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Aliyah & Life in Israel Blogs

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Welcome to all who may be arriving here via the Aliyah Revolution radio show (I am making a guest appearance tonight to talk about the subject of Aliyah Blogs). As promised, here is a list of Aliyah and Life-In-Israel blogs (along with their tag-lines, where available) for your perusal. The links in italics are either [...]

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Interactive Map of Israel

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

I have long been hoping that Google will make a version of their Maps site for Israel. I always found it to be extremely useful when trying to visualize a driving route, find directions, etc. But though it is a technology hotspot, there are many other areas in the world that have higher revenue potential [...]

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