HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Our last podcast....for 2007! This isn't a wrap-up podcast and we don't go over the past year. We don't talk about the things we covered in 2007, and there are no New Year's resolutions.

We talk about a funeral!

In memory of Yosef Mintz. He had a big influence on Carol's life, and we attended his funeral. We talk about the differences in funerals here and getting together with some old friends.



And of course there's talk about Hamas and Olmert and the usual suspects.

Also, there is a new political party in town and it was started by us! Check it out on Facebook and it's called Harove (the Majority).

Happy New Year, everybody. Let's have a great 2008 together.

It's A Wonderful Life

'Tis the season! Pilgrims in proper American pilgrim's attire make their way to Bethlehem as Charley & Carol have plans as well

Haim Ramon makes an indecent proposal - or rather a deal - to get his proposal through the Knesset

Sderot suffers, but the terrorists suffer more (we hope)

You can't take the Jewish out of the Jewish State although Adalah and the Roman Catholic leader i Jerusalem want to try

What's a "family" these days, anyway - same sex couples can adopt children

Charley disagrees with Yoel Marcus and hell did NOT freeze over!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!....from where it all began

The Big Fish

Max's road to recovery.

Do Israeli baseball players use steroids? These and other questions remain unanswered in an exclusive interview with a player on the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox!!

Hamas has big plans for the Israeli public.

Wish we could have gotten some of what the people in Gaza were treated to...How often is THAT ever said!

The Chief Rabbi and Hasan Nasrallah both having a bad day.

Two states for one people? The anti-Jewish state solution.

And it's a GOLD ribbon for Jerusalem....duuuuuh!

CHAPPY CHANUKAH

Sufganyot and beating the Greeks....again

The best kept secret in Haifa revealed!

Tie a yellow ribbon round the old city...

Abbas needs a blood transfusion thanks to Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Hamas upgrades and the PA has a radio contest. For $150, Alex, the question is, "Who heroically invaded half of Europe?"

The abortion issue reaches Israel - like we don't have enough conflict!

And who is NOT in the film about Reform Jews making aliyah?

Samantha joins us, so you know it's gonna be good!!

The After-Show Show

We're on the road! We do most of this show after the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour's show at the Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem. We talk with Samantha, Ray Hanania, and special guest star of this tour, Sherif Hedayat! Nothing like a bunch of comedians getting together after a show.

Here are a few pics for you.

HAPPY SHOPPING DAY!

While everyone in the States is busy shopping, we here are sending our leaders to Annapolis and we'll probably all get a tee shirt saying "My Prime Minister went to Annapolis and all we got is this lousy tee shirt".

Guydamak thinks he deserves Jerusalem.

Peres keeps his sense of humor in front of stripped down protesters earning him a visit from Seinfeld here on a 3 day tour of Israel.

We finally get to turf a pedophile back to the States.

An Arab teacher at Sapir College thinks he is teaching politics instead of film.

Israeli ingenuity - a new anti-hijacker ID system coming to our space.

Check out our Blog!!

And read the review of Israelisms Podcast in Podcast User Magazine!!

Kramer Vs. Kramer

Warady family mash up of a crazy Friday morning.

Peres talks Turkey.

Israel and the PA want to move on down the road and start at the end witha a final status agreement before going back to the future and the first steps of the road map.

The Thrilla In Manilla...The Rumble In The Jungle...Carol vs. Charley on if the PA needs to recognize Israel as the Jewish State.

Meanwhile in Gaza....Hamas puts the screws to Fatah and we fix the electricity in Gaza...makes perfect sense.

Arab-Israeli students in Haifa University embrace radical Islam, while other Arab-Israelis in Kfar Kassem demonstrate for the release of the kidnapped soldiers.

The Yellow Brick Road Map

Follow the Yellow Brick Road Map....to Annapolis

New game show...Who Wants To Become An Israeli?!

Carol's and Charley's twisted sense of humor...REVEALED!

Can our government reform itself?

Hezbollah flexes its muscles in the Mr Middle East Competition.

Bet Shemesh Battle Royale...taking back the streets

MAZAL TOV TO LEN AND NORA ON #6!!

Final song is by PABLO ROSENBERG.

Wait And See

Thirty years have passed since Sadat's memorable visit and what do we have to show for it? A November Summit Of Futility; Hamas threatening attacks and takeover of the West Bank; and of course seven tunnels for arms smuggling between Gaza and Egypt. Not what Sadat had in mind.

Hezbollah...To Tel Aviv and BEYOND!!

Arab - Israeli identity crisis

Peki'in or Peking....DUCK!

Betar Illit: Prelude to Jerusalem

Is Bethlehem a Christian ghost town?

Hats off to Yisrael Poliakov and Robert Goulet

I know...I know...it was Jack Jones who sang the Love Boat song.

Final song is by MOSH BEN ARI, and the song is called "Massah U'matan" (Negotiation)

CSI: SYRIA

The Homefront: Arielle's studying method; Elvis spotted in Zur Hadassa; Carol is a clairvoyant; kids are sponges

We do so have sports news! Ultra-orthodox: local politics and transportation issues.

You can't keep a good terrorist down. Not if he has Google.

Olmert says, "You missed me, you missed me!"

Syria pulls a disappearing act.

Our sincere thanks to J and Mickey from SomaCow at http://www.somacow.net for their intro for Israelisms Podcast. Great job and we really appreciate it.

Door #3

How good are we at Let's Make A Deal? Olmert is super-glued to the Prime Minister's office. What Carol wants in a candidate. Barak....are you there? It's a farmer's market - Sheba Farms. AND HIPPO SNACKS!

Final song is a new one from Chemi Rodner!

"Famous People Have Different Needs"

...and other Bar Raphaeli gems. Basketball at MSG and say goodbye to YNet News. Car mechanics suck and Al Gore cleans up. The long awaited circumcision update and Syria's fictitious victory. Israeli mafia are recyclers and ready to kill over it. New meaningless polls and tackle football comes to Israel.

So, will that be paper or plastic?

The Jim Show

Charley shows his knowledge of Chasidic music and Jeff is pardoned. November summit turns into a contest of who can be more vague. Carter and Ahmadinejad belong on the Comedy Channel. More on our Syrian adventure.
And the answer is...GROWING PAINS
This one is for you, Jim from Iowa!

We Couldn\'t Think Of A Title

Sure, Ahmadinijad went to Columbia and the United Nations. And yes, France is beginning to show some backbone with their new president. And then there were the successful operations in the Gaza Strip against Hamas the terrorists. Yom Kippur is gone and Succot is here...but we still couldn\'t come up with a snappy title for the show!

The final song is from a group I found on MySpace from Tel Aviv. The name of the group is The Genders and the reason I was attracted to them is because the name of their album is "Virgin No. 72". I loved it! And the song is great, too. It\'s called, "Dome of the Rock". I usually don\'t pick groups that sing in English, but you\'ll see why they\'re an exception.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Happy Yom Kippur everybody!! Fast like crazy! We talk about what it's like here in Israel for Yom Kippur with our special and always-welcome guest, Samantha. Memories of Yom Kippur past. Oh yeah...and Bibi's big mouth.

Our final song is another discovery of Sam's, Shlomi Barel who was a contestant in (as Sam put it) Israel's American Idol.

OLIVE YOU!

The first ever, live podcast home-made olive taste test! Rosh Hashana talk. Talk of Syria no-talk. Grave dancing. HOOTERS!! Neo-Nazis in the wrong place. And HOOTERS!!

The final song is from a new band Samantha saw in concert and they're really good! They're called Brothers And Animals which sounds better in Hebrew - Achim Va'chayot (sounds kinda like brothers and sisters but means brothers and animals....oh forget it).

Israelisms Unplugged

No frills. Just Carol, Samantha, and Charley talking and having a good time. The ol' WYSIWYG podcast. We talk about Sam's school and the fake attack on Syria and how they're related. I think.

The 'oys Of Summer

The dirt on the Israel Baseball League is spread around. More fun with Ovadia Yosef. To Shmita or not to Shmita: That is the question? The Justice Minister in bed with the ultra-orthodox (this guy's gotta go).
Carol has some Facebook fun.

Go Go Blue Sox!

Congratulations to baseball's TRUE World Champions, THE BET SHEMESH BLUE SOX!

Carol discovers a new Israeli vocabulary. While Charley makes olives.

Talk of the Armenian genocide. The ever-popular UN conference on racism. And the continuing negotiations with the Palestinians.

Take a look at The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour's preview of the DVD at CreateSpace

B'tzelem and Onions

We talk about that slanted organization, near and dear to our hearts. And we reveal the shocking results of the vote in the Likud. But even more shocking is the latest news about Suha Arafat! Also, or Education Minister decides that education is not all that important.

The Stupidest Show

Educated Talkbacks on Charley's YNet News article. Charley knows famous people, but doesn't know they're famous. Hebron evacuation; Americans are joining the IDF, but Hamas has a navy! Olmert goes to Jericho to gamble?

And we'd all like to wish Charley & Carol a VERY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!

The Artful Dodger Show

We talk about the draft dodgers mentioned by our defense minister. Except we talk about ALL of them. We also talk about the Facebook faceoff. Carol addresses some feedback to the feedbacks. And the Black Eye Peas are coming to Jerusalem but we won't be there!

THE ALIYAH SHOW

It's the show you've been waiting for! All your questions answered. The why's, what's, wherefore's, and who's. The truth is finally told. The story set straight. The build-up is incredible!

Hope you like the show.

State Of The Union

Carol had a Deathride 2007! The inside scoop of the fall of Bet Shemesh. There's fraud...well, more fraud...in the Rabbinate. We get Harry Potter on Shabbat and there are spies dressed as squirrels in Iran!

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Slap Happy

Nothing better than a nice cold slap in the face, and other haredi insults. Tough to get married in this country. New Palestinian PM is a-okay.

And don't forget to vote for us at Podcast Pickle.

Jessica Is Leaving Home...and more

Our niece Jessica is leaving her real home (Israel) and returning to the States. We miss her already.
Oh...and we talk about more baseball, more Katsav, more haredim takeovers, more refugees, more politics, and more!

We have a new phone number!
206-309-0593

Please vote for us at Podcast Pickle. It's a brand new...ummm...ballgame.

 

PLAY BALL!

It was a fun and hot day at ol' Kibbutz Gezer Field of Dreams. But we went to our first Israel professional baseball game and had fun. And now you hear all about it.

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TAKE ME OUT....

We're at the baseball game!! And I promise you'll hear all about it tomorrow because we've got our iRiver with us.

Gaza; Gays; and other fightin' words

The Gay Pride Parade took place and only one bomber arrested. Gaza is still a mess. Choices are limited, and our Visa is screwed up. Welcome to our little world.

Final song is by OY VA VOY

Three State Solution?

It's been a very busy week. Peres is President. Barak is head of Labor. And the creation of Hamastan. All sorts of incredible things happening. The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour winds down, but the big show is coming up.

The final song is from Eifo HaYeled.

The Free-For-All

It's a madhouse in the studio and it's full. We have Jessica, Samantha, and Arielle! Oh yeah, and Carol and Charley. So we talk about Jessica's trip here...Samantha's trip there...and Arielle being awake at the same hour we do the show.

The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour is back in Israel so please check out the website and schedule.

The final song is from Hadag Nachash.

The Jet-Lag Show

Charley is back from Canada and is very jet-lagged. The Toronto show was great and the Israel tour is about to begin. Labor had the first round and Peretz is out...but happy? The ultra-orthodox are back to being homophobic. Do they protest too much?


Final song is from Yehudim.

The All-Baseball Show!

Just kidding! But Jessica is in town, but not with us in the studio yet. Palestinians vs. Palestinians vs. Palestinians vs. Israel. Go figure. Charley is off to Canada...wish him luck. Idol is over. And read our blog at Israelisms...The Blog.

Final song is by Synergia!

GIMME SHELTER

There are no drunk drivers in Israel. Just ask a cop! Sderot is under attack once again, and it's politics as usual. And the war between Hamas and Fatah heats up...and so does the one between Charley and Carol.

Check out the new blog called Israelisms...The Blog We think you'll like it.

And here's a little "Separated At Birth" contribution:

Go Go Blue Sox!!

We are HUGE Bet Shemesh Blue Sox fans! More Winograd ramblings. Who would you like to have coffee with? First round loss for Teapacks. And insane soccer fans prove how stupid they can be.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, you American mothers.

Our final song is from Monica Sex.

Viva La Revolucion

More kosher talk and some clarifications. Guydamak for Mayor? Winograd Weactions, you Cwazy Wabbit. Big demonstrations. Charley loses Tzipi. Carol doesn't.

Final Song is from Hadag Nachash called Lazooze!

Now Hear This

Charley can't hear. What?! More Bits 'N Peaces. College tuition strike. The Winnie Report is coming out. Tzipi Livni is a cool name. Israel baseball is coming, too. And responses to comments.

Final song is from Teapacks and will hopefully be the Israel contribution to Eurovision. PUSH THE BUTTON

MORONS GALORE

The former Chief Rabbi is a moron; Israel's politicians are morons; British journalists are morons. Signing petitions. Holocaust Remembrance Day; Memorial Day; and Independence Day.

The final song is from Sheygets!

Parking And Stuff

So now we can park in Tel Aviv...big deal. Trip to Toronto; Carol's Bits 'n Peaces, the Ultra-Religious in Zur Hadassa? HEAVEN FORBID! Movie reviews, and this!

Pesach Blues

And a happy Good Friday and Easter to all. Home stretch of eating matzah and none too soon. Some more light discussions, but it wouldn't be Israelisms without some arguing about the peace plan and lack thereof. And some more talk of Carol's upcoming Bits 'n Peaces.

Great music from a new MySpace band called Shotey Hanevua with a song called "Yafeifia"

HAPPY PESACH!

Happy Passover, everyone! We do a little lighter show today and do some listener feedback. An American Idol update. A new radio station RAM FM and some rules. The Saudis, as always...along with the solution of all the Middle East Crises. You know...a lighter show.

The final song is from ZEVEL and it's called "Beni Yeled Ra". They can be found on MySpace.

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves

Our Finance Minister is an embezzler. People we don't know, but know. Twelve new judges, and only one that knows anything about law. A government in stand-by mode. And Carol still hasn't written a peace plan.

Final song taken once again from MySpace! Her name is Ninet Tayeb and the song is called, Hee Yoda'at (She Knows)

Hail, and Other Plagues

Too much weather; Leonardo causes a storm; More of the same from Hamas and Olmert; Lessons on politics and driving; and Tzipi could be our only hope.

The final song is from an Israeli band we found on MySpace called Beat69 and the song is called "Ogot Gvina" (Cheesecake).

Go With The Flow

Letters from Lebanon. Drunk drivers in Israel. Hamas book burnings. More Israeli elections scenarios. And finally real tackle American football in Israel.

Final song from Machina!

And try this out!!

PUSH THE BUTTON!!

Happy Purim!! We talk about Charley's new girlfriend and role model, Esterina Tartman. Avigdor "Don't Call Me Yvette" Lieberman and Yisrael Beiteinu's problems. West Bank real estate. The Saudis are in it again. And Eurovision is just around the corner. Of course, Israel may not be allowed in it.

Check out our entry with Teapacks' "Push The Button" played at the end of the podcast in its entirety.

AND VOTE!

The Summit And Other Things That Don't Matter

Charley appeared on The Joey Reynolds Show from New York's WOR radio. He's doing shows from Jerusalem all week, and will have Charley and Carol on, also. Charley also did an interview with RAM FM radio, a new station broadcasting from Ramallah. They talk about the way the press views things differently. Also, American Touch Football in Israel championship. The International Book Fair in Jerusalem. The Summit where nothing was accomplished. And all sorts of other politics and fun stuff.

If you haven't already, check out Israel 21C. A great site.

The final song is an oldie from Shlomo Artzi called C'mo Az.

The Real 242

Rough weather in Jerusalem; Carol agrees and disagrees with Ray; more talk  about the bridge in the Old City; and the real truth about UN Security Council Resolution #242...as Charley sees it.

Final song is from Sa'ar P'dida called "Eifo Aht Ha'Yom" (Where Are You Today?)

And don't forget to visit The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour website.

Anger Management

This week we concentrate on Carol's hostility. So we talk about non-controversial things like Arielle's new hair style; riots on the Temple Mount; the Hamas - Fatah agreement; and other light subjects.

The final song is from Har-El Scott called "Mashehu Mimeni" (Something From Me)

No More Kidding!

You can believe this one! We talk about the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour, Ray Hanania, Aaron Freeman, Yisrael Campbell, Shachar Chason, Chaim Ramon, Moshe Katsav, Ehud Olmert, and all sorts of other comedians!




Charley Ray Aaron Yisrael

Chicago Tribune Article



The final song is an old one from Eyfo Hayeled.

THE CENTURY SHOW

We give a nod to the Mercury Theater on this very special, and different, Israelisms Podcast.

Thanks to all of you that have supported us through 100 shows. We love you all.


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One To Go

Australian summer? Winter? The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour is coming up! Israel Chief of Staff Dan Halutz is history...and who's next? Olmert? Peretz? In memoriam: Yuri Stern

Sign the petition at Habanim

And our final song is from Jocko Eisenberg called "Nerdam Al Hacholot"

AND VOTE!

Keep Your Mouths Shuts!

Official announcement of The Israeli - Palestinian Comedy Tour

Olmert on vacation...again. New Israel government without elections? Barak is barack? The fashionistas are on the attack! A new Super Anti-biotic! Charley's call for a boycott of El Al!

And the final song is from HaYehudim

AND DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

Shalom Chaver

In Memorium - Mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollack

Special Segment: A visit with our family. Also, a few takes on Tzipi Livni, ultra-orthodox Fashion Police, and Charley's 2007 Prediction: Start the election campaign.

Final song is by Beit Ha-Bubot!

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