Chelm-on-the-Med: Not Every Day Is Purim

CHELM-ON-THE-MED© ONLINE Incredible Snippets of Daily Life in Israel Culled from the Hebrew Press* by Daniella Ashkenazy EXTRA SPECIAL NOTICE FOR SUBSCRIBERS: Check out the special article for Purim - Who Says 'Not Every Day is Purim'? - based on Chelm-on-the-Med stories published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (or look for it in your local Jewish paper) at http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/21/1010596/who-says-not-every-day-is-purim   READ THE LASTEST COLUMN NOW! Date: March 1, 2010 - Column 1 HAPPY LANDINGS! What's the latest wacky El-Al scheme? After 'flights to nowhere' for do-anything-once Israelis, now there are 'flights to somewhere' - for the truly adventurous... MISTAKEN IDENTITY Carmel Shamah has an image problem. Everyone and his brother thinks the junior MK from the Likud is a Druze.... POT LUCK A grocery called 'Svitlana's Groceries and Other Goodies,' offered more than chocolate bars in the goodies department... UNDERHANDED HAND First police decided poker constituted gambling. Now an insurance company claims the owner of a stolen car doesn't deserve reimbursement because she'd been playing poker at the time... STARLIT The Hebrew Language Academy finally chose Hebrew names for the outer planets Uranus and Neptune. The real question is - What took so long? To continue reading go to Chelm-on-the-Med Online. URL: www.chelm-on-the-med.com   * Copyright© 2010 by Daniella Ashkenazy. All rights reserved worldwide. For limited usage, see FAQs. All stories are completely rewritten by Daniella Ashkenazy from news items gleaned from Yediot Aharonot, unless another news source is stated.