The Daniel Rosehill Podcast

In honor of Israel's 75th birthday / Yom Ha'Atzmaut here are 10 things I love about living in Israel! == Timestamps == Intro - 00:00 Israeli wine - 01:16 It's small and easy to get around - 03:24 It's easy to live a fulfilling Jewish live here - 05:01 Amazing and diverse food scene - 07:03 The beaches of Tel Aviv - 09:21 Tubi 60 - 11:17 Sunny weather - 12:26 Amazing healthcare - 13:15 Great travel...

Jerusalem has an interesting variety of street names varying from great rabbis to famous figures in Jewish history. But if you've spent any time transversing the south-western neighborhoods of Kiryat HaYovel and Ir Ganim you will have noticed plenty of streets named after various Latin American countries. What's it about? Watch the video to find out! == Timestamps == Intro - 00:00 Street names in...

4 tips for those entering the job market in Israel and trying to figure out how to figure out salaries and master the "what are your salary expectations?" conversation with recruiters and companies. == Timestamps == Intro - 00:00 Salary research - 00:20 Tip 1: ask friends - 00:30 Factors influencing salaries in Israel - 00:44 Cost of living effect - 00:54 Tip 2: Ask headhunters and recruiters - 01...

What if ... the entire world Jewish diaspora were to move to Israel. Would the country be large enough to accommodate them? What would Israel's population be? What would the population density be? Find out in the video! == Timestamps == Intro - 00:00 Israel population density - 00:30 Israel's founding ideology - 00:35 Israel Jewish population vs. diaspora - 00:58 Jewish diaspora 2023 - 01:20 If al...

While many Israelis bristle at the mention of it, the 1949 Armistice Agreement Line - more commonly known as the 'green line ' - remains highly relevant to how the international community views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Many have posited that the green line should be a final border between Israel and its neighbors. However there are a few flaws with the idea.

About 2% of Israel's population of 10 million - about 200,000 people - are English-speaking immigrants from around the world. English speakers in Israel are commonly referred to as "Anglos" - and an entire ecosystem has sprung up to support their needs. What is Israel's English-speaking expat bubble? How do immigrants relate to it as they navigate the journey towards becoming Israeli? And why are...

Why does a city need its own commemorative day? And what is the annual celebration really about? == Timestamps == Intro - 00:00 Celebrating Jerusalem history - 00:42 The old Jerusalem border - 00:54 Jerusalem at various times in history - 01:09 Jerusalem during Mandatory Palestine - 01:20 The importance of the Old City of Jerusalem - 01:40 Jerusalem Day as a religious holiday - 02:28 --

The United Nations (UN) maintains and funds a variety of peacekeeping missions with on-the-ground presences in Israel. As anyone who has visited Israel knows, seeing the distinctive looking UN labelled jeeps is a familiar sight. Why is the UN here and what do the various similar-sounding missions all do? Here's an explainer. Intro - 00:00 UNTSO - 00:20 UNDOF - 01:15 Quneitra crossing - 01:36 UNDOF...

Israel recently announced a new plan involving various government stakeholders, among them the Jerusalem Municipality, to increase immigration (aliyah) to Jerusalem. Will the series of measures the government has announced stem the exiting tide of young people leaving the city? Data: Startup Nation Central (startupnationcentral.org).

The Open Skies Agreement concluded between Israel and the European Union (EU) has changed the game when it comes to travelling to and from Israel, allowing an influx of ultra low cost carriers (ULCCs) to compete on routes traditionally dominated by legacy airlines. Thanks to the introduction of the reform, the popularity of European travel destinations has surged among Israeli consumers and low co...

Israel has two main international airports - at Ben Gurion near Tel Aviv and Eilat Ramon near the southern city of Eilat which was opened in 2019 to replace operations at the former Eilat Airport (located in the city). This video provides an overview of aviation in Israel including the country's main airports, military fields, and general aviation (GA) airfields. == Timestamps == Intro - 00:00 Air...

Fiona and Finn - residents of a large city in Israel - set up a blog called 'Fionist Dream' (a play on the word 'Zionist') in order to keep themselves accountable and share information with other English-speaking Israelis interested in the FIRE movement (Financial Independence Retire Early). In this interview, they share about why they chose to work towards this ambitious objective, what the FIRE...

Despite being a small country of only about 10 million citizens, Israel has 3 airlines and 1 cargo operator. Here's a little bit about the history and fleet of each! == Timestamps == Intro - 00:00 Israel's 3 airlines - 00:15 History of El Al - 00:38 El Al's first aircraft - 01:00 El Al modern fleet - 01:10 El Al destinations - 01:30 El Al Airbus - 01:45 Sun D'Or - 02:06 Arkia - 02:15 Arkia former...

Did you know that Israel is one of relatively few countries in the world in which a Sunday to Thursday working week is the norm? In this video, I delve a little bit into the topic of the standard working week and working hours in Israel - exploring why Israelis work their distinctive work week and what kind of hours you can expect to work if you are hired for a salaried office position at a compan...

Although it seems hard to believe today, Jerusalem in fact once had its very own international airport. Located at Atarot on the seam of Jerusalem and Kafr Aqab (a neighborhood that adjoins Ramallah), Jerusalem International Airport began during Mandatory Palestine and came under both Jordanian and Israeli control before ceasing operations in 2000 at the outbreak of the Second Intifada. During ope...

Did you know that Israel uses a plug type used nowhere else on the planet? Israel's plug type - type H - has sometimes been cited as an example of outdated protectionist policymaking in Israel and the role that unnecessary standards have to play in keeping prices inflated for Israeli consumers. This video charts the evolution of the Israel plug and explains why some are dissatisfied with it. == Ti...

Ghat/kat is a leaf which - when chewed - released amphetamine-like compounds producing a stimulatory effect in users. In 1980, the WHO listed ghat as a drug of abuse and it has been banned or controlled in most Western countries. Unusually, however, khat remains legal in Israel - due largely to its traditional use among Yemeni Jews who migrated to the Jewish State in large number during and after...

Today, Lebanese citizens waving the flag of the Hizbullah paramilitary organization broke through a UNIFIL fence designed to prevent residents of Southern Lebanon from approaching the village of Ghajar - an Alawite village located partially over the Blue Line that today serves as the de facto border between Israel and Lebanon. How did this tiny village of only 2,500 residents become such a volatil...

(Audio extracted from YouTube video originally published August 4th 2023). With almost four million cars on its roads and one of the worst rates of traffic congestion in the OECD, Israel is working quickly to upgrade its public transport infrastructure to find a sustainable solution against gridlock. This video looks at the different modes and methods of public transport in Israel and recent devel...

Although it seems like a lifetime away in Israel terms, there are less than 100 days to go until Jerusalem goes to vote in municipal elections. The municipal elections elect councilmen and councilwomen in City Hall, but have been long boycotted by Arab residents of East Jerusalem who would seem voting in them as tantamount to recognizing Israel's claim to sovereignty over all of the contested city...

Startling new data released by the Organisation For Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) last week has shown that the price level index in Israel is 38% higher than the OECD average and the highest in the entire Organisation which consists of 38 mostly developed member states. The metric aims to allow comparison between different consumer price index (CPI) baskets worldwide by comparing the...

This week Papua New Guinea became the fifth country to open an embassy to Israel in Jerusalem with its Prime Minister officiating upon the opening of an embassy in the Malha Technology Garden in the south of the city. However given that Israel enjoys diplomatic relations with over 160 countries and almost 100 of them have representative missions to Israel, why was the island nation only number fiv...

As an adopted home to Jewish immigrants from all over the world, Israel is a linguistic kaleidoscope of sorts. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis speak languages other than Hebrew as their mother tongue. But how many speak English as that level compared to other languages such as Russian, French, Spanish, and Amharic? Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) includes mother tongue language in an...

I recently stumbled upon a bizarre web page from the Light of Messiah Ministries claiming that prostitution is legal in Israel. This is not the case! In 2018, Israel moved to criminalize the buying of sex (adding to a preexisting ban on organizing the selling of sex). This made Israel the tenth country to adopt the so-called Nordic model for regulating sex work which aims to both help sex workers...

I recently received some interesting data from the Ministry for Aliyah and Absorption and the Jerusalem Municipality. The data shows the number of olim hadashim who have moved to Jerusalem since 1990. The data shows that immigrants from the former USSR constitute the single largest bloc of olim to Jerusalem (30% of total, 25,977 immigrants) followed in second place by the US and in third by France...