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Hello! I'm a high school senior from Uzbekistan. I have been considering applying to Tel Aviv University. Can someone who understands their admissions process could you tell me how easy is it to get into TAU?

I have pretty low SAT score (1150) + DET score of 130-135. But I have very good amount of extracurricular activities; honors; and recommendations

Hi, I’ve moved into an apartment recently in Israel. There’s a communal shelter that I think I identified in the building area. But it is locked with a padlock. Is this common, and aren’t they supposed to be open at all times?

Hello! I’m from Finland and I have been thinking that we have very good relations between Israel and Finland and we could take a step ahead and form a strong alliance between our nations.

Israel and Finland are already very close partners in the military sector. The latest big event in this area were when Finland made a deal with Israel of purchasing David’s Sling air-defence system.

A few years before that deal Finland aquired a surface-to-surface missile system from Israel and Finland is also using Israeli antitank missiles.

Trade is also conducted in the other direction. Israel is using Finnish techonology for detecting drones. Israel bought the Anti-Drone system made by Finnish company Sensofusion to protect the office of Benjamin Netanyahu.

In the website of Sensofusion it is mentioned that Israeli border police has also used the technology. Here is a quote from the Israel border police on the Sensofusion's website:

“We’ve managed to intercept and prevent over 70+ drone attacks on the Israeli border. Remarkable is that we’ve also detained pilots and thus prevented consequent attacks.” (Source: https://sensofusion.com/anti-drone/)

IDF and Finnish Defence Forces has close ties. On July 2023 the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the IDF, Major General Amir Baram visited in Finland. He said about the visit that ”Considering our similarities and close ties, we have a lot to learn from each other and I am so glad we were able to continue doing so in this visit.” (Source: https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/1948673/deputy-chief-of-the-general-staff-of-the-israel-defense-forces-visited-finland)

And on September 2024 Chief of the Defence Command in Finland, Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen visited in Israel and discussed of bilateral cooperation between IDF and Finnish Defence Forces. The visit was hosted by the IDF Major General Amir Baram who said that ”We will continue to work together to deepen our relationship, led by a commitment to strengthen regional stability, cooperation and coordination between the militaries.” (Source: https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/the-chief-of-the-defence-command-visited-israel)

As these visits and deals tells us our nations indeed have very close ties even those ties might not be very widely presented in media. But I want these ties to be more public and I really think that we should take more steps and make our cooperation even closer and deeper.

The ties between our nations are not only formed in the official level but there is also quite large support of Israel among ordinary Finnish people. These couple of news articles tell something about it:

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/from-the-finnish-press/3072-many-finns-travel-voluntarily-to-israel-to-aid-its-military-forces.html

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3903547,00.html

What steps can we take to deepen cooperation between Israel and Finland? One thing is that we could talk about these ties and tell people what kind of things has already been done and promote the importance of such strong friendship between our small nations. We also could share ideas and invent new forms of cooperation. Not only in the military area but also in other areas and industries. And I would really like to see a strong alliance between Finland and Israel in the future.

Friends gave my wife and I some home-made rugelach. I was just eating one methodically, from one tip to the other, when my wife gave me a look and told me I was eating it wrong. I thought surely not, but she's Israeli and I'm not, so what do I know. Apparently she eats them from back to front.

What's the correct way to eat your rugelach? Back to front, side to side, or just whatever chunk looks tastiest?

For anyone working or job searching in Israeli hitech, what is your perspective on its current state, and in comparison with 2-3 years ago?

2021 was clearly a peak in investment and employment, but now it seems like hiring is quite dead. I have almost 4 years of development experience and people tell me I am very good at what I do, and I can't find a decent job since May 2024. I get quite a lot of trashy opportunities from small bad companies, but getting into something decent seems near impossible atm.

Hi! I missed a flight with a separate airline and have a flight with El Al scheduled for Monday night. What should I do? It seems likely I will miss my flight to Israel from Paris. I’m devastated.

Does anyone know what they may say when I call them to tell them I may miss the flight? I’m hoping I can get flight credit and rebook. My concern is how pricey flights are last minute!!😭

Hi everyone!!! I am looking for some plant suggestions to keep in my office cubicle. I work in Tel Aviv and have a big office cubicle to set up. I like plants and used to keep some of them in my office in the EU. Now, I am unsure which ones are available here. I would definitely appreciate your suggestions on this.

Two criteria that I have in place:

1. Should not require water more than once a fortnight (yeah, primarily cacti and succulents's suggestion would be appreciated)

2. The total budget is around 200 NIS.

Thank you all in advance

הצד שלי הוא לא הצד של הממשלה, ומאוד אנטי רפורמת יריב המחריב

I read some articles about radiation in concrete rooms but most people don’t seem to know about this. Would you make your mamad into a bedroom?

Shalom everyone!

I want to order a musical instrument from Amazon (which is not available in all Israeli shops). But when I saw the delivery option my jaw dropped. The instrument itself costs 430$ and its delivery will cost another 300$ (F you Butler Music LLC!). Plus the local custom service will rip off 30% from that, which is insane. So my question is, are there any other options? When I search "US shops delivery to Israel" there are plenty of companies who do delivery to Israel like MyUS or Shipito. Has anyone tried their services? And if so, which one would you recommend?

Thanks!!

Hey! obviously i'm also gonna ask in other places, but i assume that Israeli tech-savvy people on reddit will know what i'm talking about.

i'm looking for a reliable place to order a phone battery (for my oneplus 9 pro). i used to order from tas-israel but i'm getting the feeling the batteries he gives me aren't in the standard im looking for, and APPARENTLY iFixIt stopped shipping to Israel (i can only estimate why)

if anyone here is familiar with a good vendor, i'd highly appreciate it!

(also, its fine, i'm familiar with the process and have done this hundreds of times at this point, just with shitty replacement parts)

Hey y’all,

I’m interested in buying a used car here in Israel, but the market and prices are so different from abroad. Does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions?

I’m a Lone Solider serving in combat, and I currently live in a Kibbutz where there’s no transportation on weekends - so when I return from base, I’m just stuck here.

In all the hostage release '"ceremonies" you see a few Hamasniks with Israeli Tavor rifles, how did they get them. I can understand obviously Russian (proliferation), Chinese, Iranian and even American weapon via Egypt, but how can they get there hands on so many Israeli made weapon?

Shot in the dark. I'd like to volunteer for SarEl but I am not in an English speaking country and they require a medical release form. The doctors here can't understand the form.

Anyone know an online doctor or any way to get this form signed by a doctor? I am healthy!

Shalom! Baruch Hashem many hostages have been and will soon be returned.

I'm curious, is there a list anywhere of all original 251 hostages with descriptions?

It could clarify the point that the monstrous atrocity was conducted primarily against Israel and Jews YET ALSO people from other countries, faiths, and backgrounds? Could help with legitimate allyship