I have found that nothing happens “automatically ” in Israel with the exception of Arnona (real Estate Tax) and health insurance tax. Those bills are sent by mail and best not to ignore them.
The Israeli Senior Citizen Card, Kartis Ezrach Vatik is another story. It is available thru their website to women over the age of 62 and men over the age of 67. This card provides a variety of discounts and benefits on public transportation, attractions, and several other services.
I don’t understand WHY such a card has a use since one’s birthdate is clearly visible on the Teudat Zehut.
New Olim, wherever they reside in Israel, can receive their Kartis Ezrach Vatik by contacting the Department of Services to the Elderly (Sherut LeMa’an HaZaken) in Jerusalem at: 02- 654-7025 or emailing ezrach.vatik@pmo.gov.il. You may also send a fax with your request to 02-654-7049
Include the information below in your request:
- Your name as it appears on your Teudat Zehut (Identity card)
- Your telephone numbers (landline and cell phone)
- Home Address
- Copy of your Teudat Zehut
Expect a 1-2 month waiting period before receiving the card in the mail.
The Yeruhalami Card is similarly available to seniors. according to the age requirements as stated above.
https://www1.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_sys/forms/CreateForm.aspx?idsysform=%20227 (form in Hebrew).
Call center and issuance 1-700-53-00-02 | Sundays, B, D, E at 09:00 to 13:30 Tuesdays at 09:00 to 13:30, 16:00 to 6:00 p.m. | Safra Square. This by-phone works as I just called. I was told that I would automatically receive the card last February.
However, nothing is automatic.
I refer you to common questions regarding the card for seniors. I was told upon my last visit to the Yerushalaymi Card office that I would automatically get a card in February, since the card is free starting February 1, 2016.
Didn’t happen.
I will try to clarify, (B”H) tomorrow. The office number is 1-700-53-00-02. Common questions follow:
כיצד ניתן להנפיק את הכרטיס?
הנפקת כרטיס התושב מתבצעת בעמדת הרישום הפועלת בבניין העירייה (בנין 1 בקומה 1 במודיעין ובקומה 3)
ו/או במוקדים נוספים שיפורסמו מעת לעת ע”י העירייה.
שעות פעילות המוקד: ימים: א’, ב’, ד’, ה’, בין השעות 15:00-9:00 | יום ג’, בין השעות 14:00-9:00, 18:00-15:00
שעות מענה טלפוני: ימים: א’, ב’, ד’, ה’, בין השעות 13:30-9:00 | יום ג’, בין השעות 13:30-9:00, 18:00-16:00
מעבר לשעות המענה ניתן להשאיר הודעה וצוות ירושלמי יחזור אליכם.
במקרה כזה יש לפנות לעמדת הרישום עם תעודת זהות ולבקש הנפקה חוזרת של כרטיס התושב, בגין הנפקה מחודשת תחויב בדמי הנפקה של הכרטיס החדש.
.My problem was a lost cardאני בעל עסק בעיר ומעוניין להצטרף לסל ההטבות של כרטיס תושב ”ירושלמי”. מה עליי לעשות?
עיריית ירושלים מעודדת הצטרפות בתי עסק ומוסדות במגוון רחב של תחומים אל נותני ההטבות, באמצעות פרסום נרחב של ההטבה ופרטי העסק באמצעי התקשורת השונים וביניהם: חוברת הטבות, מודעות בעיתונות, שילוט חוצות, מגזין מקוון (ניוזלטר), אינטרנט ועוד. כמו כן מספקת העירייה מדבקה המעידה על עסקים המכבדים את כרטיס ”ירושלמי”.
לבקשת הצטרפות אנא מלא את הטופס המצורףהטופס המצורף ונציגנו יחזור אליך.האם עליי לבקש את ההטבה?
נותן ההטבה מחויב להעניק את ההנחה, למציג הכרטיס, במעמד התשלום בהתאם להנחה שפורסמה. לנוחיותך, אתרינו מכיל מידע עדכני אודות ההטבות והיקפן. במידה ולא הוענקה ההטבה בהתאם לפרסום, ניתן לפנות למוקד השירות בטלפון: 1700-53-00-02 או באמצעות פנייה לדוא”ל:yerushalmi@jerusalem.muni.ilהאם ניתן לקבל עדכונים שוטפים על ההטבות?
מהם אמצעי התשלום לרכישת הכרטיס?
Recipes offered with Blessings For Good Health!
Victoria Barayev
http://www.victoriabarayev.com
from Rav Yichezkel Askhaeck “Healthy Life by The Torah”. Victoria also Consulted with Rav Isroel Zelman.
Ideas For Healthy Mishloach Manot
Recipes:
Super Healthy Hamentaschen
Ingredients:
1 cup chia seeds, ground in a coffee grinder.
The one in the photo is ubiquitous in Israel. 
The grinder does a superb job-Gold-line ATL 242
1 cup cashews
1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
½ cup oat bran
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp sea salt
1.5 cup or 2 avocados
½ cup maple or brown rice syrup
1 tsp vanilla
Your favorite jam or
2 cups Turkish apricots
Zest of ½ lemon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Soak Turkish apricots in hot water for 15 min. Drain. Blend in a food processor with lemon zest until smooth. Transfer to a bowl. Wash and dry the food processor.
Place chia seeds, cashews, oats, oat bran, cinnamon and sea salt into the food processor and grind until well processed. Remove into a bowl. I find it easier to grind the seeds first.
In the same food processor, mix avocados, syrup, and vanilla until well blended. Add to the bowl with dry ingredients.
Mix all ingredients to form medium-soft pliable dough.
Separate into pieces the size of a golf ball. I weigh out 40-50 grams with your hands or with rolling pin, make circles ¼ inch thick. Place baking paper under pin if you find that the dough doesn’t roll out.
Using a floured spatula lift the circles and place them on parchment paper lined baking sheets.
Spoon 1 heaping teaspoon of filling into the center of each circle. Fold over the edges to form three corners.
Bake 20-25 min.
Sweet Crunchy Balls
1 1/4 cups rolled oats
3/4 cups dried apricots
3/4 cups dried currants
1/2 cup sunflower seed butter
2 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
toasted sesame seeds
Pulse all ingredients in a food processor. Make small balls and roll them in sesame seeds. Easy,delicious, and filling! Great idea for the school snacks!
Apricot-Lemon Oatmeal Bars
(from Creative Kitchen Alchemy)
2 rolled oats
1 cup chopped nuts (a mix of almonds and walnuts)
1/2 cup fine cornmeal or corn flour
1/2 cup millet flour
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
Pinch of cinnamon
Pinch of sea salt
1 1/2 cups dried Turkish apricots
Boiling water
1 jar of lemon spread or any other jam of your choice
1/2 cup brown rice syrup
1/2 cup corn or olive oil
1/2 cup spring water
Preheat your oven to 350F/190C.
Soak dried apricots in boiling water for 20 minutes. Then process in a food processor.
Place the first 7 ingredients in a large bowl and mix together.
In a small saucepan, heat rice syrup, oil, and water until all are mixed well. No need to boil.
Add warm liquid to the dry ingredients and mix well with a fork.
Place 1/3 of the mixture into an 8×8 baking dish. Make sure to cover the bottom of the dish.Pack it down with wet hands into a firm layer.
Evenly spread the apricot mix on top.
Spread another 1/3 of the oatmeal mixture on top of the apricots, gently and lightly pressing down.
Cover the second layer of the oatmeal mixture with the lemon preserve.
Crumble the rest of the oatmeal mixture on top of the lemon preserve to fully cover it.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Cut into squares. This delicious treat can be enjoyed warm or cold.
Recipes for Pesach:
Delightful Vegetable Soup – Very easy to cook; this soup is very light, satisfying, and delicate to taste.
6 cups of water
medium onion, cut in 4 quarters
1 turnip, cut in quarters
2 stalks celery, cut in 1-inch long pieces
tomato, cut in quarters
1 medium or large carrot, cut in 1-inch long chunks
1 medium potato, peeled and cut in quarters
1small green or red pepper, cut in quarters
1 tsp cumin seeds
Tbsp. of olive oil
2 bay leaves
A handful of dill, cut in 2-inch long pieces.
Bring water to a boil in a soup pot. Add all vegetables to the pot at once along with cumin, sea salt, olive oil, and bay leaves. Cover and bring to a boil, lower the flame and simmer for 15-20 min. Add dill and serve.
Great served with matza.
Quinoa Pilaf
4 cups quinoa
6 cups of cold water
1/3 cup olive or sesame oil
1 medium onion, diced
2 cups mushrooms, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
4 cloves garlic, diced
1 tsp. sea salt
1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 tsp. cumin seed
Black pepper to taste
Rinse quinoa 3-4 times in a fine strainer to remove bitter coating. Drain well, then, sauté drained quinoa in some of the olive oil until toasty brown. In a medium pot combine quinoa in about 6 cups of cold water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Drain well again. Sauté vegetables in the remaining oil with sea salt, cumin seed, turmeric and black pepper. Add cooked quinoa, mix well, cover and let heat through for a few minutes. Serve hot and enjoy!
Easy Cashew Matzo Napoleon
4 cups raw cashews, soaked for 2 hours and drained
1/2 to 1 cup water, for the desired thickness
Zest of 1 lemon
4-8 Tbsp maple syrup
1/8 tsp sea sal
t6 square sheets of matzo, lightly wet
Place all ingredients in a food processor and run until smooth and creamy. It is good to add water gradually to achieve the desired consistency. Cashew cream should not be thin and runny. Place a sheet of matzo on a serving plate. Generously spread cashew cream on it. Top with another sheet of matzo. Repeat the steps until all matzo is used. Sprinkle the top layer of cream with ground walnuts. Refrigerate the cake for at least 2 hours. Optional: Spread melted chocolate on top of the cake
Blessings For Good Health!
Stay tuned for upcoming events!
Victoria Barayev
http://www.victoriabarayev.com.
Finally, some informal options for nights out.
Khanal’e, the Khan Theater’s in house café-bar, hosts nightly live shows and jam sessions, with a focus on giving exposure to the next generation of local musicians – all performances are free of charge!
*Hip downtown restaurant-bar Nocturno has a Wednesday night live music series – entrance is just 30 NIS with discounted alcohol available at the bar.
I thought as a final addition you might enjoy the complex issues that are sent to member of my community regarding monies spent in the coming year; and several links are provided to help you to transform your breakfast.
Letter from our City Council Representative Offir Lang follows. I did send an e-mail to the administration’s urban planner, Ms. Sivan, who is the administrator for transportation. My e-mail detailed the horrendous sidewalk vehicular parking on Shabat on our block, which prevents pedestrian movement. Stay tune for a response.
Dear residents,
Relating to the number of updates your location:
- Approval of a Community Administration in 2016
Community Administration evening Driktorion heart of the city unanimously approved the 2016 budget.
The budget for this year includes a significant change aspects relating to the strengthening of the residents of the city center, with an emphasis on comprehensive community work and community projects to strengthen the heart of the city and residents of neighborhoods mode. In addition, the budget includes an increase in different services, the Administration provides early childhood, the elderly, the young and the like. I would like to thank all partners in formulating the budget – Director Mr. Vicky HARLAP, chairman of the Finance Committee, Mr. David Ansbacher, members of the Finance Committee and the Board Administration.
- Handling parking shortage in the heart of the city
Further summarize things we had recently with the representatives of the Jerusalem municipality facilities, in the coming weeks more parking spaces will be trained blue and white in favor of a regional character ranging from hours, starting the afternoon in the heart of the city. Training will be the number of parking spaces at a time in the beating of another. I would like to thank all the partners in promoting the issue – Head of Parking, Central District Administration and chairman of the physicality of the Community Council.
Also, our request to convene soon and transportation committee of the Jerusalem municipality, discuss the plight of parking spaces and traffic arrangements in the city center, with the participation of members of the Committee and relevant senior representatives from the Jerusalem municipality. Details later on.
- A conference on the plan 38
Directorate of Urban Renewal and Community Administration Centrum cordially invite you to a conference on Plan No. 38 on Sunday 10/01/2015 at 20:00 Lev Ha’ir Community Council, St. Ohel Moshe Nahlaot42. For further information, please contact the administration’s urban planner, Ms. Sivan a muscle Cohen. Email: Sivansharirc@gmail.com
- Treatment hazards and nuisances
As a reminder, the Environment Committee of the Jerusalem Municipality stated that in the near future there will be supervision and monitoring treatment center received 106 complaints related noise from businesses and / or noise in urban or private events and / or stench and pollution from smokestacks business. At the end of the study period, a comprehensive report will be provided by professional bodies to the Commission regarding the hazards and nuisances treatment received at the center. In light of the Committee’s decision, I ask that anyone who has any nuisance to the above issues call center hotline 106 and 100 and record numbers turn!
At the same time, we continue to work with the various bodies authorities to promote effective change in procedures for dealing with nuisances and nuisances caused to residents and merchants, while preparing a comprehensive community work of the administration neighborhoods. Also, after preparing a centralized list of problems and tours of the area, updated because some of the problems have been addressed and receive treatment from the authorities, but the road is still long. Information below.
- Education
We welcome the inclusion of all parties involved in education Neighborhood Forum for Education and Community Administration held a communal heart of the city, including representatives of schools, kindergartens and frameworks for early childhood, youth, parent committees and more. Forum condemned the challenges neighborhood, ideas for cooperation and pooling of resources. For further information, please contact the Youth Hub Administration, Ms. Adi lion. Mail: Noar.lev@gmail.com
God. Thank you to all the residents and merchants, who participated in this week’s physical committee in cooperation with the city center and the administrative committee of community cultural heart of the city.
If you are interested to take part in committees of communal heart of the city administration and affect your environment, you are welcome to see our straw:
Physical committee chairman of the city center, Mr. Joseph Markowitz. Email: Ymcityjer@gmail.com
Committee Chairman physical Nahlaot, Mr. Joseph was connected to. Email: Yza@bezeqint.net
Chairman of the Committee on the elderly, Ms. Abigail see me there. Mile gigit@inter.net.il
Committee chairman company culture and leisure, Dr. Ofir Lang. Mail: Ofir.lang@mail.huji.ac.il
Education Committee Chairman, Mr. Yanai Kranzler. Email: Ykranzler@gmail.com
Chairman of the Jewish Quarter Extension, Ms. Rose Lamb and white. Email: Selavan@netvision.net.il
Please contact us with any issue,
Dr. Ofir Lang
Community Authority Chairman Lev
From Drs. Oz and Roizen:
When legendary college basketball coach Dean Smith transformed the traditional fast break into the lightning-fast “Carolina Break”, the University of North Carolina started winning and Smith ended up with a record-breaking career win/loss record of 879-254.
If you’re looking for a major transformation — losing weight and getting healthier — you want to change your break-fast so you become a winner too. How? A 12-week study of overweight and obese women found those who ate a big breakfast https://www.sharecare.com/health/weight-loss/article/flatten-a-big-belly-eat-these-two-healthy-diet-foods-for-breakfast, mid-sized lunch and small dinner lost over twice as much weight as women who took in the same calories, but in reverse order! Breakfast firsters also reduced waist circumference, lowered blood glucose, insulin resistance, and levels of ghrelin, the hunger hormone.
Why does this work ?https://www.sharecare.com/health/eating-habits-nutrition/why-is-breakfast-so-important?myAttribute=yay? While science doesn’t have all the answers yet, here are some possible explanations: Eat more calories than you burn, fat is stored. Burn more calories than you take in — weight loss! Since you burn more calories when you’re awake than when you’re asleep, doesn’t it make sense to eat most of your calories in the morning? Plus, that hearty first meal seems to stabilize weight-boosting blood sugar levels and helps increase your calorie burn all day long.
So to lose weight, have your highest calorie meal in the morning. Enjoy a diet of fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy fats like olive oil, only 100% whole grains, and lean proteins (beans, nuts, salmon, ocean trout, and skinless poultry). You’ll make a fast break from your overweight past by turning your breakfast around.
Transform Your Breakfast – Eating Habits and Nutrition https://www.sharecare.com/health/eating-habits-nutrition/article/transform-your-breakfast?cmpid=sc-et-em-00-up-01042016&eid=1100006885&memberid=21360647&_sid=52987e7a-0e14-4add-8909-da840b829940Transform Your Breakfast – Eating Habits and Nutrition https://www.sharecare.com/health/eating-habits-nutrition/article/transform-your-breakfast?cmpid=sc-et-em-00-up-01042016&eid=1100006885&memberid=21360647&_sid=52987e7a-0e14-4add-8909-da840b829940 A study of found that eating a big breakfast, mid-sized lunch and small dinner resulted in impressive weight loss; big breakfast seems to be the key.
View on www.sharecare.com https://www.sharecare.com/health/eating-habits-nutrition/article/transform-your-breakfast?cmpid=sc-et-em-00-up-01042016&eid=1100006885&memberid=21360647&_sid=52987e7a-0e14-4add-8909-da840b829940
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