Hi Lisa, I can read the Israeli French blogs - actually there are only a couple out there that I know of. These bloggers don't form a community of French bloggers in Israel indeed, however they do belong to a community: the French blogging community, with their network of regular readers, commentators, links to friendly blogs etc. Thereby, they provide a window into everyday life in Israel for their French readers. The situation may be the same with the Russian community, they don't form an Israeli Russian blogging community but belong to the Russian community. Interestingly, the Israeli-Anglo blogs do form a separate community, and don't just mingle in the blogging world of their own country. mokuyobi