Stevie Cameron is a Canadian journalist who currently living in Israel -- Jerusalem, to be exact. This April 21 posting from her blog provides an interesting look into daily Israeli life.

An excerpt:

Danny, the grocer next door who sets aside the International Herald Tribune, the Jerusalem Post and Haretz for us every morning, has warned us to stock up on bread because after tomorrow there won't be any for another week. Passover begins Saturday and tomorrow night is Shabbat.
Sounds a bit extreme, no bread for a week, but we can always pick it up in the Arab parts of town.
Then I start reading the papers. Seems our water changes for Passover too.
According to the Post, "Jerusalem's central water supply is switching over to kosher for Pessah [Passover] tap water." The paper (www.jpostcom) says the mayor asked the city water supplier to ensure there wouldn't be any leaven in the water during the holiday.
Jerusalem, just like the rest of Israel, depends on the Sea of Galilee for its water but for the next week we'll get water in this city from drilled wells.
Why? Well, it seems the Ultra Orthodox are worried that crumbs from fishermen and people having picnics by the Sea of Galilee would contaminate our water with leaven. Can't take that chance. So the pure water rolls in tonight and it also goes to the taps of the 230,000 Arabs who live in this city with the rest of us.

Read the whole post to see what effect Passover has on gorillas at the zoo. :)