Did you miss the news of the last week? Here are a few of the, ahem, more “interesting” Jewish- and Israel-related stories of the last several days. I wish I was making these up. As always, if you’re going to live in Israel, you’d better have...
Israel is a dangerous place. Between the unrest in Egypt, the threat of war with Iran, and matkot balls flying around at the speed of light, we can never know what the future holds. I was reminded of this last week when I threw my back out...
My latest in the Times of Israel. Enjoy! As always, if you like it, share it! “You shall count for yourselves -- from the day after the Shabbat, from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving -- seven Shabbats, they shall be complete....
It's that time of year again. Avi Liberman returns to Israel next week for his semi-annual Comedy for Koby fundraiser tour with proceeds going to the Koby Mandell Foundation (or is "bi-annual"? Damn-I'm definitely losing my English. (Who am I kidding?, I never knew that...
My most recent blog post from The Times of Israel. 800+ FB likes can't be wrong, right? Thanks to my brilliant friend Tal Azoulay for co-writing it with me. Just a few days ago, it was reported here that United States Congressman Joe Pitts suggested in a...
In case you missed it, here's my latest blog post from the Times of Israel. Enjoy and Shabbat shalom! Once upon a time, 45 bajillion blog posts were written about olim, their complaints, and a partridge in a pear tree. In our immediate-reaction, “look, two...
Aaaaaand we’re back from America. Did you have a nice Yom Ha’atzmaut, my loyal readers? If you didn’t eat at least 45 cows, busha v’cherpa to you (roughly translated as “shame shame shame, everybody knows your name"). I write you (wrote, rather) from seat 28D on...
I can't believe I'm welcoming you to my fifth annual Yom Ha'atzmaut list. After 246 different things I love about Israel, I didn't believe 64 more even existed. A few months, many hours, two long plane rides, and a consultation or two with a couple...
Tomorrow, I move to Tel Aviv. I was pretty sure this day was coming from the time I moved here; I just didn’t know it would take 3.5 years to return. My aliyah has taken me to Tel Aviv, then Jerusalem, and now back where I...
Another trip to America (thank you, Jspace), another requisite comparison. It really is amazing and slightly mind-blowing how every time I return, I feel more Israeli, picking up on things that I never noticed before, like Neo in “The Matrix”. Or Marty McFly after he...