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03 Sep FULL WRAP-UP: Madonna in Israel, Why It Matters, and Jesus Makes an Appearance! In 3…2…1…

Posted at 10:21h in Culture, Current Events, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Buckle your seat belts, my loyal readers, it’s time to put the events of the last 48 hours into perspective. In case you’ve been living under a rock or in Yerucham, you know that Madonna’s in Israel and performed two much-ballyhooed shows in Tel...

31 Aug C’mon, I Know You People Have Hangovers in This Country

Posted at 23:51h in Culture, Current Events, Israeli Movie Titles, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Hey, posts on three straight days! Could I be finding my mojo? If the answer is yes, I probably downloaded it on Limewire, along with 8 bajillion Madonna songs in preparation for tomorrow night's concert. With her obviously doing more than visiting...

29 Aug Apparently ‘Supersize Me’ Never Made It to the Middle East

Posted at 18:01h in Culture 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers-hope you all had a nice Shabbat. So I recently stopped by McDonald's at Ben-Gurion Airport which never ceases to be interesting. I know I've been here three years but I still can't help but notice differences between the Israeli...

19 Aug Israeli Food: It’s Not Weird as Hell (Contest!)

Posted at 05:36h in Culture, I Love This Place, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, The War Zone 0 Comments

I love Israeli food. LOVE IT. It's healthy, it's delicious, and have I mentioned the vegetables? Holy falafel balls, I ate SO MUCH GOOD CRAP my last few weeks in the States and finished every other meal with some combination of regret ("What have I...

18 Aug Baseball: Why I Created the ‘Israelis Make Me Laugh’ Category

Posted at 09:00h in Culture, Israelis Make Me Laugh 0 Comments

No idea what's with the crazy spacing here...

01 Jun 61 Hebrew Things (Blogging: It’s Not Just for English Speakers Anymore)

Posted at 17:23h in Culture, I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, Life on the Home Front, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

I know Yom Haatzmaut was last month but better late than never. Thanks to an Israeli friend of mine who not only spent 8 years in the US but also has a good sense of humor, here's this list translated into Hebrew. Formatting with the...

28 May I Just Read the Entire Torah. NOW What To Do?

Posted at 21:46h in Culture, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

It's 4:51 in the freaking morning. CHAG SHAVUOT SAMEACH! I wonder if my 2:15 AM coffee has anything to do with my being awake? It's not like I can't sleep, I'm actually getting a ton of stuff done. At 4:51 in the...

06 May (Cringing)

Posted at 23:58h in Culture, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the water" (or to a Jewish communal event). Seriously...

30 Apr My Glasses Are Half Full (Aaaaand….Back to Normal Life)

Posted at 09:29h in Culture, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front, Miscellaneous 0 Comments

Welcome to the War Zone, new readers driving in from the information superhighway! Did you have a nice Yom Ha'atzmaut? I did despite the fact that my shaved (not balding) head probably got too much sun yesterday. (Since it's shaved. ...

28 Apr You Wanted It?…YOU GOT IT! ”61 More Things I Love About Israel!”

Posted at 19:44h in Benji's Getting Serious, Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Inspired by last year's "60 Things I Love About Israel", without further ado, here are 61 more things I love about Israel. (We made Jpost again this year...