Culture

11 Apr State of the Blog/Inaugural WWZ Mailbag!

Posted at 07:10h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, Culture, Now I'm Just Being Silly, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

You wanted the best, you got the best! So goes the name of the Kiss live album. Well, this is the best I've got, my loyal readers. As I said the other day, I haven't been able to post too much as of late. ...

05 Apr How Many Things are Wrong With This Picture? (Or Just Disturbing Actually)

Posted at 23:37h in Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

There's the whole wasting water in the Middle East thing, for starters. The toilet backs up to the bathtub for some reason. Oh, and...

30 Mar What the Ivri Was That?

Posted at 06:38h in Culture, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

My boss just walked behind me and quietly sang "taste of her cherryyyyy Chapstick." Coincidence? Or is she reading? (We're now also at the bottom of the Google's first page for "Ivri Leder". We'll see if this post bumps us up.) I ate some chumus, I...

28 Mar Maybe Ivri’s Just Doing a British Accent

Posted at 23:30h in Culture, Current Events, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent 0 Comments

I came across this golden nugget of ridiculousness months ago but my friend Lonny only now found the Youtube clip. Can you identify three differences between Katy Perry's smash hit "I Kissed a Girl" and the remake by Israeli musical star Ivri Leder? Let's see...

22 Mar Haveil Havalim #209: Ahhhhh……Spring!

Posted at 03:00h in Culture, Current Events, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Miscellaneous 0 Comments

Ahhh...

09 Mar Can We Get Some Meat Up in Here?

Posted at 00:10h in Culture, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Back from a day in the Golan and trying to get back into the swing of writing. With my last Birthright group of the winter season here (yes, Virginia, we still have groups, even in March (ehhhh...

24 Feb Blargh

Posted at 15:05h in Comedy, Culture, Miscellaneous 0 Comments

That's the sound of...

12 Feb Move Over Howard Stern, It’s the ‘What War Zone Aliyah Comedy Tour!’

Posted at 17:50h in Comedy, Culture, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

There's a new king of all media! Allright, so maybe my Tweets are stupid and I don't know how to program my own television. But did Howard ever speak at the Jewlicious Festival? Didn't think so. After a long waiting game and wondering...

27 Jan Sorry If I Offended You, Nice Religious Lady

Posted at 01:29h in Culture, I Love This Place, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

From the #8 bus just a few minutes ago...

12 Jan Am I Inappropriate?

Posted at 13:10h in Culture, I Love Hebrew, Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly, The War Zone 0 Comments

I was recently told by someone close to me that my writing might suggest to people that I am taking this, ahem, matzav too lightly. I replied that my loyal readers wouldn't think so but perhaps a casual passerby might agree with him. What do...