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27 Nov Chumusface Returns!

Posted at 01:34h in I Love Hebrew, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Now I'm Just Being Silly, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

You better believe it, baby! It's everybody's favorite ongoing saga: Chumusface is back, meowing like he owns this place. My co-worker just screamed "LECHI!" (GO!) at it and it obliged. Amazing-even the animals here speak Hebrew. And by the way, yes, it...

17 Nov It’s UJC’s GA 2008….No, It’s the Matza Ball….Oh Hell, IT’S A PARTY!!!!!!

Posted at 18:33h in Benji's Getting Serious, Culture, I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers, from the center of the Jewish world! That's right, it's everyone's favorite annual event...

09 Nov That’s Funny, I Could Have Sworn Our Version of ‘American Idol’ Was Called ‘Kochevet Nolad’

Posted at 01:00h in I Love Hebrew, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Last week, our company headed down to Arad for a two-day summer sikkum (wrap-up). With each department responsible for presenting themselves, guess which member of the North American desk got to make a fool of himself in front of everyone on video? ...

02 Nov Words That Look Like Hebrew But Aren’t

Posted at 01:00h in I Love Hebrew, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent 0 Comments

Check out the new version of Haveil Havalim, the weekly Jewish blog wrap-up, here. Guess where I live now? Yup, as of yesterday morning. Crazy. Anyway...

14 Oct An Idiot’s Guide to ‘Yiyeh B’seder’

Posted at 01:00h in Culture, I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Life on the Home Front, The War Zone, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Shalom from Tel Aviv, people-at the time this article was written, the Prime Minister is on his way out, Iran is developing nuclear weapons, and the price of falafel just went up a shekel. In other words, another week in the Middle East. WHAT ELSE...

11 Aug Am I Fluent in Hebrew Yet? Nope (Reason #483)

Posted at 00:00h in I Love Hebrew, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Last week, I go to the bank to cash a check which I'd been carrying around for a good month or so. From my many visits to the ATM, I remember that "withdrawal" in Hebrew is "משיכה" (meshicha). Not five minutes later, I'm...

08 Jun Good Thing I Use Bank Leumi

Posted at 01:00h in I Love Hebrew, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent 0 Comments

Just a week or so ago, I wrote about the Israeli flags this country was importing from China. Hmm, how did that turn out? Here is the Chinese-made flag currently hanging in my room which came included in the newspaper before Yom Ha'atzmaut, thanks to the...

30 May What, You Thought We’d Turn 60 and Then Go Back to Our Normal Lives?

Posted at 11:48h in Benji's Getting Serious, I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly, Tuesday Israeli Hottie 0 Comments

Cross-posted at 60 Bloggers, a site hosting 60 posts in 60 days to celebrate...

29 May Moo Goo Gai Ehhhhhhh………

Posted at 01:00h in I Love Hebrew, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Now I'm Just Being Silly, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Here's an article which just came my way...

06 May Eat Your Heart Out, Empire State Building

Posted at 01:00h in I Love Hebrew, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

This is about all I have energy to post...