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02 Apr This is Why I Created the ‘Benji’s Getting Serious’ Category

Posted at 01:59h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

We interrupt this program for me to break character for a minute. When I started this blog, it was the classic traveler’s journal for family and friends about my life, expectations, experiences, etc. It didn’t take long for me to find my voice and start...

31 Mar Purim in Sderot (Better Late than Never)

Posted at 00:00h in Benji's Getting Serious, Culture, Current Events, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Is it too late to talk about Purim? Because of camera issues, I didn't have my pictures till now but I don't want to let it go by without at least a quick recap. (Usually when I preface an email with "in short", I proceed...

26 Mar Now That’s Service

Posted at 02:22h in Culture, I Love This Place 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers-I'm home sick today. Woke up yesterday with a fever and sniffle. Change of seasons? Perhaps. And what did I learn on my first sick day? That in many jobs apparently, you need a doctor's note for the time off to come...

18 Mar Idiot’s Guide to Israeli Weddings, Part Shtayim

Posted at 06:45h in Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Guess where I went last night? A wedding! Good times had by all…mazal tov, Mark and Hadar! As an addendum to last week’s Idiot’s Guide to Israeli Weddings, here are a couple more observations I forgot to include. Read that first if you haven’t already… --Upon entering...

13 Mar An Idiot’s Guide to Israeli Weddings

Posted at 12:20h in Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Well, my loyal readers, the weather’s heating up. You know what that means: that’s right…love is in the air. Wedding season is upon us so you best be prepared for it, Israeli-style. I had the privilege of attending a couple of weddings recently which gave...

12 Mar Thank You for Not Smoking (Except for in the Stairwell, You Freaks of Nature)

Posted at 10:41h in I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Two days in a row, my loyal readers...

04 Mar Haaretz Gets in Touch With Their Inner Tupac

Posted at 10:48h in Current Events, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

YO YO YO, MY LOYAL READUZ!!! This is MC B-Love, kickin' it from the 03 in TA. EAST SIIIIIIIIIDE!!!!!!!!!!! I want to focus today on my main man Moziz. Moziz be CRAAAAAAAAAAY-ZEEEEEEE! I knew it for a while, you know what I'm sayin', but I don't know if...

26 Feb Who Needs a Vacation?

Posted at 09:17h in Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

My dear friend Sarit keeps urging me to get back to writing about my life and the ridiculous experiences I have (you know, like with Israeli model Nivit Bash or with the human….um, the guys dressed up in costume).I know, I need to; it’s just...

25 Feb Legends of the Mossad: Don’t Worry Israel, You’re in Good Hands (Belch)

Posted at 15:58h in Current Events, I Love This Place, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

Pull up a chair, my loyal readers, it's time for a history lesson. Today we're going to talk about an Israeli legend, Meir Amit. ...

18 Feb If Channel 10 Runs This, I’m Suing

Posted at 13:24h in Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

It's a small world, my loyal readers. No, I'm not channeling Walt Disney. I'm talking Tom Friedman, as in "The World is Flat". Only a handful of years ago, everybody's favorite Jewish state had two TV channels and American movies that often opened up months...