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09 Feb The Times of Israel: “The Idiot’s Guide to Bombing Iran”

Posted at 08:27h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, Current Events, I Love This Place, Life on the Home Front, Now I'm Just Being Silly, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers! Everyone ok out there? Quick life update: I ran my car into a tree. The good news is I'm fine. The bad news is it was on Tu B'shvat. The JNF is pissed. Ok, ok, I'm joking. (Sorry if I scared you, Mom.)...

08 Jan The NU Campaign and Benji Team Up (The Best Combo Since Chumus and Pita)

Posted at 18:08h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, That Thing That Pays the Bills, Video 0 Comments

Once upon a time, there was an oleh...

18 Dec The Idiot’s Guide to Chanukah

Posted at 05:32h in I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

Thanks to JewishBoston for commissioning this piece since picked up by Jpost. Chanukah. Hanukkah. Chanuka. So nice, I spelled it thrice. What’s not to like about the Festival of Lights? A time to sing….to play….to clog your arteries with cooking oil. LET’S PARTY! Whether you like your latkes...

21 Nov And You Thought “Pines” Street Sounded Weird

Posted at 12:41h in I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh 0 Comments

I bring you the most ridiculous street name in all of Israel. Seriously, can this be topped? I believe this is in Givat Massua in Jerusalem, right by the old Young Judaea hostel (the "new" old one.) HI-larious. If anyone's looking for me, I'll be laughing ha-ass off. Photo...

06 Oct The Idiot’s Guide to Yom Kippur

Posted at 08:35h in I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Check it out...

22 Sep Tel Aviv Light Rail Pool: Turning Lemons Into Limonana

Posted at 12:01h in Current Events, I Love This Place, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent 0 Comments

People, these are heavy days in the Jewish state. Worldwide condemnation...

10 Aug Five Years in Israel: What Does Aliyah Look Like?

Posted at 05:13h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front, Now I'm Just Being Silly, 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, Video 0 Comments

On August 9th/10th, 2006, I did the craziest, boldest, scariest, and most exciting thing I have ever done: move to Israel. Where have the last five years gone? I have been anticipating this day for some time now and I knew I'd have to mark it...

24 Jul ”Welcome to Dudu’s House of Smarts!”

Posted at 23:11h in I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Ahlo, my friends, and welcome to Dudu's House of Smarts! I am Dudu (barur!) and I weel be your host today. Ez always, I will share weeth you smarts from my personal experience. Theengs I hev learned over time from deh army, life, and ehhhhhhhhh...

20 Jul Get Taxi App / Joel Chasnoff Comedy Show

Posted at 23:42h in Comedy, I Love This Place, Life on the Home Front, Miscellaneous, That Thing That Pays the Bills, Video 0 Comments

Argh. It's not yet 7 AM and I'm awake. I was also awake before 6 AM which is probably a result of being asleep by 10 PM. If I had milk for my coffee, I might feel differently right now but both makolot (convenience stores)...

17 Jul Welcome Back, Blog; See Ya, Facebook

Posted at 06:52h in I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

Once upon a time, there was some dumb oleh named Benji. He started a blog. A lot of people read it. It was possibly the thing he was most proud of in his life. Good times were had by all. Then he started posting on...