I Love This Place

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...

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...

19 May ‘Bat Yam…No, Holon….Wait….WHERE THE HELL ARE WE???’

Posted at 06:48h in I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh 0 Comments

I know people in this country give bad directions but this is ridiculous. See anything wrong with this sign? If not, Kitah Aleph called. They're waiting for you. To be fair, they could just remove both and replace with Arsville. I'm just kidding, arsim,...

17 May Terrorist Summer Camp: Don’t Miss Our Early Bird Special!

Posted at 09:10h in I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh 0 Comments

That's right, my loyal readers, summer is just about here! How are you going to keep your kids busy when the weather gets hot? We all know about the Hamas summer camps where kids learn fun things like how to shoot guns and...

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...

27 Apr How I Spent My Erev Yom Hazikaron (Sounds 4th Grade-ish, Yeah?)

Posted at 18:08h in Benji's Getting Serious, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Tonight began Yom Hazikaron, the memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror. In case you missed my recap in 2007 or 2008, go take a few minutes to catch up. What more can be said? I told a friend tonight...

27 Apr Starting to Feel Patriotic…

Posted at 10:25h in Benji's Getting Serious, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

I was going to wait till Yom Ha'atzmaut to start oozing the love but this is just too cool. This is the chocolate I got this morning when buying my hafuch at Aroma this morning. How great is this?Unfortunately the computer didn't come with. Tonight begins...

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...

07 Mar Eating Incredibly Delicious Yet Horribly Unhealthy Foods and Other Things I Did in America

Posted at 03:54h in Comedy, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Ahhhh...