Jew Stuff

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...

18 May Posting on My Blog are Fun

Posted at 01:00h in Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

People, Israel turned sixty earlier this month; it's gonna be a year-long party. And the good times just keep on coming. (Here's the wrap-up which I posted Friday with some great video coverage.) My poor roommate is having surgery on Tuesday (that's not the...

16 May Do They Sell ‘Belated Happy Birthday’ Cards in Hebrew?

Posted at 16:38h in Benji's Getting Serious, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Well, it's the Friday night before the week my first group arrives from the States. Exciting times. I'm spending the weekend taking it easy and catching up on my life, doing all the things I either do in the next 24 hours or...

08 May Omig-d, 50% of My Body is Now Hamburger

Posted at 11:46h in Culture, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

It's Yom Ha'atzmaut, which is Hebrew for "go to the park and eat a cow". It's all about the mangal (barbeque grill). Much to say about this incredible day...

07 May Yom Hazikaron (Still Not Israeli)

Posted at 06:19h in Jew Stuff, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Dammit! I did it again. (I almost sounded like Britney there.) This time, wearing an orange polo. Of course I slept on a couch in Jerusalem last night so it's not like I had much choice. Racing back to Tel Aviv for the fun...

04 May Glad to See Israel’s 60th is Putting Everyone in a Good Mood

Posted at 01:00h in Current Events, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Did you see my post a few months back about SOS Israel? To review, this religious group led by Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo decided that we'd all be better off not living in the current state of Israel, which along with the US, according to him,...

22 Apr BREAKING NEWS: Red Hot Chili Peppers Spotted in Bat Yam!

Posted at 03:17h in Current Events, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

How else to explain this story? A 27-year-old man, claiming to be a yeshiva student, decided to launch an unusual protest against a court ruling allowing stores and restaurants to sell leavened food during the holiday of Passover. The man, dressed as a haredi, arrived Monday...

19 Apr That’s Funny….I Could Have Sworn It Was PASSOVER.

Posted at 17:41h in Comedy, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

Hello, Ynet readers, and welcome to the War Zone! Put on your flak jacket and let's have some fun. Just a few quick photos before I (and the 35 pounds I just put on) hit the sack...

18 Apr How to Know That You’re Not in America Anymore

Posted at 15:00h in I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

From earlier this morning...