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07 Aug The Day the Jews Killed the Airline Search Sites

Posted at 05:40h in Current Events, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

In light of yesterday's travel news, here's my latest on the Times of Israel. I'm really enjoying the transition from "oleh chadash observations" to more current events and stuff. Are you? Is anyone even still here anymore? Did you hear the one about the guy who...

23 May The Idiot’s Guide to Shavuot

Posted at 06:23h in I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

My latest in the Times of Israel. Enjoy! As always, if you like it, share it! “You shall count for yourselves -- from the day after the Shabbat, from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving -- seven Shabbats, they shall be complete....

25 Apr LET’S DO THIS! 64 More Things I Love About Israel!

Posted at 10:40h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, Culture, Current Events, I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front, Now I'm Just Being Silly, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph, Video 0 Comments

I can't believe I'm welcoming you to my fifth annual Yom Ha'atzmaut list. After 246 different things I love about Israel, I didn't believe 64 more even existed. A few months, many hours, two long plane rides, and a consultation or two with a couple...

01 Apr It’s April Fool’s Day….Why Not Move to Tel Aviv?

Posted at 11:19h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, Culture, I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Tomorrow, I move to Tel Aviv. I was pretty sure this day was coming from the time I moved here; I just didn’t know it would take 3.5 years to return. My aliyah has taken me to Tel Aviv, then Jerusalem, and now back where I...

08 Feb My New Favorite Time-Waster

Posted at 01:55h in Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Ok, I just discovered a website to make your own parody of those motivational posters that were on corporate walls back in the '90s. While they're not new, this seems to be the unofficial latest meme on Facebook. I now know how I will be...

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...

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

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28 Aug Ben-Gurion Airport, Part 48…With a Twist

Posted at 01:43h in Benji's Getting Serious, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

Thursday, August 25th Seems like it’s been a while….how about another blog entry from Ben-Gurion? Ahh, nothing sparks my creative juices than sitting at the airport at 5 AM. I love it every time. I’m not even kidding. I’m flying to the States again for a vacation. ...

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...