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09 May WE’RE BAAAAAACK! 63 MORE Things I Love about Israel

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We're still a few hours away but since Jpost already went live with it, Chag Ha'atzmaut sameach! If you made it here from Jpost, welcome! If you enjoyed this list, then be sure to subscribe to my mailing list on the right for more hilarious...

05 May The Yoms are Coming: A Photo Essay

Posted at 03:16h in Benji's Getting Serious, Culture, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Five days till "63 More Things about Israel" goes live! Four days if you get the paper. Stay tuned...

01 May I Know There’s Nothing Funny About the Holocaust But….

Posted at 12:47h in Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Tonight begins Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. All public places of entertainment this evening are closed this evening as the nation remembers the tragedy of six million Jewish lives lost in the Holocaust. Restaurants, cafes, bars, movies...

24 Apr Babies Love Slavery

Posted at 01:41h in Comedy, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Good morning, everyone-are you enjoying your Pesach? Can you believe here in Israel we're more than five days into this thing? Two more and it's chametz time. (Kind of like Hammer Time but with more bread and less booty-shaking.) I spent three nights last week around...

18 Apr “Best Year of Your Life”

Posted at 01:00h in Culture, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

It's 8:26 AM: do you know where your chametz is? Mine is quietly minding its own business in the cupboard, doing whatever chametz does when left unattended. I'm slowly coming to terms with Passover starting in only 10 hours, another holiday where I failed to...

17 Apr Requisite Passover Video Post

Posted at 00:56h in Culture, Jew Stuff, Miscellaneous, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, Video 0 Comments

Shalom, my loyal readers! Are you all preparing for Pesach? I know I am. Jewish tradition dictates that before the holiday begins, we should all do a bedikat chametz, or checking for chametz, in our homes with a candle and feather. I just did mine....

21 Mar Macca-Beat It: Look Who’s Getting Tough

Posted at 05:16h in Comedy, Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

If you missed my Purim spoof on eJewishPhilanthropy yesterday, here it is in its entirety. On the heels of their national tour and another hit holiday song, The Maccabeats are hotter than ever, and now, everybody’s favorite Jewish acapella band is planning its next move....

08 Nov J Effin’ A, I’m at the GA!

Posted at 18:33h in Jew Stuff, Miscellaneous 0 Comments

Jesus! Have you ever tried uploading a blog post from the JFNA's* General Assembly? It's impossible. Mostly for the same reasons it's impossible to go to the bathroom or carry on a meaningful conversation for more than 7.5 seconds. Because it's the professional Matza Ball,...

26 Sep Yom Kippur Wrap-Up, Part II: Vomit and Highways and Bikes, Oh My!

Posted at 00:35h in Benji's Getting Serious, Current Events, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers-did you enjoy Part I of our Yom Kippur wrap-up? I was hoping to actually get to Part 2 before another holiday hit but, hey, that's Tishrei for you. It's Friday night of Sukkot and I can't think of a...

21 Sep Yom Kippur Wrap-Up, Part I: How Do You Observe?

Posted at 07:19h in Benji's Getting Serious, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Inspired by my idol Bill Simmons, I'm being nice to my loyal readers and splitting this into 2 parts. Can you believe we're already closer to Sukkot than we are Yom Kippur? How did that happen? And so much for my state of hunger. After just...