Miscellaneous

05 May BEST DAY OF THE YEAR: 66 MORE Things I Love About Israel!

Posted at 12:33h 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, Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph, Video 0 Comments

Every year I say this but this year, I really can't believe I was able to write another list. All year, I thought this would be my last one but now that's it's done (and hopefully to your liking), I think I have to keep...

30 Dec What Happens When Santa Claus Comes to the Middle East

Posted at 10:29h in Comedy, I Love This Place, Miscellaneous 0 Comments

'Twas the night before Christmas And all through the house...

21 Nov America: The Photo Montage (How Much Weird Stuff Can I Find at the Airport?)

Posted at 10:30h in Culture, Life on the Home Front, Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers-I'm back from the USA and, boy, are my arms tired. Or something like that. And before you can say "looks like winter has arrived in Israel", it looks winter has arrived in Israel. Because at least in the places I've lived,...

23 Aug Is Ted Turner Dead? He’s Definitely Rolling in Something

Posted at 11:07h in Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, The War Zone, Uncategorized 0 Comments

If we're talking stereotypes: Israelis may be rude...

21 Aug HELP: In Search of Extras and Musical Instruments

Posted at 01:50h in Comedy, Miscellaneous, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

"This is why I have a blog, take II." I'm filming a video tomorrow for a Jewish organization and it's happening at the 90th minute as we say in Hebrew. For the Americans out there, it's just after the two-minute warning and the home team has...

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)...

19 Jul Am I a Settler or Palestinian? I Can’t Decide.

Posted at 23:57h in Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly, The War Zone 0 Comments

Day #4 of my Fa-cation. I feel a little like Morgan Spurlock but without all the weight gain. What's a guy to do when he's not posting silly, impulsive statuses on Facebook? Well, truth be told, pretty much the same stuff he does every other...

14 Jul Some Things You Really Shouldn’t Buy Secondhand

Posted at 05:32h in Miscellaneous, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Hello, my fellow Israelis! How's your bank balance doing? Up? Down? All around? If you've been following the news, you know that, well...

14 Jun Cinnabon Coming to Israel (Herzl Rolls in Grave)

Posted at 14:57h in Miscellaneous, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent 0 Comments

It's official: globalization has gone too far. I'm going to cry. Can we make the world a little flat? Please? I will now go eat some Bamba while reading Shai Agnon. H/T: Daniel G., Tel Aviv...

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

Posted at 07:49h 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, Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly, That Thing That Pays the Bills, The War Zone, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph, Video 0 Comments

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...