30 Mar My Day with Maxim (Part II)
Part I here...
Miscellaneous
18 Mar ”Thirty-seven! Eighteen! Falafel ball! HIKE!”
By now, you may have heard that Israel will be launching a professional baseball league this summer. But a FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION??? Bob Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots (and active Jewish community leader), and former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue were recently in Israel...
12 Mar Chumus Bar Refaeli Chumus Chumus Chumbar Refummus
If you're one of my loyal readers, you've taken note of my pleasure in referencing Bar Refaeli, not so much because she's, well...
03 Mar I’ve Been Memed Facebooked iPod
That's the jibberish I talk when I want to make fun of "my kids" and the fact that they live in, and cannot live without, a ridiculous world of technology. My 32 year-old mind cannot comprehend how these 18 year-olds come to Israel for 9...
16 Feb Your Email is a War Zone (I Wouldn’t Send My Kids There)
Israel continues to be a war zone. Just today, I risked my life eating 2 scoops of cookies and cream in sunny Tel Aviv. WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END??? Thank G-d the media is here to report things accurately. Right to left: Michal,...
01 Feb Through Rain, Sleet, Snow, and Chumus…
What do they say about the US Postal Service? That they'll deliver under any circumstances, be it rain, sleet, or snow? Apparently they have more obstacles than their Israeli counterparts. My mom sent me a package a week or so ago. I got...
27 Jan Back and Better than Ever
Hello, my loyal readers-is anybody still out there? To paraphrase the famous '80s commercial, don't hate me for not writing. No excuses. Visitors from the States, Ulpan, first-year craziness...
09 Jan Stay Dry, Tel Aviv
Hello, my loyal readers...
25 Dec ”Chickpeeeeeeas Roasting on an Open Fire…”
My first Christmas in Israel (since moving here anyway). I celebrated the holiday by eating falafel for lunch. In my world, Christmas comes about twice a week with lots of chumus and extra pickles. Thank you, Santa! To any of my loyal readers...
23 Dec The end of intermarriage
What percentage of Jewish females would marry out of the faith if Justin Timberlake was their rabbi? We can dream, can't we? Or you can watch this Saturday Night Live instant classic, featuring Rabbi Timberlake two minutes and sixteen seconds in. One of the things that makes...