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11 May Angry Anglo Bloggers, Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Posted at 07:43h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, Culture, I Love This Place, Life on the Home Front, Mr. Miyagi, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

In case you missed it, here's my latest blog post from the Times of Israel. Enjoy and Shabbat shalom! Once upon a time, 45 bajillion blog posts were written about olim, their complaints, and a partridge in a pear tree. In our immediate-reaction, “look, two...

08 Jan Star Wars, Episode VII: The Fight at Arnona

Posted at 03:28h in Culture, Life on the Home Front, Mr. Miyagi 0 Comments

Boker tov-did you have a nice Shabbat? Funny how after five-plus years here, I've realized that I call the weekend "Shabbat" irrespective of religious connotations. I had a typical lazy weekend in Jerusalem, relaxing and watching illegally downloaded movies, or as I like to call...

15 Jul You Thought I Was Joking About Israeli Weddings?

Posted at 00:00h in Culture, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Mr. Miyagi 0 Comments

Here it is if you missed it. And here's more proof from my friend Mort, sent via text message from the shetach (the "field")...

11 Mar Time to Re-evaluate the Japan-Israel Diplomatic Relations

Posted at 11:27h in Life on the Home Front, Mr. Miyagi, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent 0 Comments

In my ongoing effort to eat healthily (I should really detail this if I ever have time), I went to the shuk to buy ingredients for this salmon recipe. Let's hope no one in this country ever has to rely on wasabi to survive. It...

21 Feb Ulpan Adventures….They’re Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 16:11h in I Love Hebrew, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Mr. Miyagi 0 Comments

With apologies to Fiona Apple, I've been a bad, bad boy. When life gets hectic, the first thing that suffers is Ulpan attendance. It's a horrible shame because as many of my Israeli friends tell me, learning Hebrew should be right at the top of...

09 Dec My Go-to Move….and ISRAEL’S NEW MATZAV

Posted at 02:45h in Current Events, I Love Hebrew, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Mr. Miyagi, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers-excited for Shabbat? I sure am-it's been a busy week and I need to relax...

20 Nov Ulpan Adventures, Vol. II

Posted at 18:30h in I Love Hebrew, Mr. Miyagi, Now I'm Just Being Silly, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I chronicled my first day of Ulpan. It’s been three weeks now, 3-4 days each week, and it's going great. I truly felt my Hebrew getting significantly better after only a week and a half of learning new words. One...