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...
Now I’m Just Being Silly
27 Feb No Better Place to Raise Children (Especially as Smokers)
Israel: no better place to raise kids. Everybody here knows it. Far away from the crime-ridden streets of America lies a place with friendly neighbors, parks, and of course, no random gun violence. And, ahhh, the beach. Fun for the whole family!...
05 Feb ”Following the game…it’s ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ ”
So last night was the Super Bowl. Incredibly enough, I managed to miss an entire football season without experiencing cardiac arrest. Nevertheless, I decided that if I missed the championship game, I might as well revoke my American citizenship the next day. When faced with...
29 Jan ”Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on…..ehhhhh……”
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I recently talked to my friend Noga who's been following my adventures. I was interested but not surprised by her impressions of my writing. She was a tad irked (ech omrim "irk"?), not as much by what was on this site as much as what...
30 Dec ”Now boarding…rows Aleph thru Zayin”
The last week of the year…always a popular week to travel. In the States, a time to turn on your “out of office” and use your unusued vacation days. And in Israel, a time to welcome the flood of Americans who visit Israel on a...
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...
09 Dec My Go-to Move….and ISRAEL’S NEW MATZAV
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Hello, my loyal readers-excited for Shabbat? I sure am-it's been a busy week and I need to relax...
04 Dec Well, Now I’ve Seen Everything…
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It was brought to my attention last week that Friday, December 1st was World AIDS Day. Although we might wish differently (thanks to the recent UN voting), Israel is in fact part of this world and as such, commemorated this day along with the...
01 Dec ‘If You LOL It, It is No OMG!!!’
"Im tirtzu, ayn zo agada." If you will it, it is no dream. -Theodore Herzl The Founder of Modern Political Zionism strived for a state where Jews could live as the majority in a country of their own. They would work in jobs...
26 Nov Dude, Where’s My Dood?
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in Life on the Home Front, Now I'm Just Being Silly, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments
Sit right back, my loyal readers, for I've a story to tell. When I lived in America (in the old days...