Security? SECURITY??? When people say life in Israel is hard, this is what they're talking about. My socks, after falling to their tragic death. WHY DON'T THEY SHOW THIS ON CNN??? Fortunately, we have waitresses that look like this to make us forget about laundry stress. My visiting...
Has it really been a year since we covered some of the great duos in history? Let's take a look at a few more. 1) Steven Tyler and Joe Perry: Nicknamed the "Toxic Twins", these rock n’ roll powerhouses had enough hits to span TWO careers...
From the department of “Did I just get Punk’d?” Decisions, decisions. The aliyah process requires an oleh chadash to make many: Jerusalem or Tel Aviv? Orange or Cellcom? Keep going "yashar yashar...
Break-ups are hell, people. We've all had them. Sometimes we're fortunate to move on and remain friends with our exes and sometimes the pain is too great and we must go our separate ways. Either way, it's not easy. Imagine my...
Shalom from my beautiful mirpeset (balcony) overlooking Rothschild Boulevard, my loyal readers. It is here where I come to write, seeking inspiration for my most recent blog entry. At times, I find myself with writer's block, wondering from where my latest misadventure will appear. Just...
As I sit here thinking about how I described Rosh Hashanah last year, struggling to exude the same emotions as I did then, I’m finding myself with a small case of writer’s block. While the holiday is still extremely meaningful, perhaps there’s only one first...
As we all know too well from following the news, things have once again been heating up in the Middle East. There is a real danger these days which shows no signs of abating at least for a few months. That’s right…it’s matkot season. Matkot, according...
Are you kidding me? This just in from the Jerusalem Post: Iran on Tuesday condemned a gunman's rampage the previous day at Virginia Tech university which left 33 people dead and was the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history. "While condemning this [attack], [Iran] expresses condolences...
In an effort to negate the ridiculous "Israel is a war zone, it's not safe to visit" mularkey, I recently poked holes with links to recent events of random violence in America. It's easy to emotionally detach and make fun when you're a citizen of...
Last night, I boarded a bus from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Well, to be accurate, I was forced on by a raging mob of impatient pushers and line-cutters. Why they had to push, I have no idea, since we were standing close to the front...