That Thing That Pays the Bills

11 Mar Where Do I Find an Ulpan for English?

Posted at 13:33h in Comedy, I Love Hebrew, Life on the Home Front, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers. Sorry for the recent lack of posts. Life as an oleh chadash is busy as always and I’ve had a packed few weeks with stand-up shows and other things. A couple weeks back, I was asked to perform for at a...

26 Feb Who Needs a Vacation?

Posted at 09:17h in Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

My dear friend Sarit keeps urging me to get back to writing about my life and the ridiculous experiences I have (you know, like with Israeli model Nivit Bash or with the human….um, the guys dressed up in costume).I know, I need to; it’s just...

19 Feb I’m Sorry But It Must Be Done

Posted at 15:51h in Comedy, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

It's time for a little self-promotion from Bahn-gee Massachusetts. First of all, welcome Jpost visitors. Make yourself at home. Take a walk through the archives and please feel free to laugh and make comments. If I can give you one piece of...

11 Feb This is Why I’m Going to Ulpan?

Posted at 16:15h in That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

So I started a new job yesterday, my loyal readers. I'm a content writer for an online marketing firm and that's all I'm gonna say for now. Some of you in the place called chul might be asking yourself, "Self? How does an oleh chadash struggling...

22 Jan Who Wants to Spank a Tree?

Posted at 13:29h in Culture, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

I feel like the story of Tu B'shvat was started as some kind of a practical joke and then continued over the years (why does this sound familiar?...

13 Jan THIS IS WAR, YOU BASTARDS

Posted at 03:45h in Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Only one week ago, I wrote about the tendency for people to mispronounce my name here. Apparently "the gods" did not look favorably on this post and have decided to wage all-out war on me. I got my first tlush maskoret (salary statement) last week from...

27 Dec ”Roads? Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need…Roads”

Posted at 17:36h in Jew Stuff, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Get ready, my loyal readers-we'll be hitting the proverbial 88 miles per hour soon enough. Big changes coming to this War Zone shortly. First thing I should tell you is - Mom, you can just ignore this part if it stresses you out - that I...

28 Nov No Connection to Hooters, Really

Posted at 05:01h in Benji's Getting Serious, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Just a coincidence that I'm posting this the same day, but here is an article I recently wrote for Israel21C, a site that publishes stories about 21st century Israel's contributions to technology, culture, and more. It's about Israeli fashion guru Adi Barkan and his...

16 Oct Any (Word)Press is Good (Word)Press

Posted at 01:48h in Miscellaneous, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Hardy har har. Only nine days till WordCamp Israel, a one-day seminar on blogging including workshops on business, marketing, technology, and other impressive sounding words. The keynote speaker is Lorelle VanFossen who apparently has been blogging in one way or another for 13 years about...

09 Oct What has three legs, reads the paper, and likes falafel balls?

Posted at 10:15h in Comedy, Now I'm Just Being Silly, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

If you can answer this question with ease and quickness, you might just want to come on down to The Main Event's Pub Quiz! The Jerusalem Pub Quiz is back! Come and enjoy an evening of laughs and drinks as teams battle it out over a...