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07 Oct Gee, I Don’t Remember Learning About This Guy in Hebrew School

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Then again, what do I remember learning about in Hebrew school? People, I don't need to tell you about the financial mess the United States is in. It's serious business. At the same time, over the last year, the shekel has strengthened and for...

05 Oct Adventures in Journalism

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As a few commenters recently discovered via the print or online editions, Jpost recently published a profile of me in their Friday paper a week or so ago. Every week or so, they have an "Arrivals" column profiling an oleh chadash or vatik (new...

29 Sep State of the Rosh Hashana Address

Posted at 05:52h in Benji's Getting Serious, Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Well, my loyal readers, I had hoped to churn out a deep, thoughtful 475 page post about my vacation (more than just my impressions of American grocery stores and US Weekly's most recent article on ______'s baby bump), all the reflection I did about my...

03 Sep Watch out NBN, There’s a New Kid in Town

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G-d, Starbucks is weird. I seriously feel like I'm stuck in Pleasantville. Just doesn't seem real, this suburban life. It's been extremely strange being back ever since I landed about 36 hours ago. Ayn li koach to go into detail (especially...

30 Aug Lions and Tigers and Chul, OH MY!

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Tonight, I'm off to chul* for 3 weeks to see family and friends. I've heard that each trip over the years becomes progressively weirder and weirder which I believe already. While I am excited to walk about SuperTarget with my jaw on the...

24 Aug In Case You Didn’t Hear, There Was a Blogging Conference. No, Seriously.

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That was for the bloggers. Just a few more thoughts regarding the NBN Jewish blogger conference (in addition to what I already wrote here...

18 Aug Embarrassing Moments in the Office

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We're sitting in a department-wide meeting at work when pitom (suddenly), my phone rings. Not my personal cell phone which is set to display in English, but a work phone assigned to one of my tour guides which I was set to deliver hours...

11 Aug Am I Fluent in Hebrew Yet? Nope (Reason #483)

Posted at 00:00h in I Love Hebrew, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Last week, I go to the bank to cash a check which I'd been carrying around for a good month or so. From my many visits to the ATM, I remember that "withdrawal" in Hebrew is "משיכה" (meshicha). Not five minutes later, I'm...

10 Aug This Day in History, Brought to You by the Letter Aleph and Rotem the Ars

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Editor's note: After publishing this post, I realized that I completely failed to take into account that today is Tisha B'av, the day where we mourn the destruction of the 2nd Temple, along with many other tragedies throughout Jewish history. While I almost always do...

06 Aug Once More, With Feeling (and Chumus)

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