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17 Apr Mimouna: Getting in Touch With My Sephardic Side

This is post #2 of the day, my loyal readers. I have a feeling that when I post more than once in a short period, people miss the first one. And if you liked that, you have GOT to see this!!!! Did you click on...

10 Apr Deeeeeeeeeeeep Breaths

Posted at 02:05h in Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Here's a story passed on from a friend of mine which made me laugh (we'll call her "Melissa"...

03 Apr Reason #485 Why You Should Go to Ulpan

Posted at 11:25h in I Love Hebrew, Israelis Make Me Laugh, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Any olim chadashim reading? Like really chadashim? Here’s a tip from Uncle Benji: go to Ulpan. A lot. Like nine times a day. If I could do this whole thing again, I’d take my first 6 months off and...

02 Apr This is Why I Created the ‘Benji’s Getting Serious’ Category

Posted at 01:59h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, I Love Hebrew, I Love This Place, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

We interrupt this program for me to break character for a minute. When I started this blog, it was the classic traveler’s journal for family and friends about my life, expectations, experiences, etc. It didn’t take long for me to find my voice and start...

30 Mar More of “What the *$@# does that word say?”

Posted at 04:28h in I Love Hebrew, Life on the Home Front, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Inspired by Pant Steak… Who saw “Hisardut (Survivor)” last night? Great way to practice your Hebrew with the subtitles. Until I saw “גו גתר”. Here was me sounding it out in the second before the audio caught up. “Gav? Gav ga-TAHR?” Oh GEEZ… This is starting to require its own...

23 Mar How Can Someone Wet Her Pants But Still Conjugate in Passive Tense?

Posted at 06:15h in I Love Hebrew, Jew Stuff, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Good morning, my loyal readers-I hope to have my Purim update online in the next 24 hours. I’m having some logistical issues in the camera department which will be resolved soon. As always, it was a nice holiday experience. I hope you all had a...

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...

18 Feb If Channel 10 Runs This, I’m Suing

Posted at 13:24h in Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

It's a small world, my loyal readers. No, I'm not channeling Walt Disney. I'm talking Tom Friedman, as in "The World is Flat". Only a handful of years ago, everybody's favorite Jewish state had two TV channels and American movies that often opened up months...

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...

27 Jan Remember This Name

Posted at 02:03h in 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

After these egregious offenses, I have developed what I call "Post-Traumatic Name Syndrome" where I become terrified at the sight of a coffee barista-type with a microphone, just waiting to scream "BAHN-gee" to the delight of everyone nearby. When they lean over to say...