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10 Oct My Big Fat Greek Yom Kippur, Part I

Posted at 07:02h in Jew Stuff, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, The War Zone 0 Comments

Bill Simmons-style, I'm breaking this one up into two parts. Link to Part II at the bottom. Cross-posted on the Times of Israel. Shana tova, everyone. Did you have a memorable season of chagim? I did, having spent ten days on vacation in Greece. Aside from...

07 Oct Yom Kippur in Israel

Posted at 14:19h in Benji's Getting Serious, Jew Stuff, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

The holiday season. In America, we have Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Christian, Jewish, or whatever, things slow down in the office and in general. The phone rings less at work, people are off, school’s out so there’s less traffic. Here,...