Birthright Archives | Benji Lovitt

16 Oct My Big Fat Greek Yom Kippur, Part II

Posted at 03:53h in Benji's Getting Serious, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent 0 Comments

If you missed Part 1 of my Greek adventures, check it out here. An abbreviated version is cross-posted on the Times of Israel here (so much for getting a "Species II" reference in there.) And now, without further ado, here’s a list of unrelated thoughts at...

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...

16 Sep 5773: A Look Back from the Future

Posted at 00:43h in Current Events, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

My Rosh Hashana column for the Times of Israel. Shana tova, everyone! With Rosh Hashanah just around the bend, I decided to check out the future in my spanking new time machine. Now, just seconds after I left, I'm back with the answers to your questions...

07 Aug The Day the Jews Killed the Airline Search Sites

Posted at 05:40h in Current Events, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

In light of yesterday's travel news, here's my latest on the Times of Israel. I'm really enjoying the transition from "oleh chadash observations" to more current events and stuff. Are you? Is anyone even still here anymore? Did you hear the one about the guy who...

29 Jul 2012 Fall Comedy Tour: Who Wants Chumus?

Posted at 06:31h in Comedy, Video 0 Comments

Exhausted from Middle East politics? Want to “recharge your Israel battery?” American-Israeli comedian Benji Lovitt is now booking shows for North America between October 27th and November 15th. His hilarious perspective about life in Israel is a must-have user guide to life in the Middle East...

08 Jan The NU Campaign and Benji Team Up (The Best Combo Since Chumus and Pita)

Posted at 18:08h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, That Thing That Pays the Bills, Video 0 Comments

Once upon a time, there was an oleh...

27 Oct It’s the “Occupy Bamba Comedy Tour!”

Posted at 10:26h in Comedy, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Shalom from a suburban Starbucks somewhere in North America. As I wrote on FB and Twitter a bit ago, if aliens ever do invade Planet Earth, they should disguise their spaceship as a Starbucks. The United States will enter the mothership willingly. Is there any...

18 Aug Top 10 Uses of the Guardian Newspaper

Posted at 07:20h in Current Events, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, The War Zone 0 Comments

Just a couple of hours ago, as reported by the Guardian, "Southern Israel was hit by what appeared to be a series of attacks on Thursday as two vehicles were fired on near the Egyptian border and a group of soldiers were hit with heavy...

21 Mar Macca-Beat It: Look Who’s Getting Tough

Posted at 05:16h in Comedy, Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

If you missed my Purim spoof on eJewishPhilanthropy yesterday, here it is in its entirety. On the heels of their national tour and another hit holiday song, The Maccabeats are hotter than ever, and now, everybody’s favorite Jewish acapella band is planning its next move....

30 Jan It’s The ”I’m Homeless” Comedy Tour!

Posted at 14:58h in Comedy, Life on the Home Front 0 Comments

Shalom from an undisclosed location, boys and girls. In case you didn't hear, my apartment became unlivable this past weekend. I'm still a wandering Jew, having spent this morning packing my possessions into garbage bags in anticipatzia of having to clear the way for shiputzim. We all know that...

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