gilad shalit Tag

19 Jul Terror in Bulgaria: How a Comedian Responds

Posted at 00:28h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, Current Events, The War Zone 0 Comments

My newest blog post on the Times of Israel...

26 Nov Do the Gilad Shalit Protests Help or Harm?

Posted at 04:09h in Benji's Getting Serious, Current Events, The War Zone 0 Comments

Two days ago, I wrote about my experiences in the Gilad Shalit tent. After I volunteered the first time, I found myself in a conversation with a friend who felt that these types of big, visible protests were harmful to the...

24 Nov What Really Goes on at the Gilad Shalit Tent

Posted at 02:32h in Current Events, Israelis Make Me Laugh 0 Comments

As you may have seen from my Facebook status, I volunteered at the Gilad Shalit tent yesterday for the second time. If you haven't seen it, the protest/awareness tent has been set up outside the Prime Minister's office for...

02 Sep Israel is a Small Place

Posted at 03:09h in Benji's Getting Serious, Current Events, I Love This Place 0 Comments

The primary topic of this post was going to be the solidarity “rally” Thursday night in Rabin Square (the plaza in Tel Aviv renamed for Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin after his assassination there at a peace rally). I put the word in quotes because...