My latest on the Times of Israel: In an announcement made Sunday, the United States administration pledged that they are willing to take all steps necessary to curb Iran’s nuclear production including asking really nicely. Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of reporters, “Based on...
Hello, my loyal readers. Can I interest you in a rant? Before I get to my latest blog post in the Times of Israel, I'll just say that I thoroughly enjoyed this one. For somewhere between a week and the last two years, I've been...
Israel is a dangerous place. Between the unrest in Egypt, the threat of war with Iran, and matkot balls flying around at the speed of light, we can never know what the future holds. I was reminded of this last week when I threw my back out...
Hello, my loyal readers! Everyone ok out there? Quick life update: I ran my car into a tree. The good news is I'm fine. The bad news is it was on Tu B'shvat. The JNF is pissed. Ok, ok, I'm joking. (Sorry if I scared you, Mom.)...
I'm into Day 3 of my Fa-cation; while I started Sunday, we're coming up on around 48 hours of trying to save my thoughts for long-form blog expression. I have yet to experience any kind of withdrawal symptoms which can only be a good thing,...
Shalom from Tel Aviv, people-at the time this article was written, the Prime Minister is on his way out, Iran is developing nuclear weapons, and the price of falafel just went up a shekel. In other words, another week in the Middle East. WHAT ELSE...
Good morning, my loyal readers! The feedback I've gotten from a couple of my close friends is that they most enjoy reading about my personal stories and experiences, rather than commentary on news stories. I agree-recaps at the iriya are more fun to...
Are you kidding me? This just in from the Jerusalem Post: Iran on Tuesday condemned a gunman's rampage the previous day at Virginia Tech university which left 33 people dead and was the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history. "While condemning this [attack], [Iran] expresses condolences...
In a new press release, the Arabic Media Internet Network reports the findings of a Swedish researcher that of the gross human rights violations in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israel is responsible for 97.8% of them. In other news, McDonald's announced that of the heart attacks...
As I detailed a few months ago, one of the national slogans here is "Yiyeh B'seder (it will be ok)". There's no situation yiyeh b'seder can't handle. It's the Clorox bleach of phrases. I recently witnessed the mother of all yiyeh b'seders when talking with my...