kotel Tag

25 Mar Charedization Continues: Kotel Closed on Shabbat

Posted at 03:27h in Benji's Getting Serious, Current Events, Jew Stuff, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent 0 Comments

I was so busy with the Obama live-blog that I forgot to upload my latest blog entry for the Times of Israel. My latest Onion-type satire piece. For better or worse, several people thought it was real which is a scary statement about where this...

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...

21 Nov America: The Photo Montage (How Much Weird Stuff Can I Find at the Airport?)

Posted at 10:30h in Culture, Life on the Home Front, Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers-I'm back from the USA and, boy, are my arms tired. Or something like that. And before you can say "looks like winter has arrived in Israel", it looks winter has arrived in Israel. Because at least in the places I've lived,...

07 Dec HA HA! I’M RICH, BABY! I’M RIIIIIIIIICH!

Posted at 00:20h in I Love This Place, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

You better believe it, my loyal readers! I know we've been through this before but this time, it appears to be the real deal! Those of you who've stuck with me from the beginning will be duly rewarded. Check out the recent email I...

03 Mar I’ve Been Memed Facebooked iPod

Posted at 01:38h in Miscellaneous 0 Comments

That's the jibberish I talk when I want to make fun of "my kids" and the fact that they live in, and cannot live without, a ridiculous world of technology. My 32 year-old mind cannot comprehend how these 18 year-olds come to Israel for 9...