matkot Tag

24 Jun Top 10 Things to Do While Lying in Bed for a Week

Posted at 09:46h in Benji's Getting Serious, I Love This Place, Life on the Home Front, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph, Video 0 Comments

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...

11 Aug Am I Fluent in Hebrew Yet? Nope (Reason #483)

Posted at 00:00h in I Love Hebrew, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Last week, I go to the bank to cash a check which I'd been carrying around for a good month or so. From my many visits to the ATM, I remember that "withdrawal" in Hebrew is "משיכה" (meshicha). Not five minutes later, I'm...

08 Jul An Idiot’s Guide to the Tel Aviv Beach

Posted at 01:00h in Comedy, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, The War Zone, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Shalom from Tel Aviv, my loyal readers-are you enjoying the gorgeous weather? I sure am. With the ol' day job continuing at a fever pitch, I've adapted a new strategy for the weekends. I like to call it "sit on the beach and do nothing."...

08 Jun No Wonder Some People are Afraid to Come

Posted at 08:22h in Israelis Make Me Laugh, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, The War Zone 0 Comments

As we all know too well from following the news, things have once again been heating up in the Middle East. There is a real danger these days which shows no signs of abating at least for a few months. That’s right…it’s matkot season. Matkot, according...