tu b'shvat Archives | Benji Lovitt

09 Feb The Times of Israel: “The Idiot’s Guide to Bombing Iran”

Posted at 08:27h in Benji's Getting Serious, Comedy, Current Events, I Love This Place, Life on the Home Front, Now I'm Just Being Silly, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

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.)...

08 Feb My New Favorite Time-Waster

Posted at 01:55h in Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Ok, I just discovered a website to make your own parody of those motivational posters that were on corporate walls back in the '90s. While they're not new, this seems to be the unofficial latest meme on Facebook. I now know how I will be...

22 Jan Who Wants to Spank a Tree?

Posted at 13:29h in Culture, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, That Thing That Pays the Bills, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

I feel like the story of Tu B'shvat was started as some kind of a practical joke and then continued over the years (why does this sound familiar?...

21 Feb Ulpan Adventures….They’re Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 16:11h in I Love Hebrew, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Mr. Miyagi 0 Comments

With apologies to Fiona Apple, I've been a bad, bad boy. When life gets hectic, the first thing that suffers is Ulpan attendance. It's a horrible shame because as many of my Israeli friends tell me, learning Hebrew should be right at the top of...

tu b’shvat Tag

09 Feb The Times of Israel: “The Idiot’s Guide to Bombing Iran”

08 Feb My New Favorite Time-Waster

22 Jan Who Wants to Spank a Tree?

21 Feb Ulpan Adventures….They’re Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!