It's busy season in the office, my loyal readers. BUSY SEASON! Tourist season is here which means that thousands of Americans have begun to descend on Israel, like flies on dried fruit in the shuk. (So when we buy peanuts and dried...
Hello, my loyal readers-enjoying the lovely weather? I just got off a phone call with a friend Rachel who described the day as lovely. Are women halachically required to describe everything as "lovely" once they hit their upper 20s? I recently noticed a few of...
Some more work-related thoughts after a long day, wondering when I'm going to write about Yom Ha'atzmaut...
Hello, my loyal readers-how in the heck are you? I'm good. As expected, Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut were simply amazing, moving, and inspiring. I can't seem to write about holidays in less than five billion words (see any past entry about a chag) so...
Holy hafuch, Batman...
Any of my long-time readers notice the serious amount of posts over the last month? Let's just say that I've had a fair amount of time on my hands. April officially became my most prolific month of writing last week and with a few more...
And now…a look at life in Israel.(2 minutes before this exchange, a co-worker I barely know invited me to his Seder. Good Lord, Israelis are the most hospitable people in the universe.) Benji: Why are Israelis so nice? You can’t go to miluim (army reserves), we...
Just a couple of days ago, I wrote about my effort to buy Pant Steak from the store. That was just the most recent example of my attempt to read English words in Hebrew which all Americans know are the toughest ones to make out....
Two days in a row, my loyal readers...
Only one week ago, I wrote about the tendency for people to mispronounce my name here. Apparently "the gods" did not look favorably on this post and have decided to wage all-out war on me. I got my first tlush maskoret (salary statement) last week from...