yom kippur Archives | Benji Lovitt

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...

10 Oct My Big Fat Greek Yom Kippur, Part I

Posted at 07:02h in Jew Stuff, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, The War Zone 0 Comments

Bill Simmons-style, I'm breaking this one up into two parts. Link to Part II at the bottom. Cross-posted on the Times of Israel. Shana tova, everyone. Did you have a memorable season of chagim? I did, having spent ten days on vacation in Greece. Aside from...

06 Oct The Idiot’s Guide to Yom Kippur

Posted at 08:35h in I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

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05 May The Yoms are Coming: A Photo Essay

Posted at 03:16h in Benji's Getting Serious, Culture, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Five days till "63 More Things about Israel" goes live! Four days if you get the paper. Stay tuned...

26 Sep Yom Kippur Wrap-Up, Part II: Vomit and Highways and Bikes, Oh My!

Posted at 00:35h in Benji's Getting Serious, Current Events, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Hello, my loyal readers-did you enjoy Part I of our Yom Kippur wrap-up? I was hoping to actually get to Part 2 before another holiday hit but, hey, that's Tishrei for you. It's Friday night of Sukkot and I can't think of a...

21 Sep Yom Kippur Wrap-Up, Part I: How Do You Observe?

Posted at 07:19h in Benji's Getting Serious, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Inspired by my idol Bill Simmons, I'm being nice to my loyal readers and splitting this into 2 parts. Can you believe we're already closer to Sukkot than we are Yom Kippur? How did that happen? And so much for my state of hunger. After just...

01 Oct I Got Detained by Bibi’s Secret Service. And How Was Your Chag?

Posted at 08:25h in Benji's Getting Serious, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, The War Zone 0 Comments

Ok, let's get some housekeeping out of the way (whatever the hell that phrase means). The winner of the Jgooders comment contest is? Tsippy Gurion, with her fake fund name "Born Free- The society for returning all Beitar Yerushalaim fans back to nature."...

22 Sep If You Still Have Dial-Up, Probably Time to Upgrade

Posted at 03:13h in Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Don't forget to make it out to the Comedy Basement tomorrow night at 8:30. Otherwise, I might make yerida. Are you listening, Nefesh B'Nefesh? Hello, my loyal readers-have you "entered" this contest yet? Just leave a quick comment and you might win a...

07 Oct Yom Kippur in Israel

Posted at 14:19h in Benji's Getting Serious, Jew Stuff, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

The holiday season. In America, we have Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Christian, Jewish, or whatever, things slow down in the office and in general. The phone rings less at work, people are off, school’s out so there’s less traffic. Here,...

29 Sep Happy Birthday to the World!

Posted at 01:48h in Benji's Getting Serious, Current Events, I Love This Place, Jew Stuff 0 Comments

Ahh, Friday. The weekend. Time to rest, catch up on errands, and yes, my loyal readers, blog. Rosh Hashana was exactly what I needed: two days of relaxation. As I suspected, it was not the chag I was used to from the States. There’s no...

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