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 pineapple on a Friday, are we supposed to pretend that they weren’t attacked [...]
Archive | June, 2008
You Won’t See This on Craig’s List
Thanks to loyal reader Melissa for this golden falafel ball. I can see this requiring its own category….”Seen on Janglo” Wanted: Donation – Old Palm Pilot or other handheld device for soldier Thursday, 29 May 2008, 09:30 AM From: ______________ Reply to sender by email | Forward | Bookmark this Soldiers in an elite unit [...]
I’m Too Sexy for Egregious Misspellings
Hello, my loyal raeders, how the heck are you? Enjoying the smumer heat? I am; with tmeperatures rising, you gtota do what you can to cool off, wehther that means an atfertoon at the beach or a night out, ptuting down a tall, forsty one. Just last weekend, I met a cuople of my neighbors [...]
Crossroads Comedy: Because What’s Not Funny About Troubled Youth?
Once again, my buddy Avi Liberman‘s back in town with his friends, putting on great stand-up shows for a good cause starting this week. The proceeds to to the Crossroads Center for troubled teens in Jerusalem, run by Caryn Green, also an old friend (Ech omrim “name dropping? It would be weird if I didn’t [...]
Israel’s #1 Game Show
Hey, everybody! It’s time for everybody’s favorite Israeli game show, “Real or Staged?” !!! All you have to do is guess whether this Israeli guy is real (meaning that a self-respecting adult would actually dress like this, as hard as it is to believe)…or staged. You know how the show begins, folks-with everybody’s favorite catchphrase, [...]
Great Urban Beasts!
And now….from the creators of “Great Duos in History“: Great Urban Beasts! 1) Godzilla This Japanese monster has appeared in a whopping 28 films including the 1998 movie with Matthew Broderick. (Broderick will forever be known to everyone from my generation as “Ferris Bueller.” However, just a few years ago, I asked a high school [...]
Snoop Dogg to Perform in Israel? (Ech Omrim ‘Fashizzle My Nizzle’?)
According to this new story on Haaretz, Snoop Dogg is coming to Israel. The demand for foreign stars to perform in Israeli venues is rising, and this demand is being met by local entertainment producers and accompanied by high ticket prices. A wave of American artists is meant to arrive in Israel this summer and [...]
