Shalom from Jerusalem, my loyal readers. Well, the Tu B’av video we made went over so well that we decided to get back on the streets.
Chanukkah, the Festival of Lights, begins this evening and what better way to celebrate it than by getting out there and talking to people. We laughed….we cried…..we made people uncomfortable (hellooooo, cutting room floor!) But we definitely had fun and we think you will too.
From the super-talented Molly Livingstone of Giving Tree Productions and some dumb oleh (immigrant)…
Enjoy! And chag sameach!
Adi Ashkenazi, I’m waiting for your call.
Worst Chanukkah present ever.
Update #2: Though I copied and pasted in the correct link, I somehow made it redirect to the Tu B’av video. WHAT KIND OF SPAMMER SELLS THE WRONG PRODUCT????
Whoever does see this, how about saving my holiday and helping make this go viral?
Got to love Gmail. The boys at Google are always looking out for you.
I had never associated third eye blind with Chanukah before…
Happy Chanukah to you! Very nice video that I will send along to my friends and family… (that will be like passing along the flu virus, right?)
But I do want to take a second to mention that those are some really great sideburns, Elvis!
And in lamentation of the lack of great Chanukah tunes, what ever happened to Adam Sandler’s Chanukah Song? And where is Hanukah Harry when you need him?
Benji/Elvis, I don’t believe that there has been a single dreidle made out of sand. Oh, and most important about the dreidle–A Great Miracle Happened Here, but in the galut, A Great Miracle Happened There. Check out the letters on your dreidle or savivon!
Isn’t that Chayyei Sara in the Video???
I hope you don’t mind that I borrowed your movie.
taco? ROFL
I’m always amazed at how much people will allow themselves to be harassed when there’s somebody filming.
Great video. I’m gonna show it to my middle schoolers on tuesday!
FUNU VIDEO- WILL YOU DO ONE FOR YOM KIPPUR?LOVED the two girls in blues shirts with red strings- that’s HABONIM/HANOAR HAOVED!!! You see- we are EVERYWHERE!!!! CHAG SAMEACH FROM THE LIBERMANS (when are you bopping back to LA??And how were the comedy shows???)-LOVE MS
I loved it! Great video!
Though I didn’t get what the British guy said was on his tounge.
I have an idea for another one, why don’t you make taco, chedar cheese or bissli grill or pizza flavored Sufganiot, and take them out for a taste test, and see what people think of them.
Cute video
It was about this time last year I was over there telling jokes in t he basement of a bank wasn’t it?
How does one spin a dreidel of sand?
…I made it out of sand,
And when it’s dry and ready, oh Dreidel I shall… demand?
Great video.
Jack, I’m back in, thank G-d. But FACEBOOK warned me about getting blocked! I stopped IMMEDIATELY.
Jordan, what holiday do you associate them with?
Ilana, the song didn’t fit (we considered it.) Harry is in miluim.
Anonymous-that’s her. Didn’t realize it.
Thanks, Muse!
Nancy, you’d be surprised. We got a ton of rejections. People are far less used to the camera here than in NY, let’s say.
Momma Sue-only if you star in it.
Mia, I forget and ayn li koach to check. Something about an angel…
Sherif, it has been a year. Hope you’re still making ‘em laugh.
Leora, very carefully. (Did people really believe me there?)
Thanks to the rest of you for the complements!
Benji -
Your video is wonderful. Gotta love the “cringe” factor of your unwilling participants. It’s a treat to feel the holiday atmosphere in the German Colony…we miss it!
-Su in Atlanta
binyamin – you are amazing to my eyes! chag sameach meod!!
You will not believe that I saw last night on “Jewish Home” (הבית היהודי) on some inane TV station…HAMBURGER sufganiyot…and it was not a prank. It was a chef in his TA restaurant ICHSA! Great video and chag sameach!
Taco flavored- Benj, really?? At least you got that lady to sing!
I also immediately recognized Chaya Sara-pretty funny, bumping into a fellow blogger like that.
All in all a very satisfying video.
Happy Chanukah!
Benji – You are the best. This video is damn funny and it’s nice to see the sunshine in Israel when it’s cold and dreary in Texas (okay, I can’t complain since it’s snowing in the northeast, but still). Love and miss you! ~ Miriam
Haha! Great video once again Benji! Keep them coming!
-Leah
my bobbe and mom really enjoyed your video!
nobody knows what levivot are in Israel; somehow that minhag never made it over there from Poland. It’s all sufganiyot.
My husband and I make the best spinach latkes. Nothing like ‘em (also like your crazy videos: keep ‘em coming, Benji).
That was quite nice to watch.
B”H
That’s a lot of mail.
Apparently, the sending limit is 100 recipients from your computer based mail program or 500 when using web based mail.
i just found your blog and i l o v e it! Todah robah! And besides, the word verification is “colli”…almost my favorute breed of dog…It must be karma!
Shalom,
travy
Wow, Benji, that was fast, what a sweetheart, thanks so much! i would love to stay and party, especially since i have been a “fascinated bystander” of Judahism and Israel since i was a wee thing.
And you can spell my name right…that’s more than i can do!
That was really funny! I hope you had a happy Chanukkah!
(PS: “hello arab world”? ROFL!)
Benji -
That was awesome. Sorry I just got around to it.