Boker tov, all-did you have a good long weekend? Not Memorial Day….Shavuot and Shabbat. We don’t get many of those in Israel so we have to enjoy them. I heard someone say yesterday, “Oof, no holidays for a long time.” What, Tisha B’av doesn’t count? Here’s everything you need to know about Shavuot from one [...]
Archive | May, 2009
I Just Read the Entire Torah. NOW What To Do?
It’s 4:51 in the freaking morning. CHAG SHAVUOT SAMEACH! I wonder if my 2:15 AM coffee has anything to do with my being awake? It’s not like I can’t sleep, I’m actually getting a ton of stuff done. At 4:51 in the freaking morning, you don’t worry about style and flow. Get ready, people, we’re [...]
Kick Off June With Some Laughs!
It’s that time of year again. Avi Liberman is bringing his hilarious friends to Israel to make us laugh and to raise money for the Koby Mandell Foundation. The names have gotten bigger over the years and this summer is no different. This time it’s Jeff Ross, known by many for his Friars’ Club roasts [...]
Move Over, Arkadi Gaydamak
Boker tov, my loyal readers. It’s Wednesday in Israel or as I call it….Wednesday. Woke up around 6:15 this morning for no good reason. Possibly because my trisim were open one billionth of an inch. How do you say trisim in English? Scrolling vertical blinds? When they’re closed, they can block out the sun completely, [...]
‘Haveil Charles Havelim, Please Report to the Front Desk’
Hello, people-did you have a nice Shabbat? We’re hosting Haveil Havalim this week, the weekly “blog carnival” of the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere, created by Soccer Dad and currently maintained by our friend Jack. I just Googled “Haveil Havalim” for fun to see what might come up. I made the first page; that’s exciting. Nothing else noteworthy. [...]
‘Bat Yam…No, Holon….Wait….WHERE THE HELL ARE WE???’
I know people in this country give bad directions but this is ridiculous. See anything wrong with this sign? If not, Kitah Aleph called. They’re waiting for you. To be fair, they could just remove both and replace with Arsville. I’m just kidding, arsim, you know I love you. From afar. Now what the hell [...]
Terrorist Summer Camp: Don’t Miss Our Early Bird Special!
That’s right, my loyal readers, summer is just about here! How are you going to keep your kids busy when the weather gets hot? We all know about the Hamas summer camps where kids learn fun things like how to shoot guns and explode things. (By the way, what else do they do at camp? [...]
