Hello, my loyal readers! Everyone doing ok in spite of the rumored chumus shortage? I must say, as upsetting as this is, I feel both honored and humbled to be your unofficial King of Chumus as evidenced by the many emails, Tweets, and Facebook wall posts I’ve received on this topic. You all want my opinion so here it is.
I can’t imagine anything worse. People, when we say life in Israel is difficult, THIS is what we’re talking about. We already scrimp with water; chumus is next? I guess my daily chickpea sponge baths will be now be weekend treats.
On that note, I’d like to present the schedule for my North American fall comedy tour, known as “CHUMUSFACE!” Madonna had Blonde Ambition, U2 had ZooTV, why can’t I have “CHUMUSFACE!”? (Ech omrim “I just dated myself”? International media outlets, please note the exclamation point in the name, like in Wham!.)
This is what I’ll be wearing tonight. 2 cones for 1 at the Mashbir.Officially kicking off tonight, CHUMUSFACE! will be rocking young Jews in cities across North America. Well, truth be told, I don’t yet have any shows in Canada but I’m still open to it. If somebody wants to fly me to London on the way home, I can do that as well. Hell, let’s just call it my fall Western hemisphere tour. Who’s excited?
Here’s my schedule as it stands:
10/26: Wash U Hillel
10/27: University of Texas Hillel
10/28-11/1: Vacation at undisclosed location (I plan on checking into my hotel under the pseudonym Randal Shawarma)
11/1: UC-San Diego Hillel (I can’t actually remember who’s behind this one or not as I often just speak to a shaliach and then show up…when in doubt…”Hillel!” You never know, sometimes it’s “Hoyas for Israel” or something (ech omrim “Hoya”?))
11/2: UCLA Hillel
11/3: Santa Cruz Hillel
11/4: Berkeley Hillel
11/5: SFSU Hillel
11/6: Alcatraz Hillel (anybody paying attention?)
11/7-9: GA in New Orleans (no plans to perform but who can resist the professional Matza Ball? As always, it’s strictly formal so I’m putting away my leg warmers in exchange for my power suit and shoulder pads. Just one question: do I need a transformer for my Israeli curling iron or will it work just fine there?)
11/10: Family time. Let’s go, Texas, not too late to sign up for 45 minutes of falafel jokes.
11/19: Hunter Hillel, NYC
11/20: Israel Bonds, Philadelphia
11/21: Jewish Agency shlichim conference, Baltimore
After that? Turkey time with the fam.
Anybody looking to laugh from around November 15th-19th? Talk to me.
In the meantime, I’ll be shopping, doing my work for Fung Whodaya, and whatever else we do in this country (like eating Cinnabon 475 times a day.) I’ve already received regards from Israel for Target so I suppose now I’ll have to go and say hello. And when I do that, I might buy some shampoo for my tiny hair follicles (because just because I’m shaved, it doesn’t mean they don’t grow back. NOT BALD, DAMMIT! SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
And I might even buy Head & Shoulders just because I like products that I can’t find in Israel. I mean, I haven’t seen Head & Shoulders yet although apparently we do have something similar.
This has been brought to you by the CTI (Crappy Translators of Israel.)Only in Israel.
See you on the road. Or in Target.
You are freaking FAMOUS!!! Good luck and have a great time.
1) how appropriate that you perform at Texas Hillel on Ben's birthday. Please give Margo extra hugs.
2) have fun at alcatraz, don't drop the soap
3) obviously you're coming to DC after baltimore to hang out. our futon is waiting and we are ready for a re-match
i'll refrain from calling you bald and old in this comment. whoops, too late.
Rachel, just for that comment, I have told Nefesh B'Nefesh that both you and Ben are Iranian spies. Have fun on your "aliyah flight."
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No new york
why….. i promise it wont be cold 
hi ! new reader i love your blog.. keeps me sane while im waiting to do my aliyah
so thanks !!
consider NYC .. theres a target here to !
Alcatraz Hillel?? How do I get that gig? Have a great time while you are here. When do you head home to Israel. I'll be there at the end of December – another BI trip.
You better have some time for the Libermans in LA LA land–and for me at the office, OR I will sick (sic??) Hallie and Max on you and you will never get up!
(I have a copy of the dvd form the RH Vets show for you!)
Ilana: Aliyah???? What are you, CRAZY???????????
Phil: End of November….looking forward to seeing you! Let me know if your group wants a show! : ) (Sorry about Hummel again….)
Mamma Sue: not much time unfortunately (you see the schedule!) Stay tuned, I'll be in touch with Avi and Micha…
Benji – Why don't you appear in Atlanta? BTW, say Hi to the lovely Margo A. in Tel Aviv, from Su here in sunny Marietta, GA.
Apparently someone got the memo that the L in Licoln is silent and decided to extend the rule elsewhere…. Clearly.
See you in DC…?
Why don't I appear in Atlanta? Because nobody invited me! Do I know you, Su?
Cookie Goddess, I'm missing your joke. Possibly because I'm sleep-deprived and jetlagged….
I think you should create a feature on your blog dedicated to the CTI. It can feature things like badly translated menus and store names. Does anyone else remember Wedgie at Dizengoff Center?
Say hi to California and the Pacific Ocean from me. It sounds like you're doing a lot of crisscrossing the country. Good luck with that. We miss you!
shouLders and רחוב לינקולין. not even going to comment on the eden.