Boker tov-did you have a nice Shabbat? Funny how after five-plus years here, I’ve realized that I call the weekend “Shabbat” irrespective of religious connotations. I had a typical lazy weekend in Jerusalem, relaxing and watching illegally downloaded movies, or as I like to call them, “movies”. On the topic of copyright infringement, I was [...]
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“My Name is Avi Liberman and I Approved This Message”
It’s that time of year again; we’re just days away from the annual Comedy for Koby winter tour. I’m always surprised to meet an Anglo who hasn’t heard of it but anything is possible. B’kitzur, nice Jewish boy Avi Liberman is back, along with three more American comedians to make us laugh, all for a good [...]
America: The Photo Montage (How Much Weird Stuff Can I Find at the Airport?)
Hello, my loyal readers-I’m back from the USA and, boy, are my arms tired. Or something like that. And before you can say “looks like winter has arrived in Israel”, it looks winter has arrived in Israel. Because at least in the places I’ve lived, we only have two seasons: ”Jesus Christ, I can solve [...]
Five Years in Israel: What Does Aliyah Look Like?
On August 9th/10th, 2006, I did the craziest, boldest, scariest, and most exciting thing I have ever done: move to Israel. Where have the last five years gone? I have been anticipating this day for some time now and I knew I’d have to mark it on my blog (if not also in real life), [...]
WE’RE BAAAAAACK! 63 MORE Things I Love about Israel
We’re still a few hours away but since Jpost already went live with it, Chag Ha’atzmaut sameach! If you made it here from Jpost, welcome! If you enjoyed this list, then be sure to subscribe to my mailing list on the right for more hilarious updates throughout the year and/or join my Facebook page here. [...]
The Yoms are Coming: A Photo Essay
Five days till “63 More Things about Israel” goes live! Four days if you get the paper. Stay tuned… We’re coming up on my two favorite days of the year. Even though there has simply got to be a better way to express oneself than to say you “like” Yom Hazikaron, there’s not another obvious [...]
“Best Year of Your Life”
It’s 8:26 AM: do you know where your chametz is? Mine is quietly minding its own business in the cupboard, doing whatever chametz does when left unattended. I’m slowly coming to terms with Passover starting in only 10 hours, another holiday where I failed to make a video I had brewing in my head. Better [...]
