Dear friends, One of the most popular words in Israel this summer is l’tarped which means “to sabotage.” It’s not a new word. Over the years, l’tarped has appeared in Israeli broadcasts here and there and sometimes even makes it…

Dear friends, The Olympics are coming to a close, and from judo to windsurfing to gymnastics, Israel has won a whopping six medals – more than any previous Olympic Games. So naturally, we’ve got to give credit where credit is…

Dear friends, Last week, my friend Lital was dealt a setback. She’d applied for a job, made it through several rounds of interviews, and was  brought in for a final in-person meet… Only to later be told she didn’t get…

Today’s word is based on the following billboard, currently posted in my hometown of Ra’anana. In many countries around the world, including Israel, June is Pride Month. This billboard declares that here in Ra’anana, we celebrate both ge’ava (“pride”) and…

As you can imagine, there’s a lot of talk in Israel right now about the plight of the hostages. The major question on everyone’s mind: Is there any chance we’ll get them out alive? However, an equally important question lies…

Dear friends, This week we celebrated Israel’s 76th birthday. What was once a vision and a distant dream has since become our tangible homeland. In the Zionist spirit, we’re going to unpack one of the words in the first stanza…

Last week, we concluded our Passover Seders as we always do, with the familiar phrase “Next year in Jerusalem.” This expression has always struck me as peculiar, considering that Jerusalem is already under our control (and has been for nearly…

Dear friends, Pesach is upon us, and as you may know, it’s the holiday of fours: four names, four cups of wine, four children, four questions. In that same spirit, we’re going to examine four words from the Haggadah and…

Dear friends, As many of you know, I moved to Israel to enlist in the IDF when I was a whopping 24 years old. That means I was older than my comrades, my commanders, and my officers! Plenty of people,…

As a self-employed stand-up comedian and author, I spend a lot of time with contracts – writing them, reviewing them, and once in a while, arguing over the finer points within. I know I’m not alone. It used to be…

Dear friends, I don’t know about you, but transitions have always been hard for me. The final morning of summer camp? Yep, that was me curled up in the back of the bus, crying like the proverbial baby. The day…

Dear friends, Three years ago, my longtime friend Rachel and her husband adopted two children – siblings from a small town in Wisconsin. Last summer, they adopted two more kids from the same family. As you can probably guess, Rachel…