It’s that time of year again, when comedian Benji Lovitt lists things he loves about Israel, and this year’s list (all new, every year) is 65 things long in honor of Israel’s 65th birthday. Enjoy, share the love, and Happy Independence Day from The Times of Israel!
2. I love Tel Aviv babes riding scooters. Chicks-on-bikes: like disk-on-key but with skirts.
3. I love that the Neot Kdumim Biblical Reserve teaches team-building and leadership via shepherding goats and sheep.
4. I love Cups-Unlimited Coffee,
the app which allows me to drink as much Tel Aviv coffee as I want for
just 169 shekels a month. However much money the government is taxing
me, I’m getting it back tenfold in café hafuch.
5. I love the genuine interest in your well-being expressed upon meeting a friend.
Ma nishma?!?!? = Hey, what’s up?!
(30 seconds into conversation)
Az ma nishma?!?!?! = No, seriously-I actually want to know what’s up with you.
6. I love that even the urinals are religious.
7. I love how
it’s totally acceptable to wear your 1995 Camp Young Judaea staff
sweatshirt in public and nobody thinks you look like a total dork.
8. I love that after a stand-up comedy show, an audience member told me “yashar koach”. If only every dvar Torah had a two-drink minimum.
9. I love that you can conduct a multi-million dollar business deal at Café Aroma wearing Crocs.
10. I love the interjection “psssshhh!!!!” It’s “daaaaamn, boy!” combined with beat-boxing.
11. I love that I can choose to adopt the Sephardic customs on Pesach and not feel the least bit guilty. Olim
mentality: “We moved halfway across the world and give our tax dollars
go to the Jewish people. WE’LL EAT RICE AND WE’LL LIKE IT, DAMMIT!!!!”
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