My Israeli TV Debut

After making it onto the Israeli airwaves via Reshet Bet and Galei Tzahal radio stations, then into print in Haaretz newspaper, tonight I'll make my Israeli TV debut! Look out for me as dumb tourist/Masa participant on "Tzhok Me'avoda" (a huge comedy show in its sixth season on Channel 2--this is the 15th episode this season). Stream live at 21:00 here in Israel, 2PM ET, 1 PM CT. Our segment is in English for your viewing pleasure. While I didn't know during filming that this would get aired during a Rangers game at Fenway, I proudly represented Texas with my hat--GO RANGERS! You can also find a fellow J.J. Pearce alumnus--my friend Benji.

Yesterday's Ann Arbor weather (boiling, then thunderstorms that ended the game early) made it a nice evening to listen to the game on Michigan radio from home. We'll take the W to start the Brady Hoke era--Hail to the Victors!

Other than that, just working and writing away here in Jerusalem (got one of the last papers in on Friday, two more to go!). And a great era of two and 1/2 years in the same Baka neighborhood apartment came to an end last week. I recall the epic run we had with great fondness--endless tons of laughs, kube dinner time, Monday Night date night, fundamentalist Zionist water conservation, priceless original artwork, Marcia's bellydancing skills, the time Dave locked himself out for the Shabbat dinner he hosted, the time Josh and I forgot to take the fish to Shabbat lunch, middle of the night couscous to watch the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup, 5 am beers + 6 am champagne for the sweet joy of my Mavs NBA title, a lot of YouTube goofiness, sushi Shabbat, an awful wakeup call and trip to the hospital on July 5, 2009, then touching generosity and support when I flew off for the beginning of a terribly difficult 21-month journey when I got to Dallas for Dad's surgery, the apartment where I made a ton of great calls home, the place from which I prepared for my most difficult journey ever in April, the place to which I came back changed forever in May. The place may be a dilapidated shikun (housing complex), but it treated us darn well...

With that I'll go get some work done before I look for myself on TV! שבוע טוב/have a great week and a nice Labor Day,

אריק/Eric