Today I went to see the movie “You don’t mess with the Zohan”. It was funny, and after being in Israel for 4 months I understood a lot of the jokes that the other people in the theatre did not understand. However that is not to say that the audience did not understand the jokes that only Jews would understand, this is understandable as most of the audience looked and acted Jewish (except for a few people who looked very out of place).
At first I thought that the movie was giving Israel good PR. It showed how awesome the defence forces are and it showed Israelis trying for peace. But it also had many bad points, it showed Jewish Israelis trying to cheat Americans who were buying electronics and it also showed a soldier in the IDF stealing from a Palestinian who spat at him.
On a different note…
Tonight is the start of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. And because I am no longer in Israel that means that I have to get the pleasure of celebrating two days of the holiday. This means two days of yom tov and no electricity…yay. (I hope that you can sense the sarcasm)