That might be the reason people are going nuts over celebrity funnyman Conan O’Brien, who arrived in Israel on Friday. Throughout the weekend, Israelis filled social media with messages to the comedian and photos of chance encounters with him. Standing at an overlook in Jaffa with Tel Aviv in the background, he describes tasting “shakshuka,” the popular egg-and-tomato breakfast dish, and drinking a Goldstar beer. Conan Brushes Up On His Hebrew Brushing up on my Hebrew on my El-Al flight to Israel. Kushner met with officials in Jerusalem and Ramallah, in the West Bank, last week.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2017 14:41 UTC