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Thoughts About the World

It’s almost one week since our return to the Holy Land. With Independence Day behind us too, I look forward to a few weeks of blissful holiday-free routine.
It might be the post-holiday reaction here, but I am trying to make our days as uneventful as possible now. Sure, friends and family come and go (and [...]

Obama and the Jewish Problem

Remember the old joke about “The Elephant and the Jewish Problem”?
It has many variations, but the essence is the same. A group of people of various nationalities are asked to write essays about the elephant. Each brings his own perspective and national biases. In the versions I know, the French guy writes about the elephant’s [...]

The American Dream

Well, it’s still a fantasy at this point, though growing more real as the days go by. Over the past couple of weeks, we’re getting serious about a trip to the US in 2009. I’ve never been to the US, and IsraeliDad only visited once, for a work seminar, so didn’t get to see too [...]