I think I finally nailed down our plan for next year’s big trip to the Western US and Canada. Whew, is all I can say. I just hope the actual journey isn’t as tiring as the planning! So, this is what I have so far – a big loop taking in the coast and the [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]





