Working through War
Are we at war? Because, if so, then I have a valid excuse to miss my deadlines. If not, if this is still an “operation,” then I’m just a procrastinator with a short attention span. Such are the...
View ArticleMallard and Missiles
Just like in the movie with Steve Carell and Tina Fey, my wife Jody and I try to go out for a “date night” every week or so. Groupon and its many Israeli clones have been a godsend for saving money...
View ArticleWhy’d You Want to Live Here, Anyway?
An article a few weeks ago in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz questioned why someone would ever want to make aliyah from a comfortable country like the U.S. Especially these days – with the murders of...
View ArticleJuly 22, 2014 – The Day Everything Changed
July 22, 2014. Remember that date. It will be recalled in history books yet to be written as the day the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians changed completely. That’s because it’s the day...
View ArticleFire from Below
With our nerves already on edge from the air raid sirens and the heartbreaking mounting death toll as Operation Protective Edge raged on last month, the thick black smoke billowing out of our parking...
View ArticleWartime Unity at Hutzot HaYotzer
In a summer where nearly every large-scale outdoor event was canceled on instruction by Israel’s Home Front Command, the annual Hutzot HaYotzer International Arts and Crafts Festival in Jerusalem...
View ArticleIreland, Identity and Avoiding Anti-Semitism
“If anyone asks where we’re from, say America, not Israel.” Those were the instructions I gave to my wife and children for how to minimize friction while traveling outside of Israel after a summer...
View ArticleResilience in the Face of Uncertainty
When we made aliyah 20 years ago, did we come expecting that there would be war in our future? On a certain level, I suppose we knew that we were moving to a dangerous neighborhood and that conflict...
View ArticleAbout that Baka boom
I was in the shower when it happened: a boom louder and stronger than any I’ve heard since the suicide bomb at Café Hillel on Emek Refaim Street in 2003. I shut off the water immediately and got...
View ArticleMeeting the enemy
“Why do you Israelis want to wipe us off the map?” asked Zahra. Tehran, Iran (credit: Behrooz Rezvani) The question wasn’t meant to be provocative; Zahra was merely curious. I was, after all, the...
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