Seventeenth in an ongoing series RISHON LEZION, Israel — So I was buying a bottle of soda at a local kiosk, a convenience store, when three ten-year-old boys walked in and asked the owner for some plastic cups. (Kiosks routinely offer them for free whenever someone purchases a bottle of something to drink, but these […]
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Letter from Israel: A Tale of Two Childhoods
January 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Boston, Britain, Business, Culture, Dating, Education, Europe, Health, Israel, Judaism, Law, Massachusetts, Personal, Politics, Sex, The Middle East
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Book Review: “The Kuzari,” An Introduction
December 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Bible, Book Reviews, Books, Boston, Christianity, Education, Europe, Islam, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Massachusetts, Palestine, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, Talmud, The Middle East, Torah
First in a series A Preface BOSTON — When I was Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Spare Change News, a non-profit newspaper that covered social-justice issues including poverty and homelessness while providing jobs selling the publication to homeless people, I attended a local, Passover seder in Cambridge for homeless people. Local Jews had hosted such an […]
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Being an Early-Riser
December 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Boston, Business, Education, Entertainment, Health, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Marketing, Massachusetts, Personal, Religion, Science, Sports
JERUSALEM — Ever since I can remember, I have always wanted to stay up late and sleep in late. It was not out of a desire to slack-off and party (even in high school) — it was merely because I always had so much to do. I would stay up late working on homework for […]
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Moving to Israel
December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Boston, Business, Culture, Dating, Economics, Education, Essays, Europe, Globalization, Health, Immigration, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Language, Law, Massachusetts, Personal, Politics, Religion, Technology, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
Eighth in a series of essays JERUSALEM — In an editorial, the Jerusalem Post correctly points out the reason that more American Jews do not move to Israel: THE OBSTACLE to American aliya [moving to Israel] is not financial. It is cultural. American Jews live their Jewish lives differently from anyone else in the world. […]
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Red Sox vs. Yankees
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Baseball, Boston, Food, Israel, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Sports, The Middle East
RISHON LEZION, Israel — The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees will play on Opening Day on April 4. I am eager for revenge because, after the World Series victory by the Evil Empire, I owe a friend a steak dinner at El Gaucho in Israel Continue reading
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Muslim Veils
December 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Boston, Civil Liberties, Culture, Dating, Fashion, Feminism, Islam, Massachusetts, Politics, Religion, Sex, The Middle East
Here is one Bostonian woman’s experience — good and bad — with wearing a hijab in public. Addendum: Many Jewish women would agree with her comments on the benefits of modest clothing. Continue reading
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