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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

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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Human Rights

December 24th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Civil Liberties, Economics, Europe, Health, Israel, Law, Palestine, Politics, The Middle East, War, War on Terror

JERUSALEM — Peter Tatchell believes that the world should have a human-rights index sim­i­lar to the ones that mea­sure eco­nomic per­for­mance and qual­ity of life. I have one ques­tion: What is to stop so-called human-rights orga­ni­za­tions from instill­ing their biases against Israel — as the founder of Human Rights Watch admits they have — in […]

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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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Christian Persecution

December 24th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Christianity, Civil Liberties, Culture, Health, Israel, Judaism, Law, Liberal Pundits, Politics, Religion, The Middle East

JERUSALEM — Evi­dently, ultra-Orthodox Jews in the city have been spit­ting on Chris­tians for years. This is dis­gust­ing — in every sense of the word. Continue reading

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Cooking for One

December 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Culture, Economics, Food, Health, Israel, Judaism, Personal, Religion, The Middle East

JERUSALEM — When I moved into a new apart­ment, I struck a deal with my new room­mate: I would do all the cook­ing, and he would do all the clean­ing. I think it’s work­ing out quite nicely. Back in Boston, I had the oppo­site arrange­ment with a room­mate for the few years that we lived […]

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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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Japanese Culture

December 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business, China, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Dating, Economics, Entertainment, Europe, Feminism, Health, Japan, Law, Media, Politics, Sex, Technology, War

RISHON LEZION, Israel — Roger Cohen makes some depress­ing obser­va­tions on the land of the ris­ing set­ting sun: …I’m not aware of any other nation where fan­tasy, escapism and the cyber world have fused with such inten­sity. Indeed, there’s a Japan­ese word, otaku, denot­ing a whole uni­verse of mono­ma­ni­a­cal geek-like obses­sion, whether with an electronic […]

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