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6 February 2009
Why I’m Voting Green This Year
You would think that after voting for a Barkat and a Barack respectively in the local Jerusalem and U.S. elections, the logical next choice would be to support a Barak (Ehud that is) in the upcoming Israeli national elections.
Would that it were that easy.
The major parties fielded for the 2009 elections have got to be [...]
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19 January 2009
An Olah Without a Parachute XII
There is a war going on in our country.
Fathers, brothers, sons, cousins and friends are leaving their families to go fight this war. The people left behind remain worried, nervous and on edge. They brace for the worst and pray for the best.
Wars are different when your life is touched by it - when [...]
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14 January 2009
Bad Karma?
Is it possible that even when you do the right thing it will bring you negative consequences?
Imagine that your Aunt walks into the room, this is the first time you have seen her since she became ill. She looks gaunt and pail, but you want to cheer her up so you tell [...]
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4 January 2009
War in Gaza: Which Way Will the Dreidel Fall?
Our friend Joan called last night just as the news broke that the IDF had begun its ground operation in Gaza. Joan was panicked. She knew a number of families in our neighborhood who had boys in combat units. “Why are we doing this?” she said. “Can’t we pull them all out now?”
My first reaction [...]
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25 December 2008
An Olah Without A Parachute: Chanukah edition
Happy Chanukah!!
It is really such a delight to walk down the streets in Israel and see all the lit menorot that the municipality puts up. There are shining chanukiot on the street lights and Chabad has put up their menorah sans fire truck in the center of town. The chanukah cheer is further reinforced by [...]
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23 December 2008
Not your parents’ Israeli cuisine…
I have visited Israel three times, all within the past five years. Friends and family who visited Israel many more years ago have related stories of the country from days past. I find it fascinating to compare them to my own experiences and see how the country has changed so much in such a short [...]
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7 December 2008
A Mossad Situation
Because nobody’s ever questioned me about my involvement with Israel’s top-secret spy agency, the Mossad, I’m now ready and willing to talk.
It all began while I was still living in Toronto and planning my escape to Israel. One day I stumbled upon an advert in a national Canadian newspaper inviting people to join the Mossad [...]
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28 November 2008
A Sneak Peek at the Future of Jerusalem Mass Transit
Stepping into one of the sleek and shiny new light rail vehicles set to zip through Jerusalem in the next year and a half, it’s hard to imagine the controversy the system’s roll out has engendered.
CityPass, the international corporation that is building and operating the Jerusalem light rail system, recently opened the doors to its [...]
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20 November 2008
Life as a Jewsician
Some folks make aliyah for religious reasons, others for nationalist reasons. And then there are songwriters like me who come to Israel for no apparent reason, and decide to stay, until they’re asked to leave.
Being the wandering Jewsician that I am, I’ve recorded in a number of major studios in Toronto, Montreal and New York. [...]
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14 November 2008
From Barack to Barkat: A Look Back at the November Elections
The just concluded Jerusalem election, while certainly not as important on a world stage as last week’s U.S. presidential contest, was in many ways spookily similar to its overseas counterpart. For those who supported Nir Barkat, who beat his main competitor Meir Porush by a commanding 9 points (52 to 43 percent), the sheer jubilance [...]
