Israel

Freedom is not free

October 18, 2011

Five years of replaying this moment in your head like a dream, like a fantasy.  Both the father and the son. So much so that when it actually happens, you’re numb.  You don’t realize it’s happening.  Five years of psychological hell.    Both the soldier and the nation. Five years of a national nightmare are over.  But maybe the nightmares are just beginning. We don’t know. Was it worth it in the long run?  Hard to tell, unless you’re the Prime Minister ...

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Life after “Life After Zionist Summer Camp”

June 21, 2011

It starts the minute I read the first paragraph. That feeling of vague anger and helplessness. Because I’ve been reading and thinking about this issue ever since I decided that Israel was something I needed to be reading and thinking about. And I’ve been experiencing all of the things that Benedikt did for the past ten years, maybe more.  In different stages.  In different places. The olives, the AIPAC meetings, the beach, the sunflower seeds, the 1967 maps, the rallies, ...

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In which I find out the source of 99% of my spam. Also, I eat a dosa.

March 29, 2011

What’s your idea of a good time?  Mine is bitching  about how much Philly sucks. But unfortunately, it’s started to unsuck for me lately, which is disappointing, because complaining is as much as sport for me as running (which I haven’t been doing too much of lately so I’m definitely going to fail my first 5k next week.) Maybe it’s the spring, maybe it’s the fact that Mr. B is here to add aesthetic to my life, or maybe it’s ...

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Why Does Every Russian Woman Shop at TJ Maxx?

February 7, 2011

What IS it about TJ Maxx that Russian women love so much? I’m not the only one that knows that TJ Maxx is an exclusively Russian zone. But really. Why is TJ Maxx the only store I thought I could buy clothes in until I was 19? Why do I never meet any native English speakers when I go to TJ Maxx (hence, enforcing the stereotype)? Is it because it’s so cheap? Is it because it has clothes that you ...

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Books: O Jerusalem

September 27, 2010

I’ve been gushing about this one for the past couple weeks on various social media outlets because it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.  It’s really rare that I’m be sad when books end, the way I was when Jonathan Strange+Mr. Norrell ended, but this is one case where I was. The book goes through, detail by detail, of the battle for Jerusalem during the war for Israel’s independence in 1948, from both the Israeli ...

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