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I left my heart in San Francisco… and Los Angeles and Munich and Phoenix and...
Without a doubt the most difficult part of making aliyah is leaving behind those you love. You can argue all the points about joining in the great Israeli experiment and going forth to build the...
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Duct tape nation?
Israel has more companies on the tech-oriented NASDAQ stock exchange than any country outside the US – more than all of Europe, India, and China combined. Nor is Israeli innovation limited to...
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Tongue Tied
Just ask my parents and they will tell you how much I hated Hebrew school. There I was, little eight-year old me, in the Hebrew school classroom playing with my pencil as if it were some kind of...
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Ch-ch-ch changes?
The recent revolutions in the Arab world bring to mind two thoughtful, but opposite, observations by Isaac Asimov and Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr. First Asimov: The only constant is change, continuing...
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5 million or 5 thousand? The difference is fundamental(ist)
The Avshalom Cave - Beit Shemesh, Israel hat’s a few zeroes? Well, do the math. Add a few zeroes to another few zeroes and you get zero. The religious tensions in this holy land are just that:...
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Bubbles, Trouble, Oil and Rubble
e all live in bubbles, often of our own making. But other bubbles are imposed on us. Some random observations. Almost four months in Israel and I see some of these bubbles. One is my Jewish bubble....
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DANGER! Israelis parking here!
here are many rumors, stereotypes and prejudices about Israeli drivers. I’m here to tell you they are all true. Today we shall explore the Israeli method of parking. Its an art, not an exact science,...
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In Blessed Memory: Rev. Dr. L. T. Archer Summers
Rev. L. T. Archer Summers My friend, Rev. Dr. Landon Tracy Archer Summers, passed away today. Archer was a pastor at the Burlingame United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I lived...
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This country is bugging me
Mosquitoes are amazing creatures. No really, they fascinate me. Here is an insect that is perfectly adapted for what it does. Both male and female mosquitoes live on nectar, but in the case of the...
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Fail: Palestinian activists’ statement against antisemitism leaves a gaping hole
Fail: Palestinian activists’ statement against antisemitism leaves a gaping hole.
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