When Israeliborns ask where I’m from ‘b’makor’ there are usually a few follow up questions that I get after I answer I’m from New York. Por example:
Ahhh, so you lived/you have been to Brooklyn?!
Are there a lot of Arabs there?
Have you been to Harlem? Is it really scary?
I wonder if you could analyze that and [...]
Last night I watched 3/4ths of Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess With the Zohan.
Really, it was like any other Adam Sandler character acting film; Little Nicky, Waterboy. His extreme characters are not his strongest point for me (I’m more of a Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore fan). I’m always able to enjoy the twisted nature of his [...]
Today I spent quite a bit of time in a Jerusalem hospital waiting room; no emergency, I just needed an x-ray. In the past few months, I’ve actually frequented Jerusalem hospital waiting rooms and have been fascinated by the faces I see and the languages I hear.
I think the true face of any city is [...]