Counting

I’m here for less than a month. Then I go back to America. I’m frantically trying to finish up revisions on this book and to make headway on another project and prepare for the various things I’ll be doing this summer and preparing for several...

Onward and Upward

I’ve got three chapters left to revise–mostly easy stuff, though I also have to insert a particular thread that I’m not so sure how to approach–and I have to write a proper Introduction. My word counts have already bulged past the mark, and any...

Memory, Action

Today, Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) in Israel, seems like a good time to bring your attention to a project by Jews opposing the American presence in Iraq: Jews Against the War. They have a petition that will be published on Shavuot as an ad in Jewish papers nationwide...

Rechavia Moment

Bibi is sitting next to me at the coffee shop, talking to (who I imagine to be) potential donors. It’s true what they say, his English is fantastic, not even a trace of an accent. One of the Americans just asked if he would run for Prime Minister again, and his...