Tag Archives: Israel
The third dimension of a traumatized mind (or, how I ended up being a submariner instead of a pilot)
Visiting Israel, I found myself, one sunny day, driving by the Bakoom (the IDF – Israeli Defense Forces – processing center for new recruits.) The base’s sight triggered a forgotten memory from some 30 plus years prior. Post High-School, I … Continue reading
All Arabs have eagle-noses, all Jews have horns
Just bringing you up to date, in case you’ve missed the memo: all Arabs are cowards, stupid, have an eagle-nose, and carry long curved knives, ready to kill you if you ever turn your back. All Jews have hidden satanic horns, … Continue reading
It changes things
The year was 1981. I was a high-school senior, still living in Israel, when Zubin Mehta, the famed Indian-born conductor and Music Director for Life for the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, created a controversy. As an encore to a concert he … Continue reading
Anwar Sadat, reflections
As the conflict in Gaza mounts, and hopes for ceasefire, let alone peace, seem to fade into the fog of war, my thoughts took me today back to Anwar Sadat, the Egyptian president who, against all odds, made Egypt the … Continue reading
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