Israel is celebrating 76 years of independence,  but we don’t dare talk about it.  We don’t talk about the amazing gains Israel has achieved, the millions of people who have been saved from Arab and African countries, the millions of Arabs given an education and a career, the millions of Russians provided with the means to achieve a life and provide education and culture to so many others. …

Wandering the streets of NY I see names of students – Arab Filmakers, Russian Painters, Moroccan Restauranteurs, all former Israelis who were given their first opportunities in Israel. The numbers are overwhelming – the effects and influences. are overwhelming.  

Me, I like to kvetch that my salary has always been 1/5 of what I would have received in the United States and my publications would have been five times the number of what it is.  But I would never have given it up.  Ever.