israeli politics,

it’s pretty clear at this moment that Joe Biden has won the election. I should be happy – i have been repulsed by Donald for well over four years. i don’t even trust the peace deals he made with our Arab neighbors – despite the fact that peace is warmly welcomed when and wherever it comes. I suspect dirty deals behind every enterprise in which Trump is involved. I think it is pathetic that he was ever elected.

Nevertheless I can’t rejoice in the fact that so much damage has to be undone, that so many people have died needlessly, that we have such a long way to go to bring all the people together again so that we can make peace, beat this virus, and repair the economy of the world. I’m sorry that some of my friends are angry with me because they believe i didn’t vote for what they think is good for Israel, but what I believe is good for the US. I really think that my right to vote in the US demands my considerations first on what is right for America. Enough. i don’t think i have a right to talk this much about the elections in the US.

november 6, 2020 – rejoicing in elections Read Post »

israeli politics

if you think we can rest while the US is glued to their screens waiting to see who the next president will be, you’re wrong.  i don’t know anyone who slept well last night.  and i am already half in mourning.

yesterday an old friend from Britain called me about something else and at the end of the conversation asked me, “Did you vote?”  I did.  That’s when he began to remind me of how pale and uninteresting one of the candidates is and how i couldn’t have voted for him.  Not only did I vote for him, but i’ve been waiting for four years to vote.  Tired, yes.  questionable – i don’t think so.  but i’m used to mourning the lost morality of the world and the loss of hope.  After all, this is the month Kennedy was killed.  this is the month Rabin was murdered…

november 4, 2020 – elections Read Post »

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all day yesterday and today i find myself on zoom – on all kinds of issues.  but the subject keeps coming back to the US elections.  Everyone is terrified.  whatever happens, it’s not good.

but it’s never been good.  Suddenly i remembered that the cousin who enabled our immigration to the US, the democratic senator from Connecticut, Abraham Ribikoff, was called a ‘f— jew’ by Mayor Daly of Chicago during the Democratic convention in the ’60’s.  Suddenly I remember the terror in the ’50’s when the Rosenbergs were executed.  Anything can happen.

election day blues Read Post »