By the Hebrew calendar today is Ezi’s birthday and since we really didn’t get to celebrate his birthday properly last week, it would be wonderful to have a great Ezi-day, with planes and motors and still like that. We’re open to possibilities.
June 13, 2022 – birthday Read Post »
Every time I go to the new Anu museum I can’t figure out why it’s there. It seems so ego-centric and shallow. But when I go with people from abroad, and I see how enthusiastic they are, I begin to see the point. The things that seem so obvious to someone who lives here, is totally foreign to a native and vice versa… And here the whole principle of it is the universality of the Jewish people. Give me a break.
I can think of a lot of other things to spend money on. Hospitals. Doctors. Roads. Trains.
june 11, 2022 – anu Read Post »
At least forty years ago the kids would come home from school with the news that there was a child in school named “Assaf Lotz. ” We all would have a good laugh – because it means “farted.” A little dirty grammar school humor.
Now we’ve played it on the Iranians. Their fake news that a Mossad commander had been killed led to a twitter that the real name of the commander was Asa Flotz. And that led to jokes all over the web, and finally articles like here.
We sat around at dinner laughing at the name, but I suddenly felt uncomfortable. They’re not taking this as a joke, are they. They have been humiliated and I don’t think that’s a good way to treat someone who wants to kill you.
june 10, 2022 – assaf Read Post »
This country could probably be saved if people would learn to have real conversations. Right now we just bark at each other. The trick in conversations is to exchange information and to come to a solution. we just push our way through.
It’s not as though I think it’s different elsewhere in the world. And it’s not as though I’m good at conversations – I just shut up when the least but of agression emerges from the conversation, or if I don’t think my story wants to be heard.
Maybe that’s why I write.
And maybe that’s why peaceniks always lose.
june 9, 2022 – conversation Read Post »
What is a coalition if not people of different minds joining together? And yet our coalition is just like a herd of cats, and it will soon fall – leaving us with Bibi. Who knows? Maybe with Trump too.
No wonder corona is back. what’s next?
june 8, 2022 – coalition Read Post »
Tapes of Adolf Eichmann from 1952, discussing his role in the Holocaust, are being released now – and reveal to what extent was his desire to eliminate the Jews. What is banal about the trial is the banality of the person himself and the fact that a simple bureaucrat can willingly do so much damage.
june 7, 2022 – eichmann Read Post »
First and foremost – I tried to update my computer yesterday and lost all my shortcuts. So it should be clear I don’t know everything.
Second – we have a bit of a mess with our government right now that seems to be falling apart. And from this frying pan we move into the fire. Unlike most other governments that are wobbling, ours has a frightening alternative – Bibi. The hate and chaos he engendered is only partially diminishing, and maybe it’s too late anyway to reverse the anger and mistrust, but still …a stable leadership in these troubled times would be very welcome.
Third – we’re on a corona wave again. I have no idea if I had it before or not – but the thought of wearing a mask all the time does not please.
june 7, 2022 – what a mess Read Post »
I’ve been reading Haim Zhitlovsky who at the beginning of the last century called for a “Yiddish State” in a way as an alternative to the Zionist state. All Jews would speak Yiddish all over the world. No wonder Ben Gurion wanted to wipe it out. But it’s coming back – even in Israel. Next week I’ll be speaking about it 
june 5, 2022 – Yiddish Read Post »
