י״ב בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Sunday 29 November 2009)

Happy Thanksgiving

י״ב בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Sunday 29 November 2009)

I don’t know jack shit about farming, but I know a few things about logistics and a few more about economics, and I spent more than 20 years in America and fucking love Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for this year? If you’re an American, you should give thanks that your president hasn’t yet appointed [...]

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Birobidzhan: The Worst Idea Ever

י״א בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 28 November 2009)

How do you know you’ve got the worst idea ever? It’s unlikely that anyone will come up to you and say, “Your idea is so bad it makes me want to cry,” nor will your idea win a “worst idea ever” vote (masses of people tend actually to prefer bad ideas as a matter of [...]

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Girl Profile: SK

ט׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Thursday 26 November 2009)

I met SK online. She is a few years older than I am. Notably, she’s past the important 30 mark. Though I’ve dated a bunch of older girls, that was when I was younger, and I’ve never before dated anyone over 30. We only exchanged very few messages before she just gave me her phone [...]

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Where I Am and How I Got Here

ט׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Thursday 26 November 2009)

In 2005 I was pretty involved in protesting against the destruction of all the Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria. I poured all my energy into that struggle and put myself and my safety and security on the line by getting myself arrested and refusing to cooperate with the police in their [...]

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A Political Army

ח׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Wednesday 25 November 2009)

And suddenly the newspapers and airwaves are abuzz with threats against the Right not to turn the IDF into a “political army,” warnings that it is becoming a “political army,” suggestions of what might happen in a “political army.” If this confuses you, you aren’t alone. The IDF is no less political than any army, [...]

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Jews & the US Army

ז׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Tuesday 24 November 2009)

My grandfather served in the US army’s occupation of Japan after the Second World War – I was led to believe that he was too young to have been in the army during the war – but he was born in 1926 and I’ve long wondered if he didn’t maneuver somehow to avoid having to [...]

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