י״ט במרחשון ה׳תשע״א (Wednesday 27 October 2010)
I recently had to spend some time in Paris on business. It was not something I did eagerly, but I was pleasantly surprised. The people were almost uniformly helpful and friendly, they all spoke to me in English. I did not even try to pretend that I could say something in French. Everyone smoked. Their [...]
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י׳ באב ה׳תש״ע (Wednesday 21 July 2010)
Israeli propaganda would have you believe that Israel is a liberal western democracy. Though it’s true that Israel is a democracy – much to our detriment – this society is not western, and there is very little about life here that’s liberal. Israeli citizens are required to carry identification and explain who they are and [...]
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