france

Paris: A Review

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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JFS and Racial Discrimination

ב׳ בטבת ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 19 December 2009)

As a university student in America, I once read an article posing the question: When did the modern era in Jewish history begin? The author’s answer was to point out that the answer depends on who answers the question. A Zionist might say, for example, that modern Jewish history began in 1789 with the rise [...]

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Nice-to-meet-you Kissing

י״ג במרחשון ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 31 October 2009)

I grew up in a civilized country (viz, America) where everyone feels like they have plenty of space, so people don’t crowd around and touch each other that often. When they meet each other, they stand back and stick out their arms for a handshake, but they make sure to do it in such a [...]

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