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Sep 8, 2024, 1:10 PM

Goodbye to Gidon Hod

The 7 AM news this morning included a bit about the passing of Gidon Hod, who had been a long-time broadcaster on Kol Yisrael. I think he was best known to most Israelis as a sports broadcaster, but I...

Apr 19, 2024, 6:41 PM

Graduation Day at Officer School

This week we went to our daughter’s IDF officer course graduation. Technically, it’s only completion of the first part of IDF officer training; there’s more training to follow in her specific unit before she gets her lieutenant bar epaulet....

Jan 24, 2024, 3:20 PM

Reflections on the return of a son from reserve duty

In the 1990s, a series of advertisements for the national lottery (Mif’al Hapayis) ran on TV in Israel. Another series of ads at the time was for the Histadrut, the national labor federation, which was trying to rebrand itself,...

Nov 22, 2023, 10:22 PM

The End of St. Isaac’s Day?

So I'm driving home this morning after dropping off a soldier daughter, and I see a relatively new car with a bumper sticker that I haven't seen for years, showing a picture of Yitzhak Rabin and the numbers "4.11.95",...

Nov 21, 2023, 11:46 PM

Not At Hamas’ Price

We’ve been hearing a lot about the hostages being held by Hamas, and in particular the cry “Bring them home”, or in some cases, “Bring them home now!”. The expression in one or the other of those forms is...

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The author grew up in the USA and has lived in Rehovot since 1991.