Ehud Neor, at The Blogs

Ehud Neor

Former Jack of all trades, now writing.

Nov 3, 2024, 5:03 AM

I had been a Sandak before, at a Sephardic circumcision ceremony, where the attendees line up before the Sandak to receive his blessing. At that ceremony there was really not a lot of pressure because being Ashkenazi, not much...

Oct 15, 2024, 6:50 PM

Waiting for Go…err, for an official inquiry

I was just listening to an interview with the mayor of Shlomi, a town in the far north of Israel. He was waxing indignant over the discovery of huge attack tunnels discovered by the IDF in south Lebanon. "They told...

Oct 11, 2024, 4:57 PM

One. One and One. One and Two…

Here we are, on the eve of the Day of Atonement, and who has atoned for Oct 7? Don't tell me of the chiefs who announced their retirements in recognition of their failures, because those chiefs, who were responsible...

Oct 10, 2024, 10:58 PM

The Flying Bottles of Romema

The first job I had in Israel after getting married was delivering newspapers at 4:45 am. My wife and I, newlyweds, were living almost rent-free in the Haifa University dorms for married students while she finished her BA and...

Oct 10, 2024, 10:22 AM

Picking Targets in Iran

It turns out that in order to strike back at the country that attacked us with over a hundred ballistic missiles we need to go through President Biden. Netanyahu needed to talk with Biden on the phone. What does...

Oct 8, 2024, 6:18 PM

An Unexpected Benefit of Post-Zionism

Things are happening too fast to start with analysis of this the latest flare-up of Israel’s War of Independence. Still, we cannot help ourselves and continually ask while being bombarded with events, literally and figuratively: “Is this good for...

About Me

Ehud Neor was born in South Carolina and raised on Martha’s Vineyard. He studied at Wabash College and the University of Haifa. Ehud is married to Dvora and they raised their family in Gush Katif, until they were expelled. They now live in Nitzan.