tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230748633828892466.post1492503040735242748..comments2023-11-02T02:12:06.409-07:00Comments on At Home and On the Road: Desert Dreams and Supermarket Siegesdanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07348123688053093698noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230748633828892466.post-12327778237457053372009-05-30T19:29:40.132-07:002009-05-30T19:29:40.132-07:00Rabbi,
I'm pleased that you're back in Israel--sa...Rabbi,<br /><br />I'm pleased that you're back in Israel--safe and sound. As I just wrote that, I thought how odd it is. Israel is not the safest place of all. But it is home.<br /><br />Home is an interesting idea. It's a place we are from, where we have connections, where people are like us. But, as you said in your blog, Jerusalem (and, in truth, much of Israel) is inhabited by people who are more "assertive" than we might like. The stories and jokes about that are legion. And my own experiences in Israel suggest that they are not exaggerations. <br /><br />I've wondered why. Is it climate, history, tradition, intellectual fervor misdirected, or something else altogether? Your ideas?<br /><br />Enjoy your travels. We miss you.<br /><br />Shalom,<br /><br />Jack Bonawitzjbonawitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959905274902914634noreply@blogger.com