A Parent in Israel

Jack Attack

March 8, 2007

Thirteen-year-old Merav’s phone call was teary bordering on hysterical. It was hard to make out what had happened: was someone hurt? Had she been jilted by a boy? “It’s Jack,” she sputtered through breathless sobs. “He got away…we don’t know where he is…he could get killed…what are we going to do!” Merav had been entrusted […]

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My Hair Vote

March 2, 2007

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My Hair

February 8, 2007

For the past several months, I’ve been growing my hair long. The official reason is that my thirteen-year-old daughter Merav wants to dress me up as a girl for Purim, and she wants my hair longer so she can braid it or work with it in some way. But there’s another explanation. As my haircutter […]

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If You’re Going to Egypt…

February 1, 2007

Well, we made it back from Egypt and we had a fantastic, fascinating, amazingly awesome experience. We felt perfectly safe the entire time and never felt any antagonism, though that might have been in part that no one actually knew we were either Jewish or Israeli. See this post on how we traveled “Jewcognito,” entering […]

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The Price of a Night’s Sleep

December 7, 2006

You know the old saying “time is money?” Well, how much would you say time spent sleeping is worth? As I found out on a recent family vacation: exactly $119 plus tax. We were driving down the California coast from San Francisco to San Diego, stopping for the night at inexpensive motels. Our first night was in Monterey and […]

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Between A Rock and a Hard Case

November 30, 2006

Shabbat afternoon in the park with my friend Eliot from out of town, eight-year-old Aviv and Eliot’s two little boys, Liav and Avidan, both of them under the age of 10, playing happily, riding scooters around a mostly empty basketball court while their parents chatted about whatever it is adults chat about. The weather was […]

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Curse of the 42-Inch Plasma

September 22, 2006

There’s an old saying “the only thing that separates men from boys is the size of their toys.” When my wife Jody and I were first planning out our recently-completed home renovation, trying to decide about such critical issues as whether to redo one bathroom or three, the one thing I held out for was […]

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Charting a New Course

August 31, 2006

Did you ever hear any of the following in your house? “It’s not my job, it’s his.” “I cleaned the table last night.” “I don’t have time to make my bed. I have to study for a test.” Well, we certainly have, too many times, and after fourteen years of parenting it was getting a […]

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The Power of Positive Hamstering

April 27, 2006

It was the seventh week of Merav’s latest illness. Sharp and constant pains still pierced her abdomen. She felt dizzy and weak, no doubt in part a result of self-imposed starvation as the very thought of food in her current condition nauseated her. Her head pounded and her joints ached. As we headed to the […]

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Gut Reaction

March 31, 2006

It’s hard to believe we’re back again. Back in the hospital, that is, a year after our twelve-year-old daughter Merav was hospitalized for severe stomach cramps, joint pain, jaundice and suspected hepatitis. Last time, she was admitted for a week, and wound up missing nearly two months of school. The doctors chose to wait it […]

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