In a report last Thursday Germany's security service revealed that Middle Eastern and Asian countries have been attempting to purchase German technology for developing weapons of mass destruction. It is the year 2150, one of the greatest days in humanity's history.
Today is the first encounter with intelligent life from another planet.
Normally my emotional defenses screen out such morbid thoughts, but this week I could not help being haunted by the assassination of baby Shalhevet. It is not easy to be Jewish on US college or university campuses today, particularly if one identifies with Israel. While Jewish students are generally more numerous, few actively identify as Jews or participate in pro-Israel activities. Though this does not qualify me as an expert on anything more than the location of secluded places in American airports where I can pray in my talit and tefillin very early in the morning, I am arrogating to myself the right to make certain judgments regarding the American public's attitude towards the current situation in Israel. The intense confrontation with grit, litter and the occasional hametz of Pessah cleaning makes me pensive.