Goy-child in the Promised Land.
June 9th 2007 After even the tamest of weeks in Tel Aviv, you expect your feet to be scorched by the pavement in the holiest city on the planet. But my entrance into Jerusalem is a bit of an anti-climax, greeted by neither thunderbolts on the one hand nor palm fronds on the other. The haredim bustle about in their black hats and heavy coats, trailing a gaggle of kids behind; the soldiers patrol the bus
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