![]() Somehow these various bigoted assertions made me feel more Jewish than growing up surrounded by Judaism. The usual stale old tropes about money, cheapness, world domination, George Soros, and the like. ![]() More frequently, in almost all corners of the world, I’ve heard casual antisemitism bandied about. Nothing else gave me away (although conditioning has made me susceptible to the belief that my prominent schnoz might alert some). I was fortunate-privileged, really-that I only heard such things when volunteering my heritage. Someone called me an ugly slur for the first time, and another questioned my ethnicity-in a manner that was neither polite nor complimentary. It was only when I started traveling abroad in my twenties that I first encountered it myself. Mom didn’t have it as easy-she grew up in Pittsburgh, outside the Jewish area, surrounded by goyim who were all too comfortable with antisemitism. As secular Jews in Los Angeles, I never had to feel any way about it. It’s not that I rejected Judaism, but I didn’t feel Jewish. Though it took decades for me to feel this way. She told me I was a dummy.Īnd now I agree with her. But I didn’t want one-I didn’t want to learn Hebrew, I didn’t want to go to school on the weekends, I didn’t want to do the work. So, as I approached 13, my grandmother pushed me to have a bar mitzvah. And I desperately wanted to be a good Jewish boy. It’s what good Jewish boys do, after all. War or peace, I was dragging my small mishpocha to Passover in Jerusalem. I didn’t want to wait another year-if the pandemic had taught me anything, it’s not to delay things. “ Next year in Jerusalem,” I said referring to a signature phrase of the Passover seder, “will be this year in Jerusalem.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to upend the court system had provoked massive demonstrations in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, as well as a general strike so broad that even McDonald’s temporarily shuttered. The trip began with the threat of mass demonstrations and now it ended with the threat of all-out war.īack in Los Angeles, on March 27, just before we left for the trip, Mom wondered if we should cancel. Good, I thought, better they don’t know how bad it’s gotten until we’re higher, farther away. I glanced over at my parents, who remained oblivious. Israeli media reported they began at roughly 12:30 a.m., on April 7, and now it was 1:15. This booking system and any information appearing on this page is provided for your information and convenience only and is not intended to be an endorsement by VisitScotland of the content of such linked websites, the quality of any accommodation listed, or of the services of any third party.Passover with my family in the Holy Land gave me a mishmash of real war and personal peace.įrom 7,000 feet over the Mediterranean, just minutes after take-off from Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Airport, lights flashed over Gaza. VisitScotland does not have any control over the content or availability of any external website. If you proceed to make a booking you will leave our Website and visit a website owned and operated by a third party. Any booking you make will not be placed with VisitScotland and we will have no liability to you in respect of any booking. You may use this booking system to place direct bookings with third party accommodation providers. It is intended to provide real time availability information relating to accommodation which is also provided by third parties. This booking system and any information appearing on this page relating to the availability of any accommodation is provided by third parties and not by VisitScotland. We think staying somewhere with a beautiful view is important, so we’ve done our research and gathered a list of places with stunning surroundings. ![]() ![]() Scotland offers a variety of wildlife tours that will take you deep into our stunning landscapes Loch Lomond, Trossachs, Stirling & Forth Valleyġ4 wonderful wildlife tours to book in Scotland
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