Tel Aviv – Musings on War and Gas
I lay out my confused, uncertain arguments for war and my firm stance against dead, manlged rats and rainy houses in Israel. I’ve been getting so many emails from friends in the states and Europe telling me about how they’re [...]
Tel Aviv – anti-religious politicians and anti-radio cameramen
I find it most unpleasant to cover a politician’s pub crawl in Tel Aviv. I went out for drinks with some friends the other night. At one point, one of my friends said to me, apropos of nothing, ‘You know, [...]
Tel Aviv – Remembering bad chicken in Jordan
A friendly kidnapping by a lovely Jordanian cop who speaks Hebrew and the only gay/hipster cafe in Amman. The funniest thing that happened to me this week happened on Friday. I was sitting in my hotel room in Amman working [...]
Tel Aviv – Loneliness and Confusion
After the nonstop fun of Amman and Beirut, I become reflexive sitting in a cold house on a quiet street in Tel Aviv. I’m sitting in the house I’m renting in Tel Aviv. It’s in the middle of nowhere, a [...]
Tel Aviv, Amman – And Points In Between
I go from Tel Aviv to Amman (learning the secret to crossing the border much more quickly) and I sit on carpets with an Iraqi soldier and his friend, the smuggler. Driving around Tel Aviv is stomach-wrenchingly frustrating. Drivers are [...]
Tel Aviv – The search for a good story
Frustration at not finding a good story leads me to drug addicts, ultra-Orthodox radio hosts and a shopping mall. It feels so different, for me at least, to wake up in Tel Aviv . I’m in this nice house on [...]
Tel Aviv – Crossing the Border
The long, miserable experience of crossing the border from Jordan to Tel Aviv and some thoughts on the differences between Israel and the Arab World. The long, miserable experience of crossing the border from Jordan to Tel Aviv and some [...]