Tip of the Tongue

  Being a foreign visitor exposes one’s sense of nationality, eliciting varying reactions depending on country, circumstances and personalit...

I have lived in Israel since 1989, some 28 years, not including one year as a volunteer. I was 28 years old when I made alia , immigration,...

Pluralistic countries, such as the United and Israel, suffer from a human identity problem.  In the US, the people walking in the streets a...

Street names are culturally specific.  Some countries treat their streets as long strips of asphalt while others give them much more histo...

Guns are worldwide and universal.  Their meaning is not.  When people see a person with a gun, its impact often depends on its national co...