The Virtual Muser

Where does your loyalty lie?

It’s the Winter Olympics 2014 and we’re sitting down to watch the Gold Medal hockey final. All of Israel is talking about the unbelievable meteoric rise of Team Israel from total anonymity to becoming a leading contender in the hockey world. Years of dodging Katyushas on the only Olympic-size ice rink in Israel alongside the […]

If Celine Dion only knew Hebrew

“How many languages do you speak?” “Four. But only two when sober.” For some reason they never seem to like this answer. “No, wait. Five,” I added. “Five?” “Yes, I forgot Yiddish.” “You know Yiddish?” “No. But German and Yiddish sound the same after three pints.” I don’t know why people sigh so often when […]

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