Not a proud day to be a Canadian
Vancouver is ablaze. Rioting in the streets. “Canadians rioting?” people in other parts of the world ask. And at that moment you see the flicker of respect for Canadian character disappear from their eyes. You know then that you will never again be able to convince people that Canadians are uniquely different from Americans. And […]
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 […]
The Canadian Passport Blues
I’ve got the blues and they’re definitely Canadian. This all started with the realization that I will soon have to apply for a new Canadian passport. One wouldn’t think that this should cause too much anxiety, and it didn’t, until fairly recently. There was a time, when the Canadian Embassy was still on Hayarkon Street […]