It was many years ago, when Friedman offered me a temporary job onboard a ship at the Port of Haifa. The port administration hired a security company, who needed guards, for long shifts, nights included. Friedman heard that high school kids were good enough for the job, and he knew some people from that security company. […]
Mrs. Schwartz and the Religious Bomb
Mrs. Schwartz, my next door neighbor, woke up yesterday morning with an irritating itch in her left shoulder. She told Aaron, her husband: “This itch is killing me, and I think I’ll have to see my doctor today. I will leave work earlier, and head directly there. My doctor runs a clinic downtown, five bus […]
Laptop onboard the Train
I didn’t mind that today’s train was almost empty. I insisted on seating myself right on my reserved seat, according to the exact number printed on my ticket. There was a man with a laptop seated on the bench across from me. He was ‘working on his laptop’, as people say. Some minutes later he moved […]
