http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Current Events, Smarter Investing and Fatherhood en-us msira@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il 2012-02-01T20:19:48-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015240.html The New York Times describes Sheldon Adelson as a poor boy who made himself rich, not especially attracted to Jewish... 15240@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-02-01T20:19:48-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015236.html The headlines are about a couple of issues roiling close to the Prime Minister. They do not concern the big... 15236@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-29T20:23:10-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015234.html Hopefully, Iraq and Afghanistan will be the Lebanon War of the United States. Israel learned from the massive invasion and... 15234@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-25T04:08:45-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015232.html We are never far from a reminder that the Israel-Palestinian conflict has a strong element of religious animosity. Those who... 15232@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-24T02:32:02-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015230.html My audience has weighed in. According to one, I was not sensitive enough in recognizing how dastardly was Ahmed Tibi... 15230@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-22T07:15:13-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015228.html Note the plural in the title. It is not an error, but the theme of this note. Designations of Jerusalem... 15228@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-20T02:10:13-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015223.html You want fairness from this aging academic? This is a time when I'll side with a prominent Israeli Arab politician,... 15223@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-18T07:37:38-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015219.html It's not easy being an Israeli. It is even harder being an Israeli policymaker, especially at the top with responsibility... 15219@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-15T22:00:06-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015218.html Last week was was another occasion when Israel's ethnic issues escaped from the closet to arouse one crowd and numerous... 15218@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-14T11:29:17-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015217.html Politics is not only the most civilized way of dealing with disagreements that occur in complex societies. It also provides... 15217@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-12T01:11:30-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015215.html We see the Shuafat refugee camp from the route that we walk around French Hill a couple of times each... 15215@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-11T05:12:47-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015213.html Once again Prime Minister Netanyahu demonstrated his skills as a magician. In the morning, his ministers expressed wall to wall... 15213@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-09T04:01:09-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015211.html Several of the items in today's news are not of the world shaking variety that will provoke unrest in the... 15211@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-08T05:05:44-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015208.html Israeli and Palestinian officials have met for the first time in months, exchanged documents, and plan to meet again. The... 15208@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-06T01:43:10-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015206.html The commotion over the place of women in buses and on sidewalks reminds us that religion plays a central role... 15206@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2012-01-04T10:30:39-08:00