http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Current Events, Smarter Investing and Fatherhood en-us msira@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il 2010-03-15T23:29:11-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013848.html The dust has not settled from the Biden-Ramat Shlomo incident. Early signs are that the Israeli government is not complying... 13848@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-03-15T23:29:11-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013846.html We are having a lesson in the nature of politics. As ever in the case of this slippery science, the... 13846@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-03-13T21:14:59-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013844.html If there is a simple key to what has happened, and what is likely to happen as a result of... 13844@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-03-11T21:50:19-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013839.html Take your pick. Was the announcement of planning approval for the construction of 1,600 apartment units in Ramat Shlomo, in... 13839@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-03-10T21:00:26-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013834.html A bit of whimsy may keep us sane. Let's say there was no politics: no prominent figures intent on putting... 13834@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-03-09T00:30:29-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013830.html Another round of high level visits and photo opportunities. Defense Minister goes to Washington. Vice President comes to Jerusalem. Special... 13830@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-03-06T23:53:27-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013818.html Not everything is the stuff of high drama, invasion or stealth, blood, bodies, and claims of decisive victory. There are... 13818@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-03-04T23:57:50-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013802.html One of my Jerusalem friends supplies me with another piece of the Jewish mosaic by talking about his youth in... 13802@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-02-26T22:04:27-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013797.html Several of my Internet friends have ridiculed my concern with American health policy, and several have ridiculed my dismal assessment... 13797@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-02-26T00:06:22-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013796.html There has been considerable criticism of the inclusion of Rachel's Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs on Israel's list... 13796@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-02-25T00:17:05-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013791.html Jerome Segal has contributed an op-ed piece that sees the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state as a way to... 13791@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-02-24T03:07:09-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013784.html The religious and territorial dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict came together again with Arab assertions, demonstrations, and stone-throwing in response... 13784@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-02-23T06:22:59-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013778.html Friday evening with a secular group, the conversation was exclusively about the assassination in Dubai. My companions were convinced it... 13778@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-02-20T20:16:47-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013771.html The speculation appears widely in the international press. We have seen the films from security cameras placed throughout Dubai, and... 13771@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-02-18T06:53:44-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/013765.html An Orthodox rabbi appeared on a prime time television news program to explain his rationale as one of numerous rabbis... 13765@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2010-02-16T21:04:09-08:00