…It was a weird sensation. As I say, these Israelis looked like Jews back home, only much healthier and more energetic. And although I did not understand Hebrew, I heard the same music in their speech among New York Jews speaking English. For those who don’t know, New York City with its multi-culti population produced differ kinds of New York accents. Today on the radio I can identify native New Yorkers who are Irish, Jewish, Italian, each has its own tone and rhythm, and so the music of their Modern Hebrew was familiar to me; their facial expressions. I was home.

But when it came to the topic of antisemitism, boy was I confused…