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they want to think and we
think the way we want to," he
says. "There won't be a solu-
tion very soon."
Not only the concepts, but
also the reality of war and
peace are woven into the
fabric of the lives of the
children of Israel. They don't
see it in abstract terms.
A Jewish boy, Shlomo
Kramer, 13, says simply, "If
we don't fight now, we won't
have a country."
And the country that has
divided both its' people and
world opinion also divides
friends. Fourteen-year-old
Manny Elder, who plays with
Kramer and Yoni and Ruby
Secemski, is Jewish, but not
religious. He attends a
secular school and has friends
who are Arabs.
"Every time the soldiers are
angry, they beat the Arabs.
That is wrong," Manny says.
His friend Ruby counters, "I
think it is very right. To beat
someone is better than to kill
him. We should kill them in-
stead of beating them."
"We're doing what the
Nazis did to us," Manny says.
"Not giving them civil rights,
asking for ID cards."
Another point divides the
friends.
"In 1948, I would have been
really proud," Manny says.
"Now, I'm not so proud. I'm
not proud of my government
at all."
Another neighborhood
friend Schmulik Kramer,
disagrees. "Now is the time to
say 'I'm an Israeli and I kill
the ones who kill us: There's
no way not to be proud.
There's nothing to make you
feel ashamed of your country?'
Living in a country con-
stantly ready for war affects
the inhabitants, but not
always negatively.
Susie Secemski, the mother
of five children and an
English teacher in
Jerusalem, says Israeli
children are more mature
than their American
counterparts.
Originally from New York,
Secemski has lived in Israel
for 20 years. "Kids have the
same teenage concerns," she
says. "But I find American
kids more immature and not
concerned about real things.
The conflict makes the Israeli
kids think about deeper issue
and makes them more in-
dependent."
Secemski says she is happy
that her children are growing
up in Israel, and that they
share a feeling of security
with other members of the
community.
"New Yorkers are afraid of
being attacked by 3trangers,"
she says. "The kid.E, here feel
free to go out in the dark."
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