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Americans — American
Americans, people without a
hyphen. It's not that I prefer
the company of gentiles to
Jews, any more than I prefer
the company of Jews to gen-
tiles. Nor is it the religious
diversity of America that I
miss — we have plenty of our
own. What I miss is that
breezy, careless quality Fitz-
gerald captured so well in his
novels; the charm and con-
fidence of Robert Redford and
Ronald Reagan; a country
where at one time I could
share in the grand illusion
that history, as Henry Ford
decided, is bunk. I miss being
able to talk to friends, longer
than just in passing, who
don't remotely see the world
through Jewish-colored
glasses, as I now inevitably
do.
I even miss Christmas, I
have to admit it. Here in the
Jewish state it is known
simply as Hag Hamolad, the
Birth Holiday, and in West
Jerusalem, as in most of
Israel, little trace of it is to be
found. Last December 25 I
turned on the radio, searching
for Christmas music, which I
sang in the college glee club
and have loved ever since. I
scanned the dial, AM and
FM, but all I could pick up
was a lonely sound bite from
the Anglican Bishop of
Jerusalem on the English-
language news, who said,
"Let's give Christmas a
chance?' All afternoon I kept
trying the radio, feeling
downright blue, and then
mirabile dictu
Christmas
Carols! "God rest ye merry
gentlemen," on Radio Kol
Yisrael. It was marvelous —
like discovering great sushi
on Ben:Yehuda Street.
Thanksgiving will be
harder to replace. It was
always my favorite national
holiday which I imagine is
true of many American Jews
— all the hominess of
Christmas, without the tree.
Many of us Anglo-Saxons fix
a turkey dinner in Israel
every year, but you can't find
decent cranberry sauce and
there's no football on TV. But
Yom Kippur was most mov-
ing — not a car on the streets
— and if Hannukah's almost
here, can Pesach be far
behind? For these I am most
thankful.

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