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DIARY page 35
grapples with the question:
how holy is the Holy Land?
Ironically, in the midst of
this ongoing dilemma, Israeli
Jews have been inevitably
lumped together against a
common opponent: Israeli
Arabs. While Israel's spotted
history with neighboring
Arab countries is no surprise,
an equally intense clash of
beliefs and customs has
heated up within Israeli bor-
ders.
While Moshe criticizes the
Israeli legal system as too
secular, and. Ari complains
about the law's religious na-
ture, each individual, as a
Jew, can derive some rea-
soning from it. Now, imagine
life in Israel as a non-Jew,
particularly an Arab. You re-
side in a country under Jew-
ish law; yet, your beliefs
hover at the opposite end of
the religious and cultural
spectrum.
To complicate the situa-
tion, the Jews resent the
presence of the Arabs in the 11
Jewish Holy Land. With
Arab neighbors on all bor-
ders, Jews that live in Israel di
feel both threatened and dis-
gusted that they must share
their small strip of land.
Consequently, this silent,
two-sided hatred underlies 1
Israeli day-to-day activity
and attitude. The battle re-
mains stagnant today, but
we, as American Jews living
in Israel, have been warned I
against entering any Arab
town or market.
While I have barely
touched upon the paradoxes
and polarities that define Is-
raeli society, I hope to have
opened your eyes to the re-
alities that exist here. Israel I
is an intriguing nation, over-
flowing with conflict and
confusion, and the thrill of •
living here comes from solv-
ing the puzzle, piece by 1
piece. ❑
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Craig Goldsmith with his Ethiopian friends.
Ethiopian hospitality is in-
credible. Generally if you are
invited into their home, they
will offer you a beer and en-
gera (Ethiopian bread served
with meat and vegetables).
Each time you set your glass
on the table, they will refill it.
This time we all sat in the
bedroom and drank tea. The
walls were covered with stu-
dio pictures of the members
of the family. If there is one
thing about the Ethiopians
which perplexes me, it is their
fascination with studio pic-
tures and artificial nature
backgrounds.
The neighbors crowded into
the room to meet me and to
hear me speak some Am
Harik. It is a big thrill for
them to hear a non-Ethiopian
speak (or at least attempt to
speak) their language,_ be-
cause they appreciate the in-
terest that someone might
have taken in their culture.
After each word I muttered in
Am Harik, they laughed.
Whether they were laughing
at my accent or the fact that
I knew the word, I do not
know.
After we finished the tea,
one of the workers from the
center came into the room
and explicitly told me not to
eat or drink anything in the
house. I told her that it was
already too late. She contin-
ued to say that some of these
people are very sick with
AIDS, malaria, hepatitis, etc.
She rattled off so many dis-
eases that I began to lose
track. Suddenly I thought of
my mother and the heart at-