Judaism will be enmeshed in pride and shame for as long as it endures. But to endure as a country, Israel must shun both these tendencies.

And I want out of this life on drugs.

My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me.

Everything's plastic, we're all going to die sooner or later, so what does it matter.

Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless.

You don't even have to hate to have a perfectly miserable time.

Belief is a good thing in principle, but an annoying thing in human beings.