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BURNEDWHILEISRAEL Gardens to Hebrew University. I’m wait-
ing at the red light at Ruppin Street
by Sam Finkel by a thread?... I was very impressed by the when I notice a large tree completely
Mr. Finkel, we are having some trouble place. The kids who came up with me ablaze, flames shooting up in the air. I
with their moms were actually excited was terrified. I never saw anything like
with our son. He doesn’t fit in at a regu- when they got there. It was facing Mt. that so close to home. The tree was not
Arbel near the Kinneret – stunning isolated but next to a row of trees that
lar Talmud Torah any more, and he’s views. They have all kinds of therapeutic led up to the Israel Museum, and was
activities, including a stable of horses for next to Emek HaMatzleva (the Valley of
been influenced by some of the lower the kids to ride on.… You don’t like the the Cross), just outside the Rechavia
fact that they encourage their graduates neighborhood where I reside. It wouldn’t
elements in our neighborhood. He’s to enroll in the army, Nachal Chareidi?… take long for the whole valley to be
You think your kid still has the potential ablaze, and then it would jump over
really such a sweet kid. And he’s smart. to learn Torah?… You’re sending him to Ruppin Street to the residences on the
Blumenthal in Geulah? I wish you good other side, up the hill. I saw no fire truck,
He doesn’t dress chareidi anymore. He’s luck! no police vehicles. I called the police,
who informed me that they were aware of
wearing jeans, he’s listening to goyishe ◆◆◆ the fire and were taking care of it. I
turned left and drove right past it. On the
music, and he’s hanging out. We want to It’s been a few weeks at Blumenthal, other side of the road, cars were slowing
and it’s not working out. It’s too close to down to view the spectacle. I was won-
save him while there’s still time. He’s home, so my son prefers to sleep in his dering whether someone started a little
Wturning 14. own bed rather than stay there bonfire or just carelessly flicked a burn-
◆◆◆ overnight. He broke the rules so many ing cigarette butt from his hand. There
times that they had to let him go. But my was tons of smoke. It felt like I was driv-
hat do you want from me? husband heard about two other places – ing through a fog. By the time I returned
What do I know about in Zichron Yaakov and in Haifa. He from Hebrew U., the blaze and the haze
these things? By the way, would really appreciate it if you would were gone.
every time you talk to me, take him there and also share your
you are complaining about impressions. At 9:05 the next morning, I met the
your husband. It makes me father of the boy in trouble for the first
◆◆◆ time. We drove up Kvish Shesh (Highway
very uncomfortable. I hope 6) following WAZE to the address he
The father and I agree to meet at 9 gave me.
you don’t do that in front of a.m. the following Wednesday morning.
The day before, around 5 p.m., I’m driv- Shortly after passing the exit for
your children…. You do? Don’t you think ing from the Jerusalem Botanical Netanya, we saw a really huge Palestinian
flag waving in the air from a tall flagpole.
that hurts them? It was so close to Kvish Shesh that it felt
almost as if you were passing under it. I
Have you heard of Kav La’Noar in checked the map and saw that it was
coming from the Arab town of Tulkarm,
Jerusalem? You’ve been to them already? which is beyond the Green Line and very
close to the highway we were on – out-
What about the vocational school in side the security wall. Tulkarm had the
dubious distinction of sending suicide
Kfar Zeitim in the Galil? I had suggested bombers into Netanya during the
Second Intifada.
it to you and you cancelled at the last
The school was in the Chazon Ish
minute … Oh, you heard that they don’t complex of buildings in Zichron, next to
their bais medrash and central syna-
do much Torah learning up there? That gogue, surrounded by a high fence. After
we cleared the security booth we walked
it’s really meant for kids who are hanging down the stairs towards the building
entrance. There was a very small garden
plot being worked by a few boys. The kids
were almost all Sefardi. Most of them
were olive skinned or darker. We passed
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ing at the red light at Ruppin Street
by Sam Finkel by a thread?... I was very impressed by the when I notice a large tree completely
Mr. Finkel, we are having some trouble place. The kids who came up with me ablaze, flames shooting up in the air. I
with their moms were actually excited was terrified. I never saw anything like
with our son. He doesn’t fit in at a regu- when they got there. It was facing Mt. that so close to home. The tree was not
Arbel near the Kinneret – stunning isolated but next to a row of trees that
lar Talmud Torah any more, and he’s views. They have all kinds of therapeutic led up to the Israel Museum, and was
activities, including a stable of horses for next to Emek HaMatzleva (the Valley of
been influenced by some of the lower the kids to ride on.… You don’t like the the Cross), just outside the Rechavia
fact that they encourage their graduates neighborhood where I reside. It wouldn’t
elements in our neighborhood. He’s to enroll in the army, Nachal Chareidi?… take long for the whole valley to be
You think your kid still has the potential ablaze, and then it would jump over
really such a sweet kid. And he’s smart. to learn Torah?… You’re sending him to Ruppin Street to the residences on the
Blumenthal in Geulah? I wish you good other side, up the hill. I saw no fire truck,
He doesn’t dress chareidi anymore. He’s luck! no police vehicles. I called the police,
who informed me that they were aware of
wearing jeans, he’s listening to goyishe ◆◆◆ the fire and were taking care of it. I
turned left and drove right past it. On the
music, and he’s hanging out. We want to It’s been a few weeks at Blumenthal, other side of the road, cars were slowing
and it’s not working out. It’s too close to down to view the spectacle. I was won-
save him while there’s still time. He’s home, so my son prefers to sleep in his dering whether someone started a little
Wturning 14. own bed rather than stay there bonfire or just carelessly flicked a burn-
◆◆◆ overnight. He broke the rules so many ing cigarette butt from his hand. There
times that they had to let him go. But my was tons of smoke. It felt like I was driv-
hat do you want from me? husband heard about two other places – ing through a fog. By the time I returned
What do I know about in Zichron Yaakov and in Haifa. He from Hebrew U., the blaze and the haze
these things? By the way, would really appreciate it if you would were gone.
every time you talk to me, take him there and also share your
you are complaining about impressions. At 9:05 the next morning, I met the
your husband. It makes me father of the boy in trouble for the first
◆◆◆ time. We drove up Kvish Shesh (Highway
very uncomfortable. I hope 6) following WAZE to the address he
The father and I agree to meet at 9 gave me.
you don’t do that in front of a.m. the following Wednesday morning.
The day before, around 5 p.m., I’m driv- Shortly after passing the exit for
your children…. You do? Don’t you think ing from the Jerusalem Botanical Netanya, we saw a really huge Palestinian
flag waving in the air from a tall flagpole.
that hurts them? It was so close to Kvish Shesh that it felt
almost as if you were passing under it. I
Have you heard of Kav La’Noar in checked the map and saw that it was
coming from the Arab town of Tulkarm,
Jerusalem? You’ve been to them already? which is beyond the Green Line and very
close to the highway we were on – out-
What about the vocational school in side the security wall. Tulkarm had the
dubious distinction of sending suicide
Kfar Zeitim in the Galil? I had suggested bombers into Netanya during the
Second Intifada.
it to you and you cancelled at the last
The school was in the Chazon Ish
minute … Oh, you heard that they don’t complex of buildings in Zichron, next to
their bais medrash and central syna-
do much Torah learning up there? That gogue, surrounded by a high fence. After
we cleared the security booth we walked
it’s really meant for kids who are hanging down the stairs towards the building
entrance. There was a very small garden
plot being worked by a few boys. The kids
were almost all Sefardi. Most of them
were olive skinned or darker. We passed
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