Moments: Week 5

To the Movies:
I went to see the Coen brothers movie Burn After Reading on Wednesday Dec. 17, with Laura, Sefi and Sam. Great film by the way. But I don't think Israelis get the North American dry sense of humour because Laura, Sam and I were the only ones in the theatre laughing throughout the movie. I think it's a cultural difference

Moti:
Moti told us about the anti semitism he had experienced daily in Latvia and how proud and happy he was to come to Israel. He told us that his late wife, Mila, wanted to move to the US at one point and he said to her that there was no where in the world that they would ever feel at home like they do in Israel. This is where they belonged as Jews.
Moti shared a story about his experience in February 1972 on an electric bus, one week before they left Riga for Israel. He said the bus was packed and people were bumping into each other, but one guy was pushing him in a way that was obviously on purpose. So, Moti, knowing that he was leaving the country in one week, decided he was going to get off the bus a stop early to avoid a confrontation. He got off the bus and the man got off at the same stop, followed him and tapped Moti on his shoulder and said, "why do you Jews always have to hang around the rest of us like leaches?" Moti, shocked, as he had never been confronted by a stranger like this before, took a step back and mustard up all the energy inside of him and threw a big punch at the man. The man fell back and Moti ran away and escaped.

Quiet!
Laura and I were walking on the street one evening and there was a dog barking non-stop from one of the apartments, all of a sudden a man shouted from another apartment across the street QUIET! And the dog stopped barking. It was hilarious!