Note to Reader: Hasbara in Hebrew means public diplomacy, we follow the story of Maya Ram, a Israeli patriot, public relations woman and sex addict. A secular Ashkenazi Jewish woman, Maya has had the finniest education money can buy. But money cannot give her the life education she needs and craves and the story that follows is the story of this life educati...
While Dvora was anointing her injured right nipple, Noga entered her office. "What's the matter?" she asked. "There are people who have forgotten how to suckle," answered Dvora, "You told me that suction is more effective than pumps in inducing lactation, and I am asking all my clients to help me with that." "Oh! My lactation has been well established, so...
The Israeli Opera Tel-Aviv-Yafo needs an assistant librarian, and Rachel enters the librarian's office to apply for the job. Leah, the chief librarian, attentively listens to her and peruses her résumé, but she suddenly feels a pang – Rachel may be lesbian! Leah is bisexual and, like most non-heterosexuals, has developed a "gaydar" in order to detect people...
As the airplane landed in Lod, I vowed to myself that I would never patronize a Gentile travel agent, if I ever got the opportunity to travel to Israel again. I thought that landing in Israel on Friday would give me a wild weekend in Tel Aviv before my expense account kicked in. I had a series of tours set up by my magazine for the article I was supposed to...
LXXIII Promised Land Tamara 2098 Whatever it was that had defined Tamara's Jewish identity over the years, it wasn't her religious faith. Nor had it been her need to belong to the Jewish community. Her identity was more intangible. It was the sense of a shared tradition and what had been until recently a shared nationality. She'd never troubled herself...
On an unnamed airstrip in Pakistan, the shrill engine of a Predator drone filled the evening air. The sleek oblong silhouette glistened in the sunset as it gained speed and altitude and eventually disappeared through the porous cloud cover. A Pakistani Army sentry followed its ascent with eyes shielded against the pink sky, then "tsk-ed" and returned his gaz...
The Eighty-eighth Key Part III Chapter 15 ____________________________________ "What is, do you suppose, the difference between a dream and a nightmare?" Werner Heisenberg asked, his settled hands resting on his lap, his entire demeanor expressing openness to her reply. And yet, Imogen now remained resolutely still, as if she was suddenly and utterly q...
I got off the bus at the hot, dusty town of Be'er Sheva and checked my luggage in a locker. There was one taxi standing outside the bus station. I asked the middle-aged, bald driver: "Do you speak English and how many years have you been driving taxi?" "Yes and 25 years. Why is this important?" "I need someone who knows Be'er Sheva well to help me find so...
The digital readout on the computer screen let Abby know that it was nearly one in the morning, and as her fingers crawled across the keyboard, she realized it was finally time for sleep. As she powered down all of her technical gear, she yawned several times, exhausted but content with having solved another case. It took the gothic lab technician several mi...
Just before I got engaged, I had a quick fling with a Jewish woman I met at a college reunion party. I did not know her when we were at school (she was four years younger; it was an open party for all alumni), but we hit it off. She liked that I was successful and in shape. I liked that she was hot as hell. Mara was a petite brunette with a gym-honed body....