Over Shabbat dinner, Aaron told us about his day.
He got his Hebrew exam back. He didn’t do very well. Nothing new. Hebrew has been a struggle for him, but taking a foreign language is a requirement for the honors diploma, so Aaron has been struggling through.
He showed his graded test paper to another student in the class, a score of 14%.
The student was stunned.
“But, Aaron, you‘re Israeli”
“No, I was born in Ohio, and grew up in Indy.”
"But your parents are from Israel!"
“No, they are from Ohio and New York.”
The student stared at Aaron for a couple of seconds, and Aaron said “I know the yarmulke fools people.”
According to Aaron, this student, who is also Jewish, took Aaron’s kippah to mean he was from Israel.
Larry said, “I get that, too. People will ask, “How long has it been since you’ve been home?”Of course, he was hopefully home with us, as recently as that morning, but he doesn’t’ want to disillusion those people who think he is an exotic Israeli.
Heck, we live in Indiana, so, how would they know the difference between a New York and an Israeli accent.
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