Since Haim quoted me on the subject of voting in America - and since his father disagreed with me - I’ll explain how my view developed.
In my Jewish home, growing up, I learned that voting was a primary mitzvah, the mark of a responsible human being. In 1980, the first US election after I [...]

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“Are you going to vote for Obama?” my 14-year-old daughter, Misgav, asked me the other day.
“I don’t vote in American elections,” I replied, “because I’m Israeli.”
“But you could vote, right?”
“I could,” I acknowledged. “I’m also an American citizen. But the last time I voted was in 1980. Once I decided to make my life here [...]

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