Dave's professional and personal lives intersect with the unexpected appearance in Atlanta of Israeli cousins.
Dave would rather write about other things, but the hostages and other issues related to the war are more relevant.
A friend's 60th birthday prompts Dave's musings on the lessons that come with reaching that age.
Dave remembers his in-laws as they were and laments the ravages of time.
How the meaning of "to repair the world" remains a subject of debate in the Jewish community.
