We had 87 visitors from Israel, so since it’s Passover, here’s a tune that you might recognize if you have ever attended a bar mitzvah or a Jewish wedding. You can get up and dance a hora–you join hands and go round and round in a circle. Not very good if you suffer from motion sickness as I do. Or you can let some shtarkers* carry you around in a chair–a fairly terrifying experience.
* shtarker: a Yiddish word for a strong person, usually a male. I used to be a shtarker who could help carry the bride around, but now I sit at my table and nurse a scotch and water while checking out the dancers. Here is Hava Nagila. (which means “Let’s rejoice” which is what my people like to do–which is good to do after 4,000 years of ups and downs.) —-Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.