Japanese Cars

You know how sometimes you feel like you just need to add nuance to a conversation? Like the people in the conversation are just missing something important? Well here's one.

Israel respects German engineering. In fact when I worked in the automotive industry we would talk about German car companies in awe. We also use German words in construction because it was German immigrants who influenced Israeli construction. At the same time, there are Israelis who refuse to visit Germany (or even Poland or other European countries) because of what they did to us in the holocaust. When my friend bought her first car she was debating over whether or not she wanted a Volkswagen, and decided to get one because it's considered a safe car and her sweet revenge against the Germans would be if their car ended up saving a Jewish life.

My grandfather, a US Marine in WWII, never bought a Japanese car.

Darndest things

I just love when my kids say really smart things without realizing it! Like today I asked Lavi why he took the band aid off his scar - he's supposed to keep it covered because sunlight can make the scar visible (and naturally we'd like it to disappear). And in response he shrugged and said, "I don't care how I look, I look like I look."

לא משנה, אני נראה איך שאני נראה!

He's absolutely right. I hope he can keep this attitude as he gets older.

I see that my last post was questioning a parenting fail, but I think this could be a parenting win.