“While my life was always ruled by the Jewish calendar,” says Vernon, “we always had to deal with living in the United State in a more secular culture, which was dominated not by our culture."
An Israeli flag is seen on the first of Israel's El Al Airlines order of 16 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, as it lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)ByALAN ROSENBAUM
