As A Child, I Never Wanted My

I Have To Admit That Talking Authoritatively About My Students' Stories Can Make Me Feel, At Times, Like An Astronaut Who Has Just Landed On A New Planet And Insists On Giving Guided Tours To Its Inhabitants.

For My Mother, Having A Family Was The Most Important Thing In Her Life. In The Second World War, It Was A Challenge - Surviving Physically And Mentally And Finding Somebody Who You Loved And Who Was Willing To Be With You.

Etgar Means "challenge." And My Family Name Is Keret, Which Means "urban." So My Name Is "urban Challenge." My Joke Is, It's A Good Description Of A Birth But A Strange Name For A Human Being.

What Connects Me So Strongly To Israel Is The Fact That I'm Second Generation.

You Take A Book, And What Can You Do With A Book? Can You Cook An Egg On A Book? No. Can You Dig A Hole? No. Is It A Good Weapon? No. The Fact That It's Good For Nothing Kind Of Makes It Almost All-important.