The Flight to the Holy Land
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
Mar 11, 2011 at 7:43am
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May '10
Re: The Flight to the Holy Land
Boredom does terrible and wonderful things.
Sep '10
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Thanks for that crucial update.
Jun '10
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May nothing in your immediate vicinity make any "headline news"--only your interpretation of the Holy Land experience. Prayers for your good health and safety.
Dec '10
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It's a "Claire Air Report" Safe Journey Claire!
May '10
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Count yourself lucky that you are not on a "Flight to Egypt" side saddle on a donkey, like another Jewish women of some time back. Viz
http://mfranzwa.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/giotto-the-flight-into-egypt.jpg
Keep safe Claire, and looking forward to your posts from a sail boat off the coast of Haifa.
Re: The Flight to the Holy Land
You'd have video from the drive in from Tel Aviv, too, but the weather is so bad that it basically looks like the view from the airplane window.
I'm about to go out to dinner with Judith. The reporting--in earnest--begins tomorrow.
Sep '10
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I was pleased to see your tray in the upright position.
Jun '10
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The only thing worse than the bad scotch they serve on airplanes is no scotch. I love landings and take-offs, everything in between is what I consider prime sippin' time.
Edited on Mar 11, 2011 at 8:31amRe: The Flight to the Holy Land
I always thought journalism was exciting. Science: I know science is dull. Science is supposed to be dull. But journalism?
Dec '10
Re: The Flight to the Holy Land
Claire Berlinski, Ed.: You'd have video from the drive in from Tel Aviv, too, but the weather is so bad that it basically looks like the view from the airplane window.
I'm about to go out to dinner with Judith. The reporting--in earnest--begins tomorrow. · Mar 11 at 8:10am
And the Midwestern reply is : So what did you have to eat?
Jun '10
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Would have been much more interesting if you were holding a cocktail and pretending there was turbulence. For the return flight you should look into getting a teleprompter.
Just trying to be helpful.
Jan '11
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Science is only dull when you take sufficient precautions to insure nothing explodes unexpectedly.
Dec '10
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Claire, next time, ask your seatmate to wake you up before filing your video dispatch.
I'd have thought the flight was too short for a dose of Ambien.
Oct '10
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We need more Claire podcasts!
Oct '10
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Claire, you're too funny. What? You're report was serious? OK....But we really missed out by your not having filmed you going through airport security in Turkey (I'm assuming they have security).
Dec '10
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I totally agree with Joseph! I'm going to follow Claire and Judith. I wish I were on such a trip and be sure to ask a million questions and take video of the details of what they tell you! Looking forward to this week's reports!
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You try going through airport security while filming yourself--which in this case means holding a 15-inch Mac screen in front of your face--and narrating it. Not easy.
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Stuart! That was a real flight. Not a movie flight. You do not want your correspondent looking excited on a real flight. Especially not on a Turkish Airlines flight. The only kind of flight I ever want to take is the boring kind.
But seriously, something in me is tempted to do a series of podcasts on the theme of "unbelievably boring Israel." Do you remember the conversation we had here with Peter Robinson--the one about the speech that needs to be written called "Israel is a normal country?" This is exactly the point that gets missed in the media hysteria. It's a bunch of Jews having breakfast, lunch and dinner. They take airplanes, they take their kids to school, they watch TV, and most of the time it's just a normal country. And yet the world for some reason debates whether this country--and no other country--has the "right to exist." Well, it exists. It's normal.
Unlike Turkey, which is crazy exciting.
Dec '10
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Claire Berlinski, Ed.
Stuart! That was a real flight. Not a movie flight. You do not want your correspondent looking excited on a real flight. Especially not on a Turkish Airlines flight. The only kind of flight I ever want to take is the boring kind.
But seriously, something in me is tempted to do a series of podcasts on the theme of "unbelievably boring Israel." Do you remember the conversation we had here with Peter Robinson--the one about the speech that needs to be written called "Israel is a normal country?"
Just have your cup of coffee before you start the camera next time, is all.
Meanwhile, yes, Israel seems pretty normal - except for each family keeping plastic sheeting and duct tape on hand to protect against biochem attack, guards checking car trunks at supermarket garages, and metal detectors at shopping mall entrances.
The sad thing is that all of those seemingly unusual things will be coming soon to America and Western Europe. (Greece is already emulating Israel's barrier on its Turkish border.)
Oh, and the other abnormal thing about Israel? It routinely provides medical treatment and employment opportunities to people who deny its right to exist.
Sep '10
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Let's see, who, what, when, where, how, how much--you covered it all...
Edited on Mar 12, 2011 at 7:09pm