We are in my office at Gleason's Gym, getting ready for Ari's boxing lesson. Ari tells me that he hates Israeli right-wingers. He thinks the Palestinians should kill them. He seems to have forgotten that he himself is Israeli. "You're a self-hating Jew," I say. "You should read David Mamet and Norman Podhoretz." I find myself in the ironic position of defending the Jews. I am an atheist. I haven't been to temple in fifty years. And Ari is an Israeli Jew. Being anti-Jewish...he might as well be rebelling against his own DNA. Ari leans forward, planting his elbows on the desk. "And I suppose I should watch Fox news?" "You should." I cross my arms and raise my eyebrow; I'm not about to be intimidated by some lefty "leaning forward." "At least they present a dialectic by incorporating opposing sides like Alan 'Howdy Doody' Colmes and Juan 'smirky, raised eyebrows' Williams." Ari pulls back, folds his hands. "They're no winners." "You're right. But at least they're better than Chris....
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