In Israel, your neighbor may vote for a different party, speak a different language, make more noise than necessary—or become your patient, surgeon or kidney donor.
Israel’s existence altered the way the world looks at the Jewish people. It also altered the way we look at ourselves, in both pride and self-awareness.
Born the same year as the Jewish State, I'd like to wish Natan Sharansky—human rights champion, prisoner of Zion, symbol of hope—a very happy 75th birthday.