Silence is not always a damning answer--

(my Dad told me: "there will be days like this, remember when you don't need an answer​.")

Dear Mr. Solomon:

The truth is that most Jewish American men are either gossips (my SHS class except one), bullies, or cowards, so they fail the test. Long before Birthright, I was sent to Israel ​in 1973 by one who was the kindest man I ever knew, with a right jab/southpaw cross combination that I never suffered from, but one of my classmates did who ca…