About Zman Biur

Zman Biur is the blogonym of an American-born software engineer who made aliyah to Israel about a decade ago. He's been blogging intermittently since 2004 on Israel and Jewish topics at Biur Chametz, http://biurchametz.blogspot.com.

The Real Reasons Israel Can’t Play the Violin

By Zman Biur February 11, 2009

"Doctor, when my arm heals will I be able to play the violin?" "Sure – I don’t see why not." "Great! I could never play it before!" – A bad joke with an important point. Israel is afflicted with diplomatic … Read More