Post 3A

Currently the most significant difference between American and Israeli cultures in Someone to Run With is the difference in common sayings and symbols of revenue. At one point, Tamar recalls some of her friends as she eats a self earned dinner on the streets of Jerusalem. She says "or about Leana, from chorus, who agreed to go steady when some boy from Boyer High School asked her" (87). While reading this, I realized that I had absolutely no clue what "going steady" was. I could guessed, based on the context in which the word was held, and assumed that either I was too young to understand this saying, or it was an Israeli saying. Well, I'm not that young (though Mrs. B probably doesn't want me to say my age) so I'm pretty sure its a saying outside of American culture. More obvious are the symbols of revenue, the shekel, which obviously aren't used in America.

Post 2B

Mr. Grossman,
I find it simply fascinating that you leave us no information about Israeli names for certain items which we have no idea about. While happened to know what a magnum bar was based on my trip to Europe, I suspect that few other American readers do. There are still other names which I am left clueless by upon reading them in your text. Although I can understand including these terms shows the true being of Israeli society, I really think that American readers would understand your book a lot more if you let them know what some of these things meant. You would probably get a lot more readers. I have one word for your editors- footnotes!

Post 2A

I have found one major difference between European and American culture in my most recent reading. While there are many similarities in commercial items people use in their everyday lives, the names and labels for commercial items are usually different. This is the case when Tamar has a last meal with her friends before she sets off on her own. After her meal, the narrator refers to her eating a MAGNUM bar. While we have no idea what a magnum bar is, I learned from a trip to Italy approximately one year ago that magnum is a company which makes extremely good chocolate icecream bars which also may include caramel filling. I can guess from this that most Europeans have no idea what a Ben and Jerry's is either. So, the difference in commercial labels exists between Europian economies and our own.