1984-1985 Rothberg Yearbook

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Picture: A mass of Israeli students wearing plaid slippers,
waiting impatiently while Overseas Students concentrate on
their urgent phone calls.
Phone No. 1 : Student No. 1 has been trying to reach the
Overseas Operator for 15 minutes. She finally gets through.
“Mommy?! ” (The whole room sighs with relief). “Mommy,
it’s Me!! I’m in Jerusalem!” she screams. “I’m fine. You’d
be so proud, I’m learning all these new dishes and how to
cook... what, my favourite dish? ...yogurt and grapefruit
...oh yes, I do all my own shopping ...prices? Everything is
so cheap here!” The Israelis look on. “Do you think you’ll
come, because if you do I need ...M & M’s, peanut butter,
bagels, tuna fish, granola bars, and I’ll call if there is
anything else. I want peanut M & M’s and crunchy peanut
butter. What? I can’t hear you!” (Turns from the phone
and screams “Everyone SHUT UP! I’M TALKING TO MY
PARENTS!”) “Dad, there are seven other people here —all
talking at the same time ...what-at!!?”
Phone No. 3: “ ...Baruch Ha-Shem, everything is going very
well. Listen, I’ve dropped one of my University classes so
I’ll have more time to spend at the Yeshiva. No, I’m not
becoming a fanatic, Yes, of course I’ll still respect you —I
just want to bring my children up with morals... Yes I know
I don’t have any children yet ...What? NO — DON’T PAY
THE TUITION YET! ... Nuclear fusion just doesn’t seem as
important as it used to...”
Phone No. 5: “...No Operator, this is a collect call to
Canada... not Kenya —C.A.N.A.D.A. No! it’s not a city in
the United States. We are a country. We have our own
government. Our own language, eh? We have our own
currency... Thank you...” (Pause) “MOM? Hi, it’s me.
Listen mom, this is going to be real short. I need you to
send me American Dollars...”
STEPHANIE GREENRLATT,
New York
SARAH COGDELL, Ohio