My Love Letter to America: I Wonder Why I Dont Live Down Under by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach I’m here down under on a lecture and media tour for my new book Kosher Lust. Having married a woman from Sydney I always ask myself why I don’t live in Australia. It’s the most beautiful country in the world with arguably the highest standard of living. The people are laid back to the point where you can barely detect a heartbeat. Then there are the koalas and kangaroos, which I never get to see in the jungles of New Jersey. The answer isn’t that I cleared out of Aussieland to escape my in-laws, even though they still deny being related to me. Nor is it that I’m just not fit enough to be an Australian. Every septuagenarian I speak to has just run a marathon that morning and swims to work each day across Sydney Harbor. You’re as likely to find fat people here as you are likely to find a prostitution ring on the International Space Station. Finally, the reason I don’t live here has little to do with the fact that I’m Jewish and living in a country this beautiful and leisurely would interfere with my suffering. Read more at observer/2014/11/loveletter-to-america-heres-why-i-dont-live-down-under/#ixzz3IIbCV7Rt Follow us: @newyorkobserver on Twitter | newyorkobserver on Facebook
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:37:02 +0000
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