Oren, from kibbutz to classroom
A young Jewish boy from a multi-ethnic New Jersey neighborhood is in New York City for the day at Central Park West and 81st Street, the Museum of Natural History.
His name is Michael Bornstein, and he is eagerly climbing the museum steps. It is the late 1960s, and the Vietnam War is escalating every day. In Israel, the June 1967 Six Day War is on the horizon. All of this, the young boy knows too well.
At the moment, though, he is distracted. He is staring at the famous statue of Teddy Roosevelt as a Rough Rider that sits in front of the museum entrance.
"I used to...
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