“To Israeli ears, the American accent is not easily borne. It is reedy, not an ounce of the bullhorn gravitas in which Israeli ears enjoy being bathed. Where Americans intend openness and polite deference and an urge to give of themselves, Israelis hear the milquetoast and the nerd and the dupe. To Israeli ears, the American accent is as meek and inappropriately innocent as a permanent childhood. To Israeli ears, a voice like that has no business in a place like this.”