Kill Them Wherever You Find Them
His children,
Brian and Samantha, became a little more enthusiastic once promised
a pizza in the famous Italian North End of Boston, if they gave him
just 20 minutes to look at the antique gravestones. Moshe loved how
Americans thought something was antique if it was 200 years old. In
Israel, that's considered fairly modern. Antique in the State of
Israel was a status conferred on an object only once it had reached
the ripe age of at least 1,000 years of age, ideally closer to the
time of the Second Temple – some 2,000 years!
    In the cemetery, Moshe smiled and nodded to
Jeff and Lynn, they nodded back in the friendly, open way that the
Americans seem to have when in a group of strangers. He wasn't
really sure, though, how to approach Jeff casually – without
appearing as if Jeff were a target.
    He decided to let Jeff make the next move.
From what he knew of Jeff's background, the dossier was indeed very
thick, Jeff would approach him just from the ice-breaking smile
offered earlier. Jeff was known to be, above all else, friendly and
uncommonly open to strangers. This would be Moshe's way to engage
Jeff in conversation, to feel him out .
    Meandering slowly around the old headstones,
calculating a path sure to intersect that of the Stauffenberg
family, Moshe happened to be looking at the same headstone as Jeff
and Lynn. Brian and Samantha, having long since lost any pretense
of interest "hooked up" with another group of teenagers who were
also bemoaning their fate.
    Unsurprisingly, Jeff introduced himself.
Returning the gesture Moshe also casually commented to Jeff that he
had a family tie to early Boston, though he had been born and
raised in Israel. He would like to find a place where he could
study a little of his Boston roots.
    "Perhaps the Boston Historical Society?"
Moshe asked.
    "That might be a great place to start. You
may also want to try the branch of the Federal Archives nearby in
Waltham for census and immigration records."
    "Great idea, I didn't know the census records
were so handily nearby! Do you know of any other, more local places
where one can search family history?" asked Moshe, hopeful to bring
up the vast Mormon genealogical records.
    "I'm not from here, so I wouldn't know," Jeff
responded and continued, "do a search on the Internet, you should
find at least one option."
    Not the response he had expected.
    "I heard the Mormons have collected a
considerable database for family history research. Do you know if
that's true?"
    "Yes, it is. Actually, I am a Mormon. But I'm
hesitant to bring it up because we do not proselytize the Jewish
People. You can go to FamilySearch.org - though it's run by the
church it's not a religious website. It simply is an online
database of genealogical records collected over the decades. In
fact, it's the largest online collection of genealogical data.
Truth be told Moshe I've done a great deal of family history but my
main addiction is Theoretical Physics. Now, usually when I bring
Physics up people's eyes glaze over and they find a way to make
their escape, but your face gives you away. Have I found a kindred
spirit in you?"
    "You most certainly have, and then some. That
is a subject that fascinates me too, along with Particle Physics. I
have studied a couple of disciplines in Physics for many years
holding a Doctorate in Physics. Is this a hobby for you, or
something more?"
    "What started out as a hobby in my childhood
– the seed of which was planted by television shows such as Star
Trek and The Time Tunnel of early 1960's and 70's –
evolved into something more. In fact, it's now a full-time hobby
that pays the bills!"
    "Sounds like a great gig."
    "Oh, it is, and one that I love. I'm
currently the Chair of the Physics Department at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. Tell you what. I have to get going, but if
you have a business card, I would very much enjoy opening a
correspondence with you when I return to Jerusalem."
    Doctor Levin not only got Jeff's

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