Here are some of the reasons I love Israel, in no particular order: The clock radio rouses me with "Shema Yisrael," the Jewish pledge of allegiance, and the weather is nearly always fine. On Memorial Day and Holocaust Remembrance Day, the act of remembering halts traffic. The Israel Prize recognizes lifetime achievement for actresses and rabbis, scientists and singers. Mother's Day is celebrated on the yahrzeit of Henrietta Szold, who organized Youth Aliya with Recha but who had no children of her own. All citizens have health care, and the fight is on to get coverage for foreign residents. If...