language so that even now i have come back and talked about our itinerary to say we went to judiah or samaria as opposed to we went to the settlements, the use of language was something i gained tremendous appreciation for and pushed me into a different kind of boundary on my own comfort zone what language do i use and where does that reflect where i am on a particular issue or where is my own grey area not knowing where i stand i found that piece of it very interesting because i think one of the political overlays is a notion of who is on the left and who is on the right. that category, those even started to break down for me because what you can call someone left or right in israel, is not really an equivalent to what we think of in american political life is left and right. where does someone stand on the issue of peace negotiation. where does someone stand on the issue of where israel's boundaries should be drawn what is considered viable, legally protected religious observance for example women who can go or not go to a part of the western wall or not. so i found -- i have been finding m