why did i choose, from so many israel, whylive in do i speak hebrew? cannot give an answer, because it always depends how you look at life. if you look at life backward, you will see there is something that holds things together. if you look into the future, you make decisions without knowing. i think there is a higher power that holds everything together, but -- i am a believer, but not a religious person. one thing, with religion, the problem is if you are too extremist, then sometimes religion can divide people. this is something that i think is a danger for our society today. i mean, we see it. brian: what about your mother and grandmother? were they religious? jennifer: i think both, no. they were not. brian: your grandfather, i assume. jennifer: he grew up in a catholic household, but it was not a household where they practiced religion on a daily basis. brian: in 1990, you were in paris for a year where you met jewish friends, and in 1991 you went to israel. did you graduate from the university of tel aviv? in what subject? jennifer: in hebrew i