A while back, while walking in the Old City, I came across a group of American tourists. I greeted them with “shalom” and they replied, they were gentiles. We began talking. They said that they are from Texas. “Then we have something in common, we both have a single star on our flags,” I replied. They were highly impressed that an Israeli knew that Texas was the Lone Star State. Then a woman asked, are you Jewish? I was flustered for a moment; what gave her the idea that I was Jewish? I replied with something that just fell into...