Eulogy for My Father

The summer before Danny and I got married in America, we had an engagement party in Israel. My parents came, of course, as did my brother. When Josh and his friend arrived at my parents’ hotel, they were given a note that my father had written. It said, “If we are not in the room, we are at the pool. I am in disguise. I’m 6-foot-4 with a long blond ponytail, and I answer to...