Apparently matzah isn’t the only food in low supply. On the radio this morning they interviewed an American about the grocery chain Costco, which is limiting the amount of rice people can purchase. She couldn’t remember anything similar since the second world war. They then interviewed an Israeli food expert. He was reassuring, saying that Israel produces 1.5 times the amount of food that it needs. Of the excess, half goes to the Palestinian territories and half to the US and Europe. And even though we don’t grow much wheat, we have more than enough potatoes to meet the country’s needs. (Pesach all year round?) That is, he continued, assuming the price of water doesn’t get too high. Israel’s water situation is at a crisis level and as usual our leaders aren’t paying much attention.

The thought of having excess food, while our neighbors (like Egypt) are having food riots because of rising costs, does not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

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