If the new leader of the free world were to ever stroll into his restaurant, Azencot says he’d offer Obama some advice. “I’d tell him to be strong and that if he’s going to be a good president, he must make peace here in Jerusalem,” says Azencot, who acts as though an Obama visit were entirely plausible. “And the second thing I’d tell him is to change all the cars in the world from gas to electricity.”

Michael. Magic. Wilt. Kareem. Yossi? “Growing up, I wasn’t especially good at basketball,” admitted Tamari, 37. “When I was in high school my friends and I thought we had a future in athletics. But we were wrong.”