Parashat Noach 5778 One can learn a lot about his surroundings from the graffiti he encounters. When I was living in Jerusalem as a rabbinical student, eagerly and earnestly learning to speak modern Hebrew, I remember walking down Emek Refayim one day and seeing the words “Welcome Americans. Speak Hebrew,” stenciled with spray paint across the side of a trash can. It was written in English. One can successfully live in Jerusalem today, and never learn to speak Hebrew. Not so