1997 Rita Rubinstein åker tunnelbana i den bästa av världar “Rita Rubinstein travels on the subway in the best of all worlds”. Is a collection of short stories depicting a Swedish-Jewish family. Some of the stories deal with Jewish identity in Sweden, while others are set in Israel of today and deal with topics like how the individual  is affected  by the prevailing threat of violence and terror, IVF-treatment in an Israeli hospital  and the pain of infertility in patriarchy,  the feeling of a stepmother as her stepson is induced in the Israeli army, etc. The stories are humorous and heart-rending at the same time, their scope ranges from the banal and very modern to the great questions of guilt, entangled family bonds, existential loneliness and longing for love.