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Shalom again my friends. Here is a third note from Israel, birat haMoledet, the homeland capital of the Jewish people, written in New York, birat haGolah, the capital of the Jewish diaspora. The post is pretty long, sorry, but it covers the final two days of Ansche Chesed’s Israel trip. We spent Wednesday in Tel Aviv, beginning with a… Read more »
My Friends – my “Notes from Jerusalem” are coming a little late: this note about our Tuesday is posting Friday – after I flew back last night. What can I say? Our days were long. I will add one more about our Wednesday and Thursday after Shabbat. Shabbat Shalom from New York! The second day… Read more »
Dear Friends, 26 of your Ansche Chesed friends began our Israel trip Sunday night and Monday, with a full day of challenging programming. Some people arrived before Shabbat, but most of us flew overnight on Saturday and arrived Sunday afternoon. We began Sunday night with a kick-off dinner at the excellent Montefiore restaurant in Yemin… Read more »
I love visiting cemeteries. I know, it seems morbid. But I find it life-affirming to stand before matzevot – monuments inscribed with people’s names, when they lived, messages from loved ones. Monuments tell interlocking stories of lives and loves: she was named for her grandmother; he fought in World War II; that couple lost one… Read more »
Years ago, seeking ritual ways of marking Yom HaShoah, I tried a few tricks, none of which worked. I tried fasting (even though you’re not supposed to fast during Nisan). But that didn’t work, because I was the only one doing it. Fasting only works communally. And besides, did I think skipping lunch would help… Read more »
