Final Post from Jerusalem (for this trip, anyway.)
(Photo note: Perspective is always good—this was one of our “guides” on my first tour of the Old City with HU students. This would be the last trip I went on in a group—not because I objected to the guard—on the contrary! The majority of students at Ulpan are in the 19-21 year old range, a war was going on, and HU’s liability must be very high. This was my last group trip simply because I like my little feet to take me where they want to go, wherever that may be.) And actually, it won’t be my final post from this trip. I have been working on about five other longer posts over the course of my time here, and will continue posting until all has been said that I can say this time without wearing out my fingers or boring you to tears. It is about two hours before I head back down to HUC for Kol Nidre and the beginning of the 25 hours of Yom Kippur . For my last post while I am here, I am simply going to throw out a couple or so (mostly random) thoughts and observations, some of...