Rosh haShana in lockdown
I had to write and share with all of you the atmosphere here in Susya right now. It is 10:00 a.m. on Friday morning, and Rosh haShanah begins tonight. The nation-wide closures for Corona begin at 2pm. The kids all morning have been running around delivering candies and notes, wishing their friends and classmates a […]
Rosh haShana – Appreciation
It’s hard to believe how the High Holidays are all-of-a-sudden here, when it seems that just moments ago was summer. It is still hot. We are still obligated to wear masks in public. I guess I thought that magically, the Corona problem would disappear by chaggim time. I was wrong. While the world news on […]
9/11…..My memories
Today is 9/11. I see the photos on my Facebook feed. I read the posts. The memories. I try to scroll past them all. But I can’t. I see friends’ accounts and slowly, slowly, I am sucked back 19 years to that morning on the 33rd floor of Liberty Place, where I was working as […]
Solving Problems
This week in Israel, school began. It is always on September 1st here. And this year was no exception, despite the Corona crisis and new challenges. As the kids scrambled to gather their books and parents did the same, I as usual was late. It’s not that I don’t care about school – I do, […]
Good Friends
This week has been tough. My son crashed the car into a horse, so we are without a car. My son is ok, and that’s the important thing. But it was scary. Our washing machine broke, and the fix-it man broke something while fixing it, so we are still without a machine. Our kitchen […]