I am in here.
My friends at the Sukkot dinner tonight were still astonished that I’d simply gone to Bethlehem yesterday. They didn’t know you could do that. And unplanned, too. “She just took a taxi there…” Most lasting image of the trip: Beit Jala, the walls… All walls throughout the world draw posters to them like magnets. Therefore, … Continue reading another world
Did nothing today but sit at the Cafe Beginah (Garden Cafe) with Mordechai and read read read. The sort of day I needed after yesterday’s travels. The sun was out, the temperature perfect, and the pomegranate and palm and other trees provided lovely shade. Tonight, Sukkot at Avraham’s. Film at 11.
I have never seen an etrog before. Those of you who are, like me, not observant Jews, might wonder, “What is an etrog?” It is a fruit. Of the citrus family. I think they are not eaten, though, like are their cousins, the orange, the lemon, and the lime. Less than 24 hours to the … Continue reading Odd members of the citrus family
“House of Bread” = Beit (house) Lekhem (bread) = Bethlehem. This is, within the boundaries of Israel, the most exotic place I have been to, and it is only half an hour — no more — from Jerusalem. I start out this morning figuring that I ought to see some sort of sight while I … Continue reading Slouching towards Bethlehem
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