Lessons learned

I had hoped to compose more than two blogs while we were in Israel. Perhaps it was a good sign that we were so busy experiencing Ha’Aretz, that finding time to write home was a challenge. So let me compose one final blog, though we are back in Oklahoma, safe and sound.

The Old City

Dear friends:The days are passing by quickly in Israel. Let me give you an overview of our adventures…

When we arrived, it was cloudy and cold. Our driver took us to an overlook of the Old City, but it was too misty to see the Temple Mount or the Dome of the Rock.

Our next day was busy, busy, busy. We started out by touring the Old City. What a difference in the level of security, comparing now to 1993. However, we certainly did not feel unsafe. This was just a sign of the times.

Almost “home”

Dear friends:(I wrote these words en route to Israel in the early morning hours of Feb. 14.) A congregant asked me the night before we departed for Israel, “are you excited?” I had been asking myself the same question for days and wondered why I had not been more excited.