Dear Friends,
Some of you know that a few months ago we had planned to leave Israel at the end of June and instead of staying for our two week study/vacation period - go to London and then Liverpool where Melinda could finally realize her dream of going to the "birthplace" of The Beatles (payback for when she had to go to Graceland with me!).
Well. . .we had changed our minds just before leaving for Israel and decided to rent an apartment here for two weeks and remain for study and relaxation and spending time with relatives & friends.
Our original plan would have had us land in London YESTERDAY - stay there a few days and then fly to Liverpool!!!
And now what we are constantly seeing on European CNN is "how dangerous it is to be in London - or anywhere in Great Britain right now!" Their terror level is now at "critical." What a change - not seeing Israel typecast as a "dangerous place to be!"
And just to let you know - we moved into our 2 bedroom apartment yesterday and spent the evening at Glen & Lisa Ladau's beautiful home, had a bar-b-que there to celebrate the live broadcast of the Israel Professional Baseball Game (Bet Shemesh vs Tel Aviv!).
Today Rabbi began his two week seminar at the Shalom Hartman Institute with 200 Rabbis from all the various movements. Melinda traveled (alone) up to Nesher, near Haifa, where she's been invited to have our Religious School participate in a special "Partnership 2000" program sponsored by our Broward Federation. Tonight after the evening lecture at Hartman's we strolled the beautiful Jerusalem neighborhood of Emek Refaim, had a light dinner and then finally returned to our apartment close to midnight.
Tomorrow Rabbi returns for a full day of study from morning till late evening at Hartman's while Melinda begins her "Chagall Window" project at Hadassah Hospital.
And so it goes - in "quiet" Israel!!!
B'shalom,
Rabbi Sam & Melinda
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