Judaism Without Borders

Dearest friends,
Today is my last day in Jerusalem, in Israel, and outside the US for as
long as it takes me to save up money to come back. I’ve had a lot of
adventures here, too many to recount online. I noticed that my
dispatches began to get longer and longer, so I must have been quite
busy.
I’m not [...]

Shalom haverim,
It’s only Thursday and this week has been so busy I missed the deadline
for submitting my research project. No big loss, mind you. The research
project was going nowhere, whereas I am learning everything I want to
learn elsewhere. Problem is, I’m learning more than I wanted to.
It began the day before yesterday with a round [...]

Dear friends,
I went olive picking for the second time this weekend. It’s a very nice
endeavor between Israelis and Palestinians trying to overcome the
occupation by bringing Israelis to pick the olive crops that
Palestinians can’t harvest due to the security wall. It’s wonderful to
do something with my hands, in the sun and with good company. It heals
a [...]

Dear friends,
I have some news: I have left Haifa and will now stay the remainder of
my trip in Jerusalem , for a number of reasons. The biggest reason is
that academics at the University of Haifa leave a little to be desired.
Secondly, after paying tuition I would have just enough money left over
to eat only pita [...]

Friends,
I received the news that two of the peaceworkers I met in Hebron have
been bruttally beaten. At a loss of anything I could do to help, I ask
you to offer your prayers for these two heroes. They are members of the
Christian Peacemaker Team, who live in areas of world conflict as human
shields. I have met [...]