Well, I just woke up at 6:30 AM here in Boston. The past 48 hours have been a complete blur-- Monday morning, the day I flew, I woke up with this horrible stomach virus that has been going around our apartment. I spent basically all day unable to do anything but lie in bed or throw up. This is not a good way to prepare to board an overseas flight. ( Read more... )

So, things are crazy busy right now, but I just wanted to post to say that I'm flying home tomorrow night. I arrive in new york at 5:30 AM on Tuesday morning, so after that you can call my american cell phone (412) 848 7893, and entertain me on my way up to boston, where I will be until thursday. If all goes as planned, I should be back in ( Read more... )

Basically, there are no words for how incredible Yom Haatzmaoot (Independence day) is in Israel ( Read more... )

upon looking out the window of my friend's Jerusalem apartment this morning--

"Leaving Israel would be easier if it weren't so beautiful."

This morning my roomate knocked on my door at 9:50 to inform me that the siren for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust rememberance day) would be going off in 10 minutes. I was somewhere in the middle of a dream, incredibly disoriented, and quite sleepy, but after a few moments it dawned on me that this was something I really wanted to see. So, I grabbed ( Read more... )

If you've checked the news you'll know there was a bombing in Tel Aviv yesterday, at a falafel stand that was previously targeted once before. 6-7 dead, 40-50 injured, some seriously. I'm fine, all my friends are fine. Hopefully this is not an example of what we can expect in the future from the Hamas government.

for a quick update, my computer's broken, my guitar's broken, and we're on Passover Break ( Read more... )

I have a return flight to the states ( Read more... )

With elections tomorrow, all Israel is a balagan. Every intersection is drenched in campaign posters, and every few feet there's someone eagerly offering you a flier. While walking through downtown the other day, some party had set up a giant screen onto which was projected images of terror, soldiers, etc. On the bus, the conversation flows over ( Read more... )

"Dear Hannah A. Richman. Congratulations! you have been selected to be a part of the Brandeis University class of 2010!"