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Countdown to NOT living with an inconsiderate couple I despise sharing a space with: 30 Days

Considering all of the kvetching I've done recently via live journal, I thought it was time for a change ( Read more... )

"I will not be the girl stuck at home in the 'burbs with the baby, the dog, and the garden of herbs. I will not be the girl in the sensible shoes pushing burgers and beer nuts and missing the clues. I will not be the girl who gets asked how it feels to be trotting along at the genius's heels! I will NOT be the girl who requires a man to get by."

There was another terror attack in Jerusalem last night. A car drove into a crowd of people - a good number of them being Israeli soldiers visiting the Western Wall before Rosh Hashannah. I found out about it when I woke up this morning. After reading the newspaper about it just now, I realize that what makes this all the more frightening is that ( Read more... )

Today was my first Israel Seminar. This is a course we have every Wednesday where we talk about Israel, our relationship with the land, and actually go out into the land itself. Next week we're going up north the the Golan and Galilee for a couple of days to talk about "the New Jew ( Read more... )

After an amazing 5 days in Greece, I've been pushed head first into my first real week as an HUC student. Today isn't too bad; it's tomorrow that's going to be a killer. Still, in spite of the fact that I'm literally taking 11 classes (not including my voice lessons or community service and High Holiday choirs), I think I'm really going to enjoy ( Read more... )

I feel like a third wheel in my own house ( Read more... )

I just got back from my first trip to a travel agency in Israel with 9 of my friends. We're all going to Rhodes, Greece next week for our break between summer and fall classes. We'll be there for 4 days and I'm so excited I don't really know what to do with myself!
That's all :)