Shavua Tov

It’s a new week. I spent a restful Shabbat in Jerusalem, after having been evacuated late Thursday night from Bombay. Sarah and I stayed at her friend Rebecca’s apartment with Rebecca and her husband Dave, who graciously took us in, fed us, and gave us their hospitality, friendship, and home.
Services on Friday night were at [...]

Safe in Israel

Just to let everyone know, the JDC evacuated Sarah and me late last night from Mumbai. Earlier on Thursday, they had told us to pack bags, in case they made the decision to get us out of the country. Then, they phone around 6:30 p.m., to say that they were going to try to send [...]

Terrorist Attack Update

Well, the situation hasn’t changed much. Neither Sarah nor I really slept at all last night. I rested for about twenty minutes at a time, always waking to my cell phone ringing or beaping with a text message, to the apartment phone ringing, or just jumping up with a start, remembering everything that has happened [...]

Terror Attacks in Mumbai Again

I never thought I would read these headlines, about a city that I live in and have grown to love. I’ve never felt more safe in a city than in Mumbai, and I cannot believe this is happening. I am stunned, saddened, angry, confused, upset, anxious, and homesick – both for the peaceful world of [...]

Turkey Day Feast

So, a friend of a friend of a friend works for the Indian Express, one of the local Mumbai papers, and she called me a couple of weeks ago for a quote on a story she was working on about Thanksgiving in India.
Here is the link, and for those too lazy to read the whole [...]

Looking Ahead

Dance camp and Diwali and day camp have come and gone. It was a busy and noisy and decorative and festive and wild time, but now it is already November!

America has a new president, one who gives many people (myself included!) much hope, reinvigorating our sense of optimism and bolstering our belief in the power [...]