Welcome To My World

Welcome to my World,

I have been back in Jerusalem for over a month, and I have neglected to send any e-mails or updates, so this should make life a little easier (and maybe even comical.) I hope to post something on here every few days to give a little insight into "my world."

Things are great on this side. The Chaggim, holidays, were great. It's a crazy thing seeing an entire city shut down to observe - you would never see that in Toronto, or N.Y. or anywhere.

I have a great apartment with a great roomate, but we are looking for 2 more to add.. so that's been a little chaotic...

As you may or may not know, I am a second year student at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. It's really nice to be back in the swing of learning. I have great people to learn with, so it's nice...

Here in Israel, we get sukkot off, so I traveled a bit. I ended up near Tiberias at a music festival (more on the festival in a second...) We camped right on the shore of the Kinneret. So regardless of the time, if we wanted to swim, we did! I went with some friends from the C.Y., Pardes and my roomates. Now, this festival. IT was a left wing festival. For those of you that know me and have gotten me started on politics you know that I am not that person... But, the music was good... Lots of big Israeli bands. The crowed was well, let's just say that I didn't get paid for the ammount of babysitting I feel I did (most people were in their teens...) but it was a good time...

Anyways, things are good. The country is on high alert after last nights pigua, terrorist attack in Taba, Egypt. It's a sad thing when people feel that the only way to get their cause furthured is through the many deaths of innocent people... Everyone should be entitled to their own homeland, but is this the way to do it?

Alright, enough of the rambles for now.. you'll get more later... don't you worry...

Shabbat shalom,

Nikki