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[arib]

Multiple suicide bombings in Israel, reports of a synagogue in France being torched by a car driving through the front...

I've been getting glares today, mostly when I was in Harvard Square and on the Red Line, and I'm pretty sure it's because of my yarmulke.

I feel like a marked man...

*sigh*

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[arib.livejournal.com]

"Next year in Jerusalem" wasn't something any of us could bring ourselves to say, this year. We just couldn't believe that Jerusalem could be safe for anyone in a year's time. I hope we're proven wrong.

Sounds to me like a good reason to say it. To me, Jerusalem, and the concepts it embodies aren't something I'd turn my back on when times get tough. Yes, the situation there is bleak, but you need to hope for the best, y'know?

My Mom's going there in two months to lecture at the Hadassah hospitals, she's not worried, neither am I.

[rosefox]

We're not turning our backs on it, but... Passover in Jerusalem isn't really something my family has ever aimed for. My mother understands and appreciates that I want to go there someday, but it isn't something I'm likely to do with her; she's already been and doesn't feel a need to go again. My brother and stepfather couldn't care less. My grandmother used to say "Next year in Paris" because we all felt we'd much rather go there. *) So it isn't something we'd generally say seriously, and we just couldn't joke about it this year.