For some reason, I've been denied access to InContext since I got to Israel. Not only to post, but even to get the blog up on my screen. Some sort of permission problem. Now, suddenly, it's ok. Maybe someone else knows what that was all about. I haven't got a clue.
Anyway, as always, there are never enough hours in the day or days in the week to get to all of the things I was hoping to do here. Today we took a quick impromptu trip over to Ma'ale Adumim, which is an absolutely lovely town community with views in all directions to die for. Or it would have been a quick trip, if not for a nasty traffic jam caused (I think) by a huge backup at the roadblock heading back into Jerusalem, which may or may not have had something to do with a memorial service for Menachem Begin on the Mount of Olives. Traffic here is often, er, unpredictable, so trying to get places in any kind of a hurry can be quite frustrating at times. Never mind.
Anyway, hopefully I'll manage to write something a little more substantive tomorrow before Shabbat. But I'm not counting on it. A week's worth of thoughts, impressions and insights are all bubbling around trying to get out and only succeeding in getting in each other's way. It may be a while before I get them sorted out. Plus I'm hoping to get some time in with my nieces and nephews, which unfortunately didn't happen today. (Note: this blog is still on Philadelphia time -- it's seven hours later here.)
Later.
