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Category Archives: Jerusalem Letters
In the Matzo Factory
(or Not the Yeast of Their Worries) (or To Rise or not to Rise) Hello from Jerusalem, I prepared for Passover exactly the opposite of how my observant Jewish neighbors here did. I went out and stocked up on loaves … Continue reading
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Tagged faith in life, Haredi, Jerusalem, matzoh, passover, unleavened bread
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A Jerusalem Moment
July 2005 Hello from Jerusalem, I had just finished an interesting lunch with the director of an organization that sends groups of Israeli and Palestinian youth to a two week peace-making summer camp in the U.S. Upon their return from … Continue reading
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Tagged cooperation, ecumenical, Jerusalem, mutual understanding, narratives, Travel, understanding
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Going to Church at the Holy Sepulcher
Today Katie and I finally made it to church. We actually tried to go a couple weeks ago. We found the building but we couldn’t find the service in the building. What?! How can you not find a service in … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Description, Jerusalem, narratives
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In An Israeli Family’s Home
September 2004 Hello from Jerusalem, My goal? Your kitchen! While living overseas I think this should be my cross-cultural pick-up line: Hey baby, I wanna get in your kitchen. Some of my most interesting experiences have been in homes of … Continue reading
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Tagged Description, eggplant, Jerusalem, Letters, narratives
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Two Jerusalems
(Undated, likely fall of 2004) …but from which part of Jerusalem? Every day I witness the different Jerusalems that exist here in this one place, cozied together, pressed onto and into this hilly bit of rock and desert which itself … Continue reading
Spirituals in the Promised Land
October 23, 2004 Hello from Jerusalem, It was a juxtaposition of image and setting! Did anyone else sense the the irony? Last night I went to a concert of the Jerusalem Barbershop Chorus, a group of 10 men who sing, … Continue reading
Jerusalem Letter Introduction
My work (and my wife’s) took us to Jerusalem where we lived for three years from 2004 to 2007. My first couple years there I wrote emails, essays really, to family and friends about life in Jerusalem. I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in Jerusalem Letters, Living Literarily
Tagged Description, essay, Jerusalem, journal, Living Literarily, narratives
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I could have done an offal thing in Jerusalem
From 2004 to 2007 my work took me and my family to live in Jerusalem, a mysterious, intoxicating, fascinating, place. One thing I didn’t do there I now realize I could have done probably easier than anywhere else I’ve lived, … Continue reading