Barbara: Sunday
Despite rising early, I barely made the 7:43 train from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. No high speed train, this. The ride is notoriously long and winding through the beautiful Judean hills up to the coastal plain. I came prepared with my breakfast, (whole wheat toast, yogurt and a tangerine), two daily papers, a special issue [...]
Barbara: Saturday
It’s Saturday night in Jerusalem. For 25 hours, from Friday night until Saturday after sunset, I don’t watch TV or turn on a computer, but tonight I’ve already watched the news on three different channels to glean whatever I can about the horrendous act of savagery in Mumbai, particularly at the Chabad House, the Jewish [...]
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Saturday night. I took this Shabbat day off to rest, before I write this blog. The parents of the little baby who was saved in Mumbai, as well as the other Israelis kept hostage there are dead. I postpone thinking of that until evening news time. Can’t contain this sadness now. Spent some time with friends near Jerusalem. All [...]
Nira- Friday night is gonna be alright?
Finally Friday. Blessed Weekend. Cried yesterday, watching the news and this morning, reading the paper. Makes it difficult to think of peace when 125, at least, killed in terror attack in India and hundreds more injured. Especially India. The place on earth where I found quiet and quite a lot of myself when traveled there [...]
Nira- looking forward to weekend
Main thing that reminds me of Washington now is the jet-lag and not being able to wake up in the morning. Not quite just that. Actually, the pics that keep coming in, now from Patricia, make everything live again. Everyone is admiring the women’s beauty and energy coming out of the photos. Haven’t had the [...]
Nira- a day in Tel-Aviv
Took half a day off today in Tel-Aviv, after a meeting concerning assisting children sick with juvenile onset diabetes. The city that never stops. More and more tall office buildings, fationable cafe’s and fancy restearunts all booked for lunch. Do people really stop to think that we basically live in a war situation, since we don’t [...]
Nira- on lunchbreak in the Knesset
Funny. A new rutine started for me, and that is looking for peacexpeace e-mail correspondance first thing in the morning. This morning it was also there, reminding me once again that a real continuation to what we did in Washington is happening. Things straightened with Jumana, Patt looking forward to going on with Nabil Abuznaid [...]
Nira- back in Israel
second day at home. back from a week in Washington, that felt like a dream, apparently not just to me. That’s what Reem said to Patricia she felt. Mixed reactions at home. People try to understand what was it exactly that made me return with such enthusiasm and passion to go on doing. Looks like [...]
Ruth: Friday
Patricia set off early for the Peace X Peace weekend retreat. Louise, Nira and I packed our packs and had a leisurely breakfast, talking about everything and nothing . Somehow breakfast wasn’t the same without Reem and her ½ gallon of milk ! The household this week has been represented by 3 Anglo Saxons representing the [...]
Ruth: From Lincoln Memorial to Lululemon
The book launch behind us, we all decided to head to the Lincoln Memorial to soak in a bit of ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ nostalgia. We headed back to the car via the Vietnam Memorial. The biting cold, wind stopped us from lingering too long in front of that beautiful piece of marble : « When [...]
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