staying sheltered in the holy land

had the pleasure of pleasures last night to have dinner with one old dear friend, one new dear friend and some in between. 18 rechov shiftai yisrael was the place to be for delicious roasted peppers, matbucha and some late night likutai moharan. when monsey turned the conversation toward typical yeshiva black hat intolerance, anna became a bit disenchanted, but a quick turn of the conversation toward other dimensional letters comprising the molecular structure of physical objects made it better.
In the last 6 days, we have been to the tel-aviv beaches, the artist communities in Yaffo, florentine, neve tzedek and the old city of jerusalem. We have visited the graves of Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Esav, the ramban and Jesus. We've bathed in Liftah, climbed masadah and bathed in the dead sea. We have seen the well of queen helen, the Western Wall, Mea Shearim, became extensively familiar with theTel-aviv night life, dined in countless restaurants, visited Yad Vashem and The Jerusalem Museum. We have toured all four quarters of the old city and passed through four of 7 gates leading into the great walled city. A more in-depth account of the vacation will follow.