My Trips to Poland & Israel

Tomorrow I fly to Israel for the third time. I will be attending and presenting at a Holocaust Educator's Conference the first week. I will then be a student for three weeks as I go through the International School for Advanced Holocaust Studies. It will be very intense, with classes 8:30 to 5:00, 5 /2 days a week. I hope to come back with so much more knowledge and insight into the Shoah.

I HAVE ARRIVED IN ISRAEL AND HAD A VERY EMOTIONAL ARRIVAL.  AS MY EYES WELLED UP WITH HAPPY TEARS THAT I HAD FINALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THE HOLY LAND MY EXCITEMENT WAS CUT SHORT.  THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ON EL AL AIRLINE HANDED ME A LETTER STATING THAT SOMEHOW MY LUGGAGE DID NOT GET LOADED ON FROM THE CONNECTING FLIGHT FROM FLORIDA TO NEW YORK.  IT IS NOW ALMOST 24 HOURS LATER AND NEITHER DELTA AIR OR EL AL CAN LOCATE MY LUGGAGE ABD DUE TO TIME CHANGES DELTA IS CLOSED WHEN I CALL THE US NUMBER AND EL AL DOESN'TOPERATE ON THE SABBATH.  THE BEST I COULD DO WAS WALK TO THE WESTERN WLL WITH MY PRAYERBOOK, TALLIS AND KIPOT AND ATTEND A SERVICE AT THE WESTERN WALL.  MAYBE HE ABOVE WILL HEAR MY PRAYER AND FIND MY LUGGAGE.  SO NOW I AMTRYING TO BOOST MYSPIRITS AND THANK GOODENESS FOR THE EMERGENCY TOLIETRY KIT EL AL GAVE ME SO I CN BRUSH MY TEETH AND NOT SMELL TOO BAD IN THE SAME CLOTHES FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS.

 

MORE TO COME...SHALOM

RICH