I spent the past weekend as a scholar-in-residence, teaching and learning and praying in the woods with the fine folks of Temple Emanuel of Tempe, Arizona. While I get back to life and to my posting routine here in San Leandro, CA, I thought I’d share with you a wonderful blog post by my friend and classmate, Rabbi Stacey Blank:
If you want to learn about Israel, follow Rabbi Blank’s blog. She’s a Reform rabbi, living and working in Jerusalem. Her blog is thoughtful and reflects the point of view of an American born woman who has made aliyah, and what you will learn about is not the “Disney-fied” Israel or the Israel of dreams or nightmares, but the Israel in which millions of Jews actually live.
Happy reading!
I just read one of Rabbi Blank’s blogs. About Jerusalem Day 2012: A City Divided. Very interesting stuff going on over there.
Her blog is one I regularly follow, because it gives me a sense of real life in Israel. Glad that you’ve discovered it!