Greetings from Jerusalem, Israel!
I arrived on Tue., 2016Jun28, and Shabbat ended a bit ago, on Sat., 2016Jul16. A ton happened during my first week, most all of
it good. First good news to share: I finally found a semi-permanent place to
live! Staying in a hostel for the first 2 weeks proved a good experience re
meeting people and checking out areas of town, but made for a hectic existence.
Thanks, btw, to all my new colleagues who sent me links to apartment listings!
I finally got approved to sublet with an Israeli art student, living at 23
Washington St., Jerusalem, ISRAEL. So far as I know, letters will arrive
without a zip code (hint hint) but I don’t have one yet. Once I know it, I’ll
post.
Classes
feel good so far. I’m taking modern Hebrew language, which meets for 5 days a
week, Sun. – Thu. (The weekday starts on Sun. here! Blows my mind still!) from
8:30 am – 1:30 pm (with breaks). Biblical History makes up the rest of the
summer curriculum, which includes lectures and day trips to different places in
and around Jerusalem and points nearby. We’re encouraged to explore further
parts of the country – you can get most anywhere in Israel in 2 hours, given
speedy traffic – but some places are pretty hard to do in only a day. Things
will be busier with additional classes once the fall semester starts. I plan to
keep you all posted.
Pics coming
soon, but haven’t done this in 7 years, so if I can’t figure out captions right
away, please forgive me. “L’at l’at,” as they say here, which translates to “slowly
slowly,” (or “take your time; relax it’ll come” more roughly).
Hope all is
well with all of you. Please feel free to message me with questions: bdyme1@gmail.com
Best wishes,
Ben
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