Howdy

Back in Jerusalem after a rather remarkable time in Egypt -- my travels this year have been spectacular and i'll try and get some photos out of Egypt in the next week or so.

My passover break was wonderful, it's really hard to be back at school -- spring fever has set in and i think most of the class is trying to finish the race without having to pit again and lose momentum. For me, i plan on enjoying my homestretch as much as possible.

As you can tell, for better or for worse blogging has fallen victim to what promises to be a wonderful and fun spring. Perhaps some notes that you take at whatever level you'd like.

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Currently in the high holiday's of Israel. About a one week stretch has Holocaust Memorial Day, Memorial Day, and Independence Day -- it's a wonderful time, each of the events is taken really seriously and the spectrum from sadness to joy really reflects the mood of the country. The two memorial days are marked by a two minute siren where everyone/thing stops (people get out of cars in the middle of the highway) and takes an extended moment of silence.

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Classmates are same as ever, too much competition between one another way too much oneupsmanship (ooops not gender neutral term) . But, I do want to state for the record that I'm generally rather happy with the make-up of my class and have more friends here than I ever could have imagined.

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Great Great Great webpage for you to visit ---- especially if you are single www.druzedate.com
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Played and scored a goal in a soccer game the other day. We played HUC vs. HUC staff and faculty. We lost 6-2. It's rather embarrassing, until you realize that the other team brought ringers (no seriously they did -- and half the staff is British).

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Hope all is well, enjoy spring.