http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Ohel-Mitio/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Ohel Mitio en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:10:44 +0000 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:10:44 +0000 The Origins of MitioWARNING The Following Material Contains EXPLICIT Jewish Words and Ideas Please be Advised.ldquoMitiordquo is the name I have gone by since the first next of Sukkoth 5769. Itrsquos a bit of a long story as you would expect from a story that involves a name change.Deepening my connection with Judaism Ultimately it all started when I went to Ukraine and I became interes http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Pune/blog-386825.html Orientation Part IOrientation lasted from Jan. 20th to Feb. 9th. Within those three weeks nine AJWS fellows and three orientation leaders lived at Gandhirsquos ashram in Ahmadabad and for 45 days we stayed at a Dalit untouchable vocational school.While at the AshramhellipDiscussionsThe days were primarily filled with discussions on either International Development India Judaism crossc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-385355.html More stories to come http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Pune/blog-385193.html Once in a while usually before bed poems pop into my head. Most of these were write while I was in Japan but there are some from ADAMAH and one or two from India. EnjoyTurningHazy September morningExistence passes byYet I turn towards you.Divine ConsistencyDuring the Highest Days of TishriWhile change is spreadingYour love remains constant.Prayer Through ActionOn the Holiest of Days I re http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Pune/blog-385054.html Arriving in IndiaWhen the captain announced that we were landing in Mumbai I had finally begun to realize I was going to be in India for 9 months. Looking out through the window it could have very easily have been Israel or the hills and canyons surrounding Malibu during the summer but it wasnrsquot. As we landed the first I saw were the dilapidated slums that surrounded the airportrsquo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Gujarat/Ahmedabad/blog-379968.html Initial Intentions and ThoughtsIn the BeginninghellipIn the introduction to his transformation motorcycle journey a 23 year old noname medical student named Ernesto ldquoCherdquo Guevara wrote ldquoThis is not a story of heroic feats or merely the narrative of a cynic at least I do not mean it to behellip.in nine months of a manrsquos life he can think a lot of things from the lo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Thousand-Oaks/blog-379966.html