Summer is upon us - hot, hazy skies and cool, buggy nights. This Shabbat I went to visit my friend Tamar and we went swimming in the warm Mediterranean. Summer often brings medusahs, huge jellyfish, to the shore, and although we didn't see any, traces of their stingingness was in the water and left little electric shock welts on my legs. Still, it was worth it for the cool air and the saltiness on my skin and the refreshing breeze of the sea. Living This week one of the other Jerusalem Fellows and I joined the School of Educational Leadership, Mandel's premier Israeli program, for their end of the year trip. The theme was music and it was a delightful, inspiring three days, refreshing in its own way. We traveled to the north, to Zichron Yaakov,
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