The love and concern from family and friends is very heartwarming--thank you all. We are feeling the love as we all pray for this to be over very soon and a new era of peace ushered in.
B''H, we have had no more sirens here since Monday (please Gd it should stay that way). Cousin Jillian in Tel Aviv has not been so fortunate, including spending several parts of her birthday night in her dorm's bomb shelter ;( (Most liked post in quite a while on the "Secret Tel Aviv" Facebook group translates as "In light the current situation, which shelter has the most handsome people in it?").
After working remotely Monday-Wednesday (and after much thought and consultation with others about the advisability of going, including people who also work in the Old City and have also been working remotely for the past few days), I went back to in-person work yesterda. I took a chance and drove to Zion Gate's (pretty small) public parking and prayed for a spot which, hooray, I easily got. As soon as I got out of the car, I heard a bar mitzvah happening right nearby. Aside from being incredibly uplifting to see, it felt like a little hello from my father-in-law Ed, a''h, who absolutely LOVED seeing the Old City bar mitzvahs, with the bar mitzvah boy being escorted under a chuppah, with drumming and dancing.
The Old City was pretty quiet (a number of stores and restaurants weren't open, I assume because so few people were around), but it was great to be back in-person with my students. One told me how thankful his mother was that I was there so he didn't need to leave the building for medical care (we had a laugh as I told him that I was glad of that, but that MY mother wasn't so happy about it. And props to all mothers-, grandmothers and others on this list who are being strong about the situation).
Penina is in LA, visiting all the family there on an (almost) high school graduation trip. She gets her wish to stay another week, although it has little/nothing to do with the security situation (she started a full-court press to be allowed to stay extra pretty much the moment she landed, which was days before things heated up here)
We're about to go into Shabbos. Wishing everyone only peace!
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