Thanks, CJP Boston, for the gifts!

 

Imagine my surprise to read the Enlish update from our city and find that Boston's own CJP donated portable bomb shelters! How tremendously sad that we need them....

Two shelters (not from Boston but still greatly appreciated) are now at either end of the 3 km shortcut road that goes from our part of the city to the older part of the city (ie, from where I live to where I work). Definitely made my stress level go down to see those; while being in one wouldn't be my first choice if missiles were incoming (wrapped in bubble wrap and in the mamad of my own home wins), it's a LOT better than lying face down by the side of the road with my hands over my head.

The shelters are concrete one (small) room buildings painted yellow. These have doors, unlike the usual shelters that dot the highways of Israel, especially in the southern part. After October 7, Israel learned that we can't just protect from missiles (Hersh Goldberg-Polin was in such a doorless shelter when was injured and taken hostage) and that shelters must have doors as well.

I wonder how dark it would be to be inside one over Shabbat? I assume the paint is phosphorescent and will have a little glow-in-the-dark action to it, but wonder how bright it would be (not very is my guess)?

As the saying goes, "any port in a storm".....