Busy, busy, busy
Over the past few weeks, my weekdays have been nothing but busy.
HUC is putting on the Vagina Monologues. I auditioned and got in! I was cast in one of the bigger monologues, Angry Vagina, which is exciting (in that oh-goodness-do-I-really-have-to-say-vagina-all-the-time kind of way). Our fundraising efforts and performance proceeds will benefit a rape crisis center for religious women in Jerusalem. Our funds will also benefit Asian comfort women, who were taken as sex slaves by the Japanese government to "serve" Japanese soldiers. Needless to say, these are important causes, but rehearsals keep me busier than ever.
On to other things that have been keeping me busy...
Besides my usual early morning working out (I have been getting up about an hour and a half before school starts in order to exercise), I joined a body sculpting class with some of the other ladies at HUC on Sunday evenings. It is a lot of fun and I always wake up sore the next morning (which is fantastic).
And finally...
I have been doing a big fundraising effort for our Passover trip to the Former Soviet Union. I organized over eighty letters to go out to just as many different Jewish organizations throughout the states that are represented by my other classmates who are traveling to all around the FSU.
I think that the effort is almost complete, and the letters should be going out this week. It is a relief to have them off of my plate (almost). I just hope that they bring nice returns.
In other news...
Two weeks ago, my Israel seminar took my classmates and I to an Israeli airforce base. As Alon was in the airforce during his service and I have been on bases - both in the States and in Israel - , this was not as exciting for me as for others. Nonetheless, we met one of the few women navigators in the airforce and got to stand happily close to F-16s and the like. And that part was super cool. No matter how old you are, it is always neat to stand next to a plane, especially a plane that flies but is not actually aerodynamic. (Who knew?)
And...
Alon's grandparents have been very ill lately, and his grandfather went in for surgery in Tel Aviv this weekend. Alon and I spent a large portion of this weekend in Tel Aviv and hanging out with his grandparents. It reminded me of home and that many people at home who are in my family, are ill as well. It made me homesick and sad, even though I was glad to be there for Alon's family.
Alon and I also went on a half-day trip to the North and Nazareth and some other interesting places... But I need to get going, so I will save that trip for another blog.
Much love to home,
lauren
Over the past few weeks, my weekdays have been nothing but busy.
HUC is putting on the Vagina Monologues. I auditioned and got in! I was cast in one of the bigger monologues, Angry Vagina, which is exciting (in that oh-goodness-do-I-really-have-to-say-vagina-all-the-time kind of way). Our fundraising efforts and performance proceeds will benefit a rape crisis center for religious women in Jerusalem. Our funds will also benefit Asian comfort women, who were taken as sex slaves by the Japanese government to "serve" Japanese soldiers. Needless to say, these are important causes, but rehearsals keep me busier than ever.
On to other things that have been keeping me busy...
Besides my usual early morning working out (I have been getting up about an hour and a half before school starts in order to exercise), I joined a body sculpting class with some of the other ladies at HUC on Sunday evenings. It is a lot of fun and I always wake up sore the next morning (which is fantastic).
And finally...
I have been doing a big fundraising effort for our Passover trip to the Former Soviet Union. I organized over eighty letters to go out to just as many different Jewish organizations throughout the states that are represented by my other classmates who are traveling to all around the FSU.
I think that the effort is almost complete, and the letters should be going out this week. It is a relief to have them off of my plate (almost). I just hope that they bring nice returns.
In other news...
Two weeks ago, my Israel seminar took my classmates and I to an Israeli airforce base. As Alon was in the airforce during his service and I have been on bases - both in the States and in Israel - , this was not as exciting for me as for others. Nonetheless, we met one of the few women navigators in the airforce and got to stand happily close to F-16s and the like. And that part was super cool. No matter how old you are, it is always neat to stand next to a plane, especially a plane that flies but is not actually aerodynamic. (Who knew?)
And...
Alon's grandparents have been very ill lately, and his grandfather went in for surgery in Tel Aviv this weekend. Alon and I spent a large portion of this weekend in Tel Aviv and hanging out with his grandparents. It reminded me of home and that many people at home who are in my family, are ill as well. It made me homesick and sad, even though I was glad to be there for Alon's family.
Alon and I also went on a half-day trip to the North and Nazareth and some other interesting places... But I need to get going, so I will save that trip for another blog.
Much love to home,
lauren
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