Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Our local friend Greg Margolin was in Sderot a little over a week ago. He brings back a report, and a little souvenir: Greg Margolin: Ich Bin Ein Sderoter
...The morning started with multiple calls from Natasha saying: "please do not come, we are under a barrage of Kassams, the city in in an emergency situation." This posed a dilemma -- should I go, or should I follow Natasha's advice and wait for her to come to Jerusalem. After having listened to Natasha, I decided that my wife and daughter would not accompany me, but that I had to go. There were a few reasons behind my decision -- I really wanted to see the shelter, that was built with hard-earned money of people of the Russian Jewish community of Boston, and I felt that I have to show the solidarity with people of the city...