Shalom from Jerusalem!  It’s been way too long since my last blog post.  A few tidbits of fun stuff since my last update:

1. I graduated from college!!!! And I didn’t graduate from college!!!  I finished my finance degree in May, but since I took an incomplete on my Judaic Studies thesis and finished it in June, I don’t actually graduate with my Judaic Studies degree until August.  A little bit weird, but I think it’ll work out fine.  To my UofA friends, Coro staff, and Temple Emanu-el extended family: Miss you and thanks for everything!

2. I got into rabbinical school at Hebrew Union College and am now in Jerusalem (and have been for a month) studying Hebrew and exploring Israel.  Much love to all my new friends here, you are making this experience awesome (enough to wait a month to blog about it…? Seriously, you’re all great).

3. I proposed to my beautiful girlfriend Bryce, and I think she said yes somewhere between taking the ring and giving me an incredulous hug. We have now been engaged for over a month!  Sadly, after joining me in Israel for a week and a half she is now back in the States for the semester. Bryce, miss you and love you!

4. Most importantly, I watched all six seasons of Lost in one month, and LOVED the show and HATED parts of it, but thought that what made the show great was how much I still loved the parts I hated despite myself.  The elements of spirituality were intriguing to me as I prepared to start my path to becoming a rabbi.

More later on actual details of my Israel experience.

Lehitraot (see you later)!

Jay

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