Second Impressions

We just had a marvelous Israeli dinner (heavy on the garlic, vegetarian) and moved on to the Orientation speaker, Rabbi Noam Marans, who was tasked with exhorting us on the connection of the Jewish people to the land on which lies the state of Israel. It was not an easy charge, and I confess some reservations as to his rationale. I did think, however, that it was an interesting place to begin.