boston visit and countdown to st. croix

i took advantage of cancelled class this monday to come home to see my family for a few days. today we had an 88th birthday party for my grandma (photos forthcoming; my camera battery is dying). was psyched to see some of the cousins and spend more time playing around with rafael.

on thursday morning (7am, in fact) i will be heading back to my student pulpit in st. croix. this, as most of you know, is a misnomer, since even though i am playing a student rabbi, i am not a rabbinical student. i will be leading services on friday night and teaching two classes. perhaps one would say i am their 'spiritual leader' since i am going to lead them in worship; but the rest of the year they have lay-led services, so it's quite clear to them they don't need something of that sort in order to be in communication with God. thus, i continue to be freelance jewish educator extraordinaire, traveling the world spreading the good word. and, most importantly, enjoying the weather. (see new st. croix weather tracker to the right)

Beach:



Me and a banana tree:



oh and how could i forget - i hope to see the donkey again that lives around the corner from the shul (right behind one of the churches in the neighborhood):


maybe she will speak to me and tell me what she sees...