Jerusalem Day

I was just in Israel (as you can see from my last post) and I was there for Yom Yerushaliam – the day commemorating the liberation and reunification of Jerusalem after 19 years of Jordanian rule (when Jews were forbidden access to holy sites like the Western Wall, etc).   About 50,000+ people were gathered at the Wall to dance as part of the annual celebration.

Maybe I am a sap, but I get extremely emotional seeing so many Jews together – it really blows my mind.  I called my wife and told her that I want to be 20 and a Zionist.  She told me that I am 40 and that I have a family.

I then saw a Rebbe Nachman truck blasting ultra-groovy Nachman music and decided I should join Breslav.  So maybe am I just having an identity crisis.

June 13th, 2008 Jewish Issues