I'll Meet You at The Jubilee, and If That Jubilee Don't Come, Maybe I'll Meet You On The Run

 

This week I'm celebrating my Golden Anniversary. 

 

50 Years. Jubilee. Yovel. Ripened. Released. 

 

50 years ago, at the age of 16, I left for Israel with the LA Bureau of Education's 1974 "Confirmation Ulpan" excursion- my 1st ever trip to Israel. 

 

See here my1974 Passport photo. The face of one who had single-mindedly pursued her seemingly impossible goal - raising the money, and wresting the permission of her parents into signature form, allowing her to participate in her ONE TRUE DESIRE - to go to Israel.

It was there and then I fell hopelessly and eternally in love with the Land of Israel. A 50 year love affair which has seen its most challenging year since the horrors of October 7, 2023, a day that will forever live in infamy.