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The family I was supposed to stay with in Cincinnati for the Shabbat immediately before the sh'liach k'hilah program just had to back out (for perfectly sane reasons which are not their fault).

I don't have a phone number for the HUC folks here at work, so I sent email to the two program organizers who seem relevant, pursuing a two-pronged approach: (1) do you know of anyone else who might be able to host me? and (2) what are the implications of checking into the dorm on Friday? (The latter boils down to: will there be anyone else around and will I be able to attend services? They've already said that there is a kitchenette in the dorm, so cold meals would not seem to be a problem.)

I could drive there between the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the program on Sunday, but I'd rather not. That's the back-up plan.

Update: Apparently they already knew about the problem
(my would-be host talked to them too) and are working on it.

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Research at the American Jewish Archives for my dissertation. I got a grant to live there for a month, which I broke into two 2-week stays. Day after day of looking at microfilm with no copying function... very last day I discovered that the U of Cinti library across the street had excellent microfilm readers and the copies were free...

The library, as you'd expect, was a cornucopia of Jewish research and reading materials. I couldn't help but play hooky there a lot of the time.

Anyway, such was my former life.