when it rains it pours

[cellio]

This year the URJ Kallah, five days of study, worship, and community, looks quite good. (It often has not in the past, though the program in general gets good reviews.) The chance to spend several class sessions with Rabbi Mark Washofsky (who is very good) talking about Reform Judaism and mitzvot and obligation (an interersting and challenging topic) is not to be lightly set aside. But, I want to go to Israel with my rabbi this year, and I can only afford to do one of them. There will be future Israel trips, but probably not for another 12-18 months and the next one could end up being kid-focused like the last one was.

With my luck, all I have to do to cause next year's Kallah to be boring is to not go this year. :-)

Still, I think I'm going to Israel.

Comments

[dr4b]

I think that's wonderful. My mom is almost 60 and still complains every year that she's never been to Israel -- my grandparents didn't make it there until they were in their 60s either and couldn't do all the things they would have wanted to do if they were 10-20 years younger. Not that I think you would wait quite that long, but just because "there'll be another trip in 12-18 months" is no reason not to go now!