YESTERDAY WAS A GOOD DAY

           Yesterday was a good day. At the end of the day there was a wonderful feeling that only comes from knowing that the day's work was fine and dandy and well worth the time.
     It began with a great session of the Century Village Book Club - Read It. Chat About It. A wonderful and stimulating discussion took place which began with The German Suitcase and then ranged into more universal and global interpretations. The book for December is The Far Side of the Sky by Daniel Kalla and we are all looking forward to another far ranging and energetic discussion. Everyone left with a great feeling and you are invited to come join us - read, think, talk. And then go for a swim or whatever you wish with a feeling of accomplishment.
     The rest of the day was filled with friends and phone calls, books, etc. all just sweet things to do on a lovely day. The piece de resistance was the evening activity - a fund raising concert by FIDF - Friends of the Israel Defense Force which last year raised $90 million dollars and 100% of that went to the soldiers, buying them extra food, treats, vests, underwear, clothing, college education, visits home, help to the families of economically deprived soldiers, special vacation sites to relax and be kids again - which is what they are - special aid to families of fallen soldiers, trips for the siblings of these soldiers, and the list goes on.
     The auditorium was packed and went wild as four lovely young ladies from the IDF came out and sang up a storm. They sang of hope for peace, of loss and love, of their homeland, of their trust in G-d, of the knowledge that this is the home of the Jewish people and for always it will remain so. By the end of the program people were jamming the stage and when the girls came down to the floor to dance with the audience there was joy and singing resounding throughout the auditorium. Throughout the program the audience sang along, cried, and clapped along with these lovely young ladies.
     It was the perfect answer to the anti Semitic ass who has lately been ramping up his hate filled emails. We are here and here we will remain, be it the USA or Israel or England or France or wherever we choose to make our home. Your hate filed rhetoric will follow all those that came before you and all I wish for you is to follow them and share the same fate they have all had - defeat, loss, powerlessness and death and a reputation of shame that will last forever.
     Yesterday was a good day. Wish all of them were this way.