Written January 21, 2010
To my dear Mishpacha, friends& neighbour, hello & Shalom.
How are you all ?? long time
has past since last I wrote my "community" letter. I am doing well. I
was told to start to use the food from the pantry. That mean, soon
enough, I will have to pack back to the USA. A real "Wondering Jew"....
I just returned from a week
long volunteering in a army base kitchen in the north Galilee.same base I
served in, last year. The enlisted personnel has been change, mostly
noted in the Kitchen. Many of the "Old timers" greeted me with joy. They
remembered my soup and I tried my best for a repeat performance... The
kitchen was on a tight budget, so, when I suggest to have my Tuna salad
for supper, I was told :'too expensive, 40 Shekels a kilo" (About $11
for 2 lbs.) When I heard that one of the soldiers is going into the
near- by town (Chatzor Haglilit), he bought 5 cans, & the next eve. I
made the most delicious tuna salad, without Mayo. (Health reason, no
Mayonnaise).All was GONE, they loved it. Because the base is an "Open
Base", (a 8:00 - 5:00 ) The kitchen, for supper, prepares food for
about 12-16 soldiers who are the guards. The usual is, mostly, cold
food, such as cheeses, Humus,
hard boiled eggs, Shoco & pudding in prepacked containers etc.
However, cold food was not served on my time..... I made macaroni's
without baking ,(Butter, garlic, salt & pepper), Potato salad
Passover style -( Nothing left,). Fried eggs with tomato
mixtures,(Gone). French fried with scrambled eggs. (The pot was cleaned
with bread....) .
It is raining in Israel for
the past week. No one is complaining. The water is much needed. What is
wonderful, is the rain that came down in the Negev. Ground -Water is
being replenished. The sea of Galilee got 62cm (5 ft,) of water in the
last few days. We are still 72cm(6 ft) below the 1st red line. Now they
hope the fish will survive & multiply.
The Glazier on the main
Jabotinsky Rd. is caring for the most beautiful & adorable cats,
name Tolstoy and Svetlana. Being a cat lover, I stop at the shop,
often, to see them.The Glazier asked me if I know any one who like to
adapt them. I answered that I will ask Gerry, my dear neighbor, who
takes care of my cat, Finef, in NYC, if he would like to come to Israel x
8 month and care for Tolstoy & Svetlana...... When I stopped at the place again the Glazier asked me: "What did Gerry said ?" So now Gerry has 2 virtual cats......
I am knitting, reading,
visiting, going to concerts, theater,museum, entertaining and all and
all doing a lots of "NOTHING". I must admit, some times I miss my work,
in a way looking forward to Rte. to work.
regards to you all, I miss you, love to you.
Ima, Savta, The Shvig, Estherika, Ludmilla, that's me, Esther.
