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I woke up to a cloudy day. Everyone is praying for rain. Yesterday started out warm and ended up with a few showers and cooler. Looks like Spring to me.

Finished filming yesterday in the Jewish Quarter. I interviewed Udi Merioz from the Blue and White Gallery and Cindy and Gary. The interviews are for the Ezekiel series and I really had a good time talking with them. Gary and Cindy have lived in Jerusalem about 6 years. They even met and married in Jerusalem. We lunched on their roof top patio, enjoying the views and the weather. We just always have a great time of fellowship. Udi’s family were one of the first Jews to return to the Old City in 1967. Quite a story.

News from the Jerusalem Post:

New IAF brass all Harvard graduates
When Maj. Gen Ido Nehustan takes up command of the Israel Air Force in May, Harvard University will be able to take a moment to be proud. Nehushtan and his two new deputies are all graduates of American’s oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning.

A ‘birthright’ for non-Jews?
Shmuley Boteach reports that one of the mistakes Israel makes is that of making Israel something of only Jewish concern. “The Jews are history’s most influential people, having given the modern world its three foundations: God (universal brotherhood), the Ten Commandments (law), and the Messiah (progress aimed at perfecting the world). Those ideas were all born in the very soil of Israel, the world epicenter of faith and spiritual transcendence.” Good article.

A full page tribute to Charlton Heston
As Moses and Ben-Hur, gentile Heston often played proud Jews.

I am off to do some touring of Jerusalem.

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