On the road again

March 16, 2010 - 9:13 AM by

Israel may be a relatively tiny country, but we’re doing some heavy-duty travelling in the next few days.

Tonight, it’s a family wedding in Ariel, in the West Bank near Petah Tikvah, only a comparatively short hour plus drive from Jerusalem. Then tomorrow, we’re making a trek down to Sde Boker in the Negev for the swearing in ceremony of my daughter’s IDF unit upon completion of their first phase of basic training.

Many combat units have their ceremony at the Kotel in Jerusalem’s Old City, but maybe because this is a mixed unit of men and women, the rabbinical authorties decided that they didn’t want the two sexes near each other at the religious site. So, we’re looking at a two-three hour trip each way for the hour-long ceremony. Of course, we’d drive all day for this moment, but a quick jaunt to the Kotel would have been nice.

And then, Sunday morning, we take off for the 4-hour drive to Eilat, where we’ll park the car, walk to the border crossing control center and enter Egypt for a few days excursion in Sinai, inaugurated by a sure-to-be wild taxi ride down to Nuweiba.

But I hope that will be the only thrills we’ll experience on the roads. I’m going to drive alertly, responsibly and defensively whenever I’m onthe open Israeli highway – or stuck in traffic on the blocked Israeli highway. Let’s hope that my countrymen do the same.

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  1. My brisket butcher | ISRAELITY on Sun, Mar 21st 2010 10:23 AM

    2. [...] of a cleaning frenzy and a brisket study. It’s the pre-Passover phase and while some are sunning in Sinai, touring Italy (friends of mine) or skiing in Switzerland (another friend) during the Passover [...]

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