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Air sirens in Tel Aviv! Fun times. I have nothing to complain about; there are, by far, people worse off than me, like, say, the Palestinian population, like every Israeli in the south whose lived under fire for the past twelve years. So you know, I'm good. I'm not even staying in Tel Aviv over the weekend. It's a little weird, and new, and I will probably post about it more. For now, I just wanted to touch base and say don't worry.

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thank you for checking in. your post last night sent me to Ha'aretz and then I was worried for you (and Marina).

I'll try not to worry, but I'm a Liberal almost-Rabbi in Northern California so I'm going to keep checking in, okay? (Wearing a Kippah around here means everyone wants to know what I think. I can't decide if it's annoying or something else entirely.)

Marina was just here, and thank you for your thoughts <3 Last night was just me letting out frustration because we're looking at another round of, well. People dying more :(

I'm very thankful I don't have any obligation to talk about what I think of what's going on, because forming an opinion -- 28 years into living -- is still difficult, and most people are set in their own opinions and argumentative and aren't really interested in hearing my opinion anyway.

Thanks for the update. I worry.

♥. I'm glad you guys + baby are away, and hope your family here's dealing with things okay.

Glad you're okay, physically and emotionally!

-J

I am! Physically def, emotionally, like, 99.99%. I'm starting to get a little jittery now that I'm home alone, but I'm driving to my parents' for probably the whole weekend, away from the hypothetical line of fire.

Sometimes using this icon makes me feel like optimism can reach heights of ridiculousness which are truly ridiculous, but, sigh. I've been thinking of you. Take care.

Thanks <3333

Oh, fun childhood memories. I'm glad you're okay. :(

*toddles off to weep for a while*

I am! I hope everyone in your family here's good.

This is actually my first time experiencing this, really. The First Gulf War happened in the exact years we were living in the US, so I never experienced this as a child... no masks this time, at least? (er, jinxjinxjinx)

My family's okay so far as I know; the missiles in their area haven't hit anyone. Be safe. *hugs*

*hugs back* *a lot*

Okay, I will attempt not to worry!

♥

What you guys went through recently was a lot more worrying than what I am. And ♥

Appreciate it. Weirdly, I wasn't worried? Concerned and heartsick about the whole situation, but not specifically worried about you guys. I think it's the stats thing -- knowing a car crash is way more likely, etc. Still, it's nice to hear you're OK. Did not realize you were out of the country during the first Gulf War -- I arrived literally the day it ended, so they were still taking the plastic sheeting down from the bomb shelters.

That makes sense. It's what I was thinking yesterday too; being in Tel Aviv while the siren sounded immediately made me want to assure everyone I was okay, but then I thought about how my sister lives in Beer Sheva and I don't actually call her after every siren, or worry about anything concrete; it's more of a general concern, like you said; more for her emotional well-being than her physical one.

Yeah, yesterday was actually just the second time in my life I've heard a for-real alarm (the first was a few years ago when I spent a few days in Sderot). Everyone else at the office were reminiscing about 1990-1991, and I had nothing.

Thanks for checking in and I'm glad you will be with your parents this weekend. Hope things are calmer next week when you return.

I hope so too! For everyone's sake :(

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