What’s new with you, she asks. I’m at peace now, I tell her. I’ve given up, No more archive digging, enough staring at the dangling crystal ball. This moment is my rapture. Rapture? How…Christian. No, no, no; salvation is universally desired. So, what changed? You know, it’s not pleasant to desire those things which I…

Subscribe here for upcoming posts. May 19th: I booked an impromptu trip to Israel.  I had been daydreaming about ancient streets and the palpable holiness of Jerusalem. My plan was to spend the upcoming holiday of Shavuot in Jerusalem, then go to Tzfat for a hiking and mysticism program. I found a Delta itinerary and…