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On the way to WOL (Wheels of Love)
Here are Ron and I standing on an overlook on the western outskirts of Jerusalem, on a short bike ride with another rider, Michael, on Friday morning, to stretch out the legs after our flight in from JFK the day before! WOL – Wheels of Love – is a benefit bicycle ride in it’s 6th…
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3 weeks in Uganda
Well, I arrived 2 weeks ago, on March 18th, and, although I’ve had a running conversation in my head of observations on conditions here, I have yet to put any of it in writing and post it, as I had planned. So, with an unexpected weekend back in Kampala, with reliable electricity and internet connectivity,…
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My friend, Wanjiku Ngugyi
Wanjiku Ngugyi is an extraordinary woman, whom I met at the Nairobi Synagogue. I had known about her, when I visited the Abayudaya Community in Mbale, Uganda (I’ll post some photos, and describe my wonderful visit to this community in another posting). I met three children in Uganda who were Kenyan orphans, whom Wanjiku had…
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Why World Citizen?
When I was about 15 years old, my mother asked me to meet with an extraordinary woman with a remarkable name – Syrtilla Kabat. We talked for awhile about life (mine, hers, my mother’s, my father’s), and at the end of our discussion, she said “Janaki – your are a citizen of the world!” In…
