Hey Comrades
So the house in Cape Town has been buzzing. We had a massive event on Friday past which saw dozens of people coming to chill at our house with Nargilah and other goodies. We have had lots of guests over for our Wednesday Pasta which turned from Mushroom to tomato due to the fact that people would die from mushroom poisoning if they kept on having the same meal.
Living with the other 4 house mates is amazing. You feel an organic sense of growth in the group as you start to become better friends, sharing more about yourself and how you feel as things develope.
Holidays from University started today, thank god, but more work awaits so it wont be as relaxing as what is needed. Recently some settlers decided to occupy a house bang in the middle of Hebron, and as usual dozens of soldiers now surround this house to protect the settlers and especially the Palestinians from being abused. Now this house does not fall within the normal settlement block found in Hebron1. This house, if the settlers are not removed in 30 days, will make the Palestinians lives more of a living hell as the 'facts on the ground' become even more permanent. This means that the lives of 100,000's of Palestinians will have to be rerouted and stopped for this 1 house of religious zealots who are motivated by an extreme sense of ethnic superiority which turns violent through its fundamentalist approach to ideology. With so much good happening in the name of Jews (such as Moishe House), its such a pity that so much wrong is happening at the same time.
Otherwise Iim really looking forward to our massive "3rd Seder." As the name says it will 3rd seder for all those Jews who want to look at this amazing festival in more relevant, cultural and moral terms for today. The theme of freedom is something amazing that should always be commemorated with like minded Jews in todays world context. Thats it from me. Keep well all you Moishe Housniks and have a great pesach.
Aleh,
Strauss (Moishe House Cape Town)
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