still here

i'm not a news person and i dont think anyone needs my analysis or cries of disbelief about the huge tragedy and devastation of the last two weeks.

however on reflection it would be wrong and a sign that the western world is truly screwed if it was passable for me (that is ok with my readership as well as my conscience) to glide over the tsunami and carry on writing about the irrelevancies of my life.

so i choose not to.

i share harry's and lisa's speechlessness in reading this and any survivor's stories.

i think about those survivors who can't return to their lives let alone put their stories into written word.

i shudder for those children who may now become victims of something far worse than nature's ravages - the evil of human beings.

i take my hat off to australia for giving the most money and making the least fuss.

i'm proud to be part of the global jewish community whose response reflects an ingrained sense of responsibility to humankind.

i resent the fact that every lining has an anti-israel/anti-semitic cloud and applaud any steps by the international community to overcome this paralysing defect.

i realize what a warped species we are when the conspiracy theories start rolling out.

i thank god that even if i read every news article, looked at every photo, cried at every account and contributed to every appeal - my life will go on pretty much as it did before. thats not insensitive, its the truth.