Shana Tovah!!! That is Hebrew for Happy New Year. My friend Hana and I have Tuesday and Wednesday off of school for Rosh Shanah, the Jewish New Year. Hana brought me home with her to Scotch Plains, NJ to celebrate the holiday. The food was fantastic. We ate Matzo ball soup, brisket and plum pie. What was even better than the food was the home. It felt nice to be in a house outside the city. We ate lunch out back on the patio, Hana drove me around town to show me where she grew up and that evening, we sat around the table with her family and talked for hours. It was great. I will try update the blog more frequently.

Shalom,

Callie