Gaithersburg, Maryland
When we finally arrived at Shady Grove station near Gaithersburg, Jayne was waiting for us. Good to be back here and to be so warmly welcomed. It’s been a sunny day, the first for us since last Friday – muggy and quite hot for this time of year – 80F. They say the cool is coming.
Today I’ve been thinking about the Jewishness of NY where there is so much openness about identity. What triggered my thoughts was the Bangladeshi taxi driver, dressed in Muslim garb. I wondered if Jewish people would feel safe in his cab. He and I had a good conversation about his faith and Bangladesh and then the emptiness of Australia. Thinking of the size of his country and its population, he couldn’t believe that we have only 24 million people and suggested we could house half a dozen nations.
One thing I forgot to mention is how ubiquitous wi-fi is in Montreal and not at all in New York; I guess everyone has to have 3G or 4G. Even on the trains, we see people wired up or engaged in text messaging, listening to iPods, or working away on iPads – how things have changed! I sometimes wonder when I see a man and woman together communicating by text on their respective phones if they’re talking to one another the only way that feels comfortable. Are there things one can say online that can’t be said face to face?
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