Blood Drive and Channukah on the horizon
Several years ago an young Israeli man was killed in a terrorist attack. His family and friends chose to honour his memory by hosting a blood drive every year on the anniversary of his death. So this past Sunday I donated blood (first time doing that in Israel) The procedure was basically the same as it was here except that the snacks that you get afterwards included “fuze tea” and a box of awesome pastries from Roladin cafe/bakery.
You guessed it – sufganiyot. The jelly filled cooked-in-oil pastries that are traditionally eaten on Channukah. I walked right past them a few times until I thought, “could this be because the next holiday on the calendar is Channukah? Sort of like in the US when right after Halloween all the Christmas decorations start to appear?” I haven’t yet seen any actual Channukah decorations, or even the word itself written anywhere. Nevertheless, here are the sufganiyot, right in the supermarket…..