As many of you no doubt have heard, yesterday (March 23) a bomb was planted next to a telephone pole near Jerusalem's central bus station. The explosion killed one woman and injured at least 30 others. To read up on the story, click here.
At the time of the bombing, I was in class and nowhere near the danger (still, it is unnerving to think that I visited that bus station at least four times last week). The staff at Hebrew University reacted immediately and took head counts of all students, then contacted via phone and/or e-mail those who were not initially accounted-for on campus.
Though the area of Israel near the Gaza Strip is almost constantly subjected to rocket fire (70 in the last week), Jerusalem has been relatively calm for the past several years. Let us hope that this is not the first in a series of attacks targeting Jerusalem.
This morning it came out that the 59-year-old woman who was killed in the attack was a student from the UK at Rothberg International School--and what is more--she was in my Hebrew ulpan class. Her name was Mary. Mary was exceedingly kind, and though I did not know her very well, I conversed with her enough times to learn that she has shared tea with J.K. Rowling.
May she rest in peace.
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