Hi Saba, how are you? How is Safta? Tell her and the rest of the family that I say hello and that I love and miss them all! Thank you so much for all the holiday cards- I have them up on my bulletin board! I hope that you have a nice Sukkot this as well- Chag Sameach!
Things here at least haven’t really gotten any worse, but nothing’s changed or improved since the last time I wrote you, and I’m sure Ima has been keeping you up-to-date. I’m sort of starting to feel stupid for being so hardheaded this summer, but at the same time, I do still think I would have felt guilty leaving all my friends. I think that we probably should have really pushed Bubbe and Zayde to stay with you guys though. We probably should have just forced them somehow. I really feel awful about it. I just never thought that this would happen- I thought having your wand taken away was bad enough. I know that you’re going to tell me not to beat myself up over it, but it’s just hard not to.
The news here is pretty unreliable. The one publication that sort of seems to be publishing the truth- and I stress sort of, because they’re apparently fine with saying that something horrible is happening to muggleborns and not bothering to back it up at all- also, they used to post nothing but completely nonsensical stories, so they’re just difficult to trust. Anyway, we’re not allowed to have that magazine anymore. I know the Israeli press, and the international press in general, probably doesn’t have much of an idea what’s going on. I’d imagine they’re probably freezing them out, but if you do read anything that seems important, could you let me know? You might think that I already know, but that might not be true. Even if someone just trashes the British Ministry in an opinion piece that might be nice to read….or I guess if purism seems to be on the rise in Israel, that’s also important. I hope it’s not.