Signing in...and out...from Philadelphia

The delegation has spent the day flying cross-country from San Francisco to Philadelphia, and we are about to board our flight to Ben Guerion Airport in Tel Aviv. Not many of us got a lot of sleep last night, so hopefully we will all be able to nod off on the flight to Israel. Everyone is in good spirits and looking forward to our soon-to-be escapades in the Holy Land. This is the point in the post where I would insert an Indiana Jones reference, but I have made so many of those today that I am now only praying that my traveling companions haven't gotten tired of them...