Jerusalem is marvelous. I visited there in the summer just before starting college with a church group. The history, the culture. It's wonderful.

But with world events what they are this very moment, I'm not sure anyone can reliably say that it's a safe place to be. It may be safe this weekend but more dangerous a month from now. And if you were my daughter (you must be almost exactly the same age as my son, who is 20), I'd be worried sick about you going over there for this fall semester. The situation in the mid-east is degenerating quickly with each passing day.