But for 30 years, people would make their entire living in those 10 days. Their yearly wage.

This is an academic program, not a Jewish or Israeli lobbying group, ... We will teach Judaism as a culture and as a history.

Jewish studies has now moved from its traditional place in Catholic institutions, which is a minor place in the theology department where courses on the Hebrew Scripture have been taught, to a program that is much more expansive.

I carried her out on my back in the flood. There were people screaming, crying. I saw alligators eating dead bodies. When we tried to get on a bus, they put all the tourists on first and pushed the locals out of the way like we were dirt.

I think the people just felt sorry for her.

It looks dangerous, but this is a very safe sport. That's a really hard thing to explain to people. If parents knew how safe this was and if kids came out and found out how much fun and what an amazing rush this is, I'd like to think we'd have a lot more jumpers.