Jewish Continuity?

When we went to visit the ruins at Tzippori some weeks ago (just before my trip to Haifa), one theme of our visit was "Jewish Continuity." What I neglected to mention in my blog post, was that our visit there was also marked by a rain/wind/thunder storm of biblical proportions! My classmate Brian just sent along this picture he caught of me. I didn't have a raincoat with me and my umbrella require constant, vigilant "sail trimming" (tacking, jibing, etc.) to be of any use. I'm not always sure what people are really talking about when they use the words "Jewish Continuity" but this image seemed like one possibility to add to the mix: