Today we had a later start than the past few days, beginning in the dining hall of Kibbutz Ketura, one of very few socialist kibbutzim left in Israel. After breakfast, we conducted a little activity on the kibbutz about how they run the kibbutz, make decisions, and handle problems. They have a general assembly (Aseyfah) […]
Today was truly an exhausting but incredible experience. Today was an especially exciting day because we were able to celebrate Matt Hopen’s Birthday! We all woke up at 3:30 am to gear up for Masada. With only a little coffee and snacks we all made the long trek up the snake path to smile at […]
What a fantastic day! We woke up early in the morning, had a mediocre breakfast, and dragged our ungodly amount of luggage into the bus. We rode for a while on the bus, and took in the beautiful sites of the West Bank. We saw sand and buildings, and that’s about it. Soon, we arrived […]
Friday Today, we seriously dug Israel. We unearthed pottery from the Judah Maccabi era and sifted rocks! We had a successful dig finding a perfume bottle, ancient glass (which is extremely rare), bones, metal from a tool, a tooth, and tons of pottery. We picked up up some extra shards of pottery to take […]
Our third day in Israel was filled with explorations of different cultures and connections. We began our morning at Lifeline for the Old, an organization which provides elderly Israelis with the opportunity to create various crafts – everything from metalwork to embroidery – in order to earn a supplemental income. As we wandered through their […]
Today we started off with a wonderful breakfast at the hotel. Then, on our first adventure of the morning, we walked along the outer wall of the old city of Jerusalem. After lots of walking and pictures we reached the Western Wall. We were led by guides through underground arches and tunnels excavated near the wall and and we […]
After a wild start, No’ar Hadash arrived in Israel safely meeting with our awesome Israeli guide Anat and medic Shai. Tired and bleary eyed, we took the day head on heading from Ben Gurion Airport to Jerusalem. Along the way we stopped at Ne’ot Kedumim biblical nature park to appreciate the beauty of nature as well […]
