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Editor's Note<br />
2 can honestly say that 2<br />
have (earned more in this<br />
one year aBroad than any<br />
single year at home.<br />
Through tu/ufim, classes,<br />
volunteering, seminars, and<br />
travel to fa r away<br />
countries, 2 have<br />
accomplished more in one<br />
year than most people do in<br />
a lifetime. A nd so have<br />
we a ll<br />
2 have developed a very<br />
strong attachment to this<br />
country, stronger than any<br />
teen tour or trip zvith the<br />
fam ily. A fter 2 decided to<br />
spend my year in Israel,<br />
many people asked me why<br />
2 wasn’t going to 'England<br />
instead "Israel is hot and<br />
it’s so dangerous. Qo to<br />
England, it’s Europe!<br />
\you’ve Been to Israel Before."<br />
So what’s so special<br />
aBout Israeli I ’m sure<br />
that 2 don’t have to ted<br />
you. 1The people, the culture,<br />
the history, and the<br />
language a ll make (Enetz<br />
yisraefdistinctive.<br />
So now it’s time to leave<br />
and I ’ve Been thinking<br />
aBout this a lot. 1Workmg<br />
on the yearBook has forced<br />
me to consider this earlier<br />
than most. Unfortunately,<br />
contemplating this issue for<br />
such a long time has not<br />
helped me to come up zvith<br />
any more answers than<br />
you. (Returning to the<br />
States is going to Be a Big<br />
deal, proBaBly a Bigger deal<br />
than 2 can imagine right<br />
now.<br />
'Whether we (ike it or<br />
not, we have all changed,<br />
most fo r the Better. I ’m<br />
not talking aBout little<br />
things (ike teaming to cook^<br />
spaghetti or how to sew a<br />
Button on a pair o f<br />
shorts. *We thinfjG ffereitt-<br />
(y; we are pr06a6Cy slightly<br />
more aggresive; and we reaCize<br />
that it's not what<br />
you tqww, But who you<br />
know. In spite o f a tt o f<br />
our complaining aBout Israe<br />
l and it’s society, we have<br />
assimilated A t (east to the<br />
point where we are differertt<br />
from those we (eft at<br />
home.<br />
(However, the friends that<br />
were made during this year<br />
are some o f the Best I ’ve<br />
ever had and 2 plan on<br />
peeping it that way. *1he<br />
time that we spent together<br />
was Both remarkaBle and<br />
tmique. 2 w ill treasure<br />
that time forever.<br />
Haomi J. Zuckerman<br />
Editor-in-Chief
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