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From the Educational Director<br />
“How good it is to see you again.” The song<br />
continues…<br />
For Rona Kornfeld who has been to Israel before:<br />
“Celebrating Shabbat in Tsfat and Jerusalem<br />
and...seeing Israel through Dina and Tamar’s eyes<br />
and experiences truly made it a trip I will never<br />
forget.”<br />
For Lori Miller, who has been to Israel three<br />
times before, this trip was of a different nature: “It<br />
was amazing...Dina and Tamar kept us busy! Busy!<br />
Busy! We visited schools, met with students and<br />
teachers...ate endless amounts of Schwarma and<br />
falafel, (and) laughed, sang, and also cried…”<br />
Jeanne Conn: “I gained so much more<br />
knowledge...My increased understanding of Israel’s<br />
amazing history and people…”<br />
For Lois Urkowitz who was visiting Israel for the<br />
first time: “There is so much I can tell about the<br />
trip...I cannot explain how peaceful it felt to sit on<br />
our balcony in Jerusalem where, if I turned my<br />
head one way, I could see the old city…”<br />
Lee Wanicur, also a first-timer: “My trip was<br />
We had a great pajama party<br />
at TBS in November. Our 2nd<br />
and 3rd graders watched<br />
movies and heard a “good<br />
night story” from Rabbi<br />
Levenson, and ate lots of<br />
popcorn. What fun we had!<br />
In December, Shorashim had<br />
a pool party at the JCC.<br />
Our next event is at Color<br />
Me Mine on January 6, where<br />
we’ll paint, chat and have a<br />
pizza dinner. Invitations are in<br />
the mail!<br />
Staci Boiskin, Advisor,<br />
jonboi@aol.com<br />
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Part two<br />
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Shorashim Youth Group<br />
January 2008 TEVET/SHEVAT 5768 Page 8<br />
amazing! The experiences were so wonderful from<br />
the first Shabbat in Tsfat to the Dead Sea, to the<br />
kibbutz, and finally to our last Shabbat in<br />
Jerusalem...I can’t wait to go back again and<br />
experience more of the magic that Israel has to<br />
offer…”<br />
Tamar Barkan-Shamir wrote: “Sitting with Dina<br />
and trying to arrange the itinerary with our goal<br />
being a reunion with Israel at 60—see the history<br />
and development of the state, get to see the sights<br />
from North to South and make our two Shabbatot<br />
special, unique experiences. This is almost a<br />
“mission impossible”...but we did it! Successfully!<br />
This was an opportunity to share and experience<br />
my homeland in a way I never have as a native<br />
Israeli. It is an honor to go into the classrooms and<br />
act as an “ambassador,” sharing photos and<br />
stories. We hope the connections we made with<br />
our partnership school in Arad will “take off”<br />
through various projects we have planned for the<br />
coming school year.<br />
We are back. But are we really?<br />
Dina Eliezer<br />
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