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m e t ; m g<br />
ת Dear All,<br />
Well, it’s been a *year"- I can’t<br />
really think of the right adjective<br />
to put there. Something between<br />
*stimulating* and *fascinating* with<br />
a bit of *really, totally, like,<br />
enjoyable*. I found myself seeing<br />
the things that are close to me,<br />
and important to me through your<br />
eyes. Sometimes seeing things this<br />
way wasn't easy because:<br />
(a) It can get very thought<br />
provoking, and<br />
(b) I usually forget to carry my<br />
glasses around anyway.<br />
But what can you do? I thought<br />
about carrying them on a string<br />
around my neck, but I’d probably<br />
forget the string as well.<br />
Despite all of this, it's been a<br />
year I’ll never forget. Falling in<br />
love with hundreds of people at the<br />
same time is something you tend to<br />
remember.<br />
Love,<br />
Dov<br />
Dov Ben-Shlmon:<br />
Box 431<br />
Students’ Organization<br />
P.O. Box 24003<br />
Jerusalem 91240<br />
Remember those first questions?<br />
*Are we going to live in this place?*<br />
*Where do we catch a bus to Ben<br />
Yehuda Street?' *18 there a good<br />
pub where we can meet Israelis?'...<br />
I think that by now you have<br />
learned all of the answers to those<br />
questions and more, and that I can<br />
learn from you about good pubs<br />
and Israelis.<br />
I had a wonderful time with youfrom<br />
the day you arrived until the<br />
end of your stay here. I had the<br />
privilege of watching you ask,<br />
learn, and change (boy did you<br />
change 80 much here) and being a<br />
part of this positive change in your<br />
life. I won't forget this year- I'm<br />
sure that you won’t either.<br />
And although you didn't leave yet<br />
(when I'm writing this), I already<br />
miss youl<br />
Keep in Touch!<br />
Ylkrat<br />
Ylkrat Sidi<br />
31 Shazar St.<br />
Haifa 34861<br />
Dear Dear youlll<br />
Well, I don’t know where to<br />
start...With the first time I came to<br />
visit you in your Givat Ram rooms<br />
with an embarrassed smile? Or<br />
with the *soul* conversations I had<br />
with some of you late into the<br />
night? With the private jokes?<br />
With the *Open Houses' we had?<br />
With memories of OSA activities?<br />
Or maybe with your midnight calls<br />
or visits?<br />
This year has gone by 80 fast.<br />
Your confused and shocked faces<br />
from the summer have changed,<br />
and now I sometimes feel that you<br />
know Israel better than I do.<br />
Anyway, I know that for some of<br />
you, this was a very special year.<br />
Maybe The year of your life -<br />
interesting, exciting, and sometimes<br />
hard, very hard. For some of you,<br />
this year Inspired a new way of<br />
thinking and behaving, and new<br />
options appeared. I can only say<br />
that I tried to be there for each of<br />
you whenever you needed me and<br />
whenever I could help. I hope I<br />
really did.<br />
And to *The Volunteersl*<br />
As the volunteer coordinator I<br />
want to express my appreciation of<br />
your willingness to help and your<br />
consistency. I hope that it<br />
contributed to your integration in<br />
Israel and that you reached your<br />
goals in the experience.<br />
Thanks, Thanks, Thanksl<br />
A dozen times more thanks from<br />
the organizations and people you<br />
were working with. Included in the<br />
yearbook are some of their thank<br />
you letters.<br />
I wish you more beautiful years<br />
and if you feel like being in touch,<br />
you are welcome to visit Moshe and<br />
I when you come back.<br />
Maggie Melamed-Aharoni<br />
Ha'arazlm 14<br />
Jerusalem<br />
02-522006 (Moshe’s parents)
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