Kulanu Baaretz: Thanksgiving in Israel

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Thanksgiving in Israel

Although there was no turkey dinner and no parade, we did get a taste of Thanksgiving as we were visited by our friends and family and got to spend shabbat with them.

Our weekend started with dinner at McDonalds. We all enjoyed it. Thank you Mr and Mrs. Wertman.

We then each went our separate ways, spending the weekend amongst friends and family.

Here are some of our weekend highlights:

Dov: I loved being with the babies that I spent time with in Chashmonaim. They were so cute."
Elliott: "Machane Yehuda and Ben Yehuda!"
Ephraim: "Davening in that old shul and staying in the hotel."
Ilan: "My brother-in-law Aryeh. I liked his office."
Jordan: "I loved getting to see my friends from HAFTR. That was great."
Shaina: "Going to the mall Saturday night was fun!"
Yehuda: "I loved seeing that beautiful house in Chashmonaim."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: It was great to see all of you in Israel! Still loving this blog...
Carol Katz; November 26, 2007 at 12:40 PM

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Kenny"s Thoughts on Kulanu Baaretz

I am most proud of how the kibbutz has opened their hearts and homes to Kulanu. People are genuinely concerned, supportive and willing to lend a helping hand wherever they can. The students are a part of this community, and they are truly standing on their own, without shadows, because they don't need them. At work, they have to produce, just like anyone else and they are there as true contributors, not just as a chesed. So whatever they do has to count but at the same time, there needs to be support and understanding of their needs. I am also so proud to be a part of a program where students are so quickly learning to be independent. I see kids helping kids out, waking up each other to go to davening. I see a student who at the beginning of the program, when he was the only one who arrived at davening on time, said, "Well I'm here, that's all that matters". Three weeks later, when he was still the only one there at 8:00, he went back to the dorm, with his tefilin on, to wake up the rest of his peers. This shows a true sense of being a part of community. And that's really what makes the world go round. That's what makes us survive as a community. We are seeing students become a part of a community in the real sense of the word.