Leket and presentations

Today's lanuguage of the day: Spanish brought to you by laziness

Hola, Bonitas/os ( hello, beautifuls)

Today was a very fun and hands on day. It started out with our counselor a surprising us with some good old-fashioned bagels, which really hit the spot, an was the first real breakfast I have had in about a week. Then we proceeded to the Beit Knesset/ gathering place, where we all did our Zionist skits. They were all pretty funny, but ours was the best. Our story was that I ( Ze'ev Vladimir Jabotinsky) was wondering the desert trying to spread revisionist Zionism. I then bump into a couple of bedouins, and the story goes on from there. It was very funny and humerous, especially to our CORE teacher, Mordechai. He was practically peeing his pants. Then we had a meeting with the marketing directors at Muss, and had a discussion about why people would want to go on the trip and what are some reasons why maybe you woukn't embark on the once in a lifetime journey of your life. I totally support Muss and it's programs and will vouch for them until I die. This is an amazing experience, and it's not even over yet. If you have any thoughts of going to Israel during your high school education, GO ON ALEXANDER MUSS. If you need some convincing just read this blog and all of the stories that come with it. Now back to the day. After the meeting we went to go pick oranges for the needy, at a place called Leket. It was really chill and inspiring to know that something so easy and fun, liking picking fruits, could save someone's life. Also I have pictures of everyone picking fruit, I'll post them at the bottom. After we got back the boys went to go play soccer since it was the only free time we have had for weeks. It was great as usual, and now I want to play 24/7. After I kicked the soccer ball out of the court to a place unknown, we all left. Then went to dinner, and after dinner the boys and myself went to go play basketball; which was ok, but know where near as enjoyable as soccer is. And now I am just sitting in the main area typing this blog and sooner or later have to get ready for this silly New Years party that won't end until around 1:00 a.m, I don't know what time the ball drope here but happy new year to everyone, and may the odds be ever in your favor:)

Feliz año de Nuevo! ( Happy New Year!)

Family in town/project

Hello everyone,

It is around 9 a.m here, but I wanted to show you a couple pictures last night when I was out with my parents. Also to tell you all that I am doing a project the whole day, it is on the different Zionist movements during Herzls time; which mean that we have no real school, but we Are bust most of the day. I will try and post tonight to give you a full outline of the day. As of this point all I know is that we are going to pick fruit as charity work. And also I am going to finish because izzy is chewing loudly and dropping food all over my body. 

Fam.

School, Bedouin, and more...

Todas language of the day: Hungarian, brought to by Lauren Alkan

Viszontlatasra, (Hello)

Hows it going everybody, my life is good and Israel is fantastic. We just got back from the Bedouin tent free weekend and it was really fun. I'll give you a full rundown of the events over the weekend. It started out on Friday morning with all of us having a large unit test for our CORE class. It was very hard and long, but I am so glad it is over now, and when it ended I felt like this huge weight was lifted off of my shoulders. After the four hour long test, where I wrote the equivalent of a short novel for the written portion of the test, I packed for the weekend and tried to bring as little as possible. We then got on the bus and after 2 hours landed in our destination, the Bedouin tent area. It was not a full-blown Bedouin experience because it was at a tourist place that is set up to act like a Bedouin experience. What I am trying to say is that we did not exactly sleep in shacks and have no running water. Once we got there though we had a spiritual gathering, and once again we were able to wander off into the desert and reminisces about our lives/ the trip. Everyone found a spot to sit down in the desert, everyone except for me. When asked to go find a quiet place to sit I chose to just keep on walking. I had no worries, I wasn't thinking about anything; my mind was completely blank. I walked with my head arched upwards looking at the fantastically vivid constellations and stars. It was beautiful and made me feel thankful for everything that I have in life. Once walking got boring I chose to make a Sukkah/castle structure in the middle of the desert, just in case I come back to the same spot one day when I'm older. I pulled together all of the large flat rocks that I could find and began building my masterpiece. By the time I was done it was up to my waist, I was truly proud of what I had built, I think I would be a great rock architect when I get older. Then I realized I had been out and away from the group for a good period of time, they were supposed to play music, but I did not here anything. I made the trek back anyways, tripping over almost every rock that was in my path. As I was walking all of a sudden I hear a faint sound that seemed very far away. As I made my way closer to the sound I noticed my whole group circled up, and my two counselors searching the desert with flashlights, I had no idea why they were doing that. I slipped into the circle very smoothly, but I guess not smooth enough because as soon as I entered everyone began laughing and asking where I was. The only thought in my head was "I ruined a spiritual experience, but it was worth it because I got some laughs out of it.":) Then we all went to dinner. Thats all I have to say. It was so good, and I ate so much that I am still full. The meal was two days ago... After dinner we went to bed and the night consisted of a lot of people talking and snoring in their sleep, lets just say I did not get that much sleep. The next morning we rode camels and did a nice hike up a mountain type thing. It was a good hike and the camel ride was nice, except for the fact that the camel ride was before the hike and I sat on the camel weird so my but hurt for most of the day. After the hike we went to Tel Aviv port and walked around for a while. I had been there before, It kind of reminded me of South Africa because the way it looked and how they incorporated the ocean into the area. The South Africa port is better.. After we chilled in Tel Aviv we took an hour to get home. When we got home we began to make dinner for a girl on our trips birthday, Emily Weinberg. We made Poika and Peda on a fire pit in the parking lot. Poika is like a stew mixture thingamajig with onions, potatopes, carrots, chicken, coca-cola(ya sounds nasty), and a lot of other delicacies. It was delicious and would eat the same thing every single day. Also I made a huge Peda that was exquisite. After the filling yet superb meal I made the journey towards bedtime and we went to bed listened to music, the last song was Who Says by John Mayer. 

Viszontlatasra(Goodbye)

-Its the same word for Hello and Goodbye, kind of like Shalom in hebrew)

p.s The reason why I haven't posted in a while is because class is rapidly increasing in content and the act of knowing the content. I will try to stay more consistent for you guys. Also we are just around halfwasy through and it is a good time to say thank you to everyone who is supporting my blog. I really appreciate. Its nice to know that all this typing isn't going to waste. 

ALSO THIS BLOG IS REALLY LONG, here are some pictures..

Efe modeling with Mosey walking through the picture

Majestic

CAMELS!!

B-e-a-utiful

Parents visiting, and SWEET picture!!

Sistaa!!

   My favorite, DEBBIE

  My Momma

The Boys (from left to right),Erel Mosey, Me, Alex, Berg

Sorry,

Stressfulness to the Max...

Sorry everyone I have a lot of big tests coming up and this why I haven't been able to share my experiences with you for a while. A basic outline of the past couple days was that my family came to visit me on campus and I was able to spend time with them. Also we went to Tzfat, and it was fun.

Yeminite bread with onions, tomatoes, and cheese, sooooo goooood!!

Me rocking the glasses with my big brother Efe.

Tel-Aviv

Tel-Aviv Journey and Buses

Todays language- Chinese, brought to you by Izzy Miller

Dàjiāhǎo (Hi, Everyone)

How's it going? How's your day? Mine is good. I am going to tell you about this last Saturday with Rebekah and Lef. The Saturday started out with Mosey and I waking up at around 9:30 a.m and indulging ourselves in a delicious breakfast of Israeli cereal that tasted exactly like chocolate cookies. As a group we decided to go on a walk to Yafo and on the boardwalk of the beach. It was a beautiful day in Tel-Aviv, and we walked all the way down to the old city of Yafo. It was very fun and Mosey was able to buy another present for his girly-friend. Then we walked back and dropped of the dog, Lilly, at the apartment. After we dropped the dog off we went to this really cool cafe place called Shine. Mosey and I shared this really good pizza and pasta dish. After we watched a good foreign movie called "In Bruges". Then we took the trek down to the bus station in hope that nothing would get messed up. Then we missed the first bus that would take us to the main bus area, we then had to take a "sheirut"(a larger taxi that takes people, and acts like a smaller bus) to get to the other bus on time. Once we got to the other bus are, we realized that we missed the bus to Hod Ha Sharon. We then waitied until about 9:30 in order for the bus to take us back to our second home. The funny part is that we were listening to a very loud talk show, and we were the only ones on the bus. Then the guy turns to where we were sitting and asked "Do you know what he is talking about", and we of course said no. Then he continued to tell us that it was talk show about S-E-X, which I thought is kind of weird for a public bus to be playing at night; especially with a couple of teenagers. Once we got off at our stop we realized that we only had about 15 minutes in order to get back to the campus without being late, since we have to be back at 10, and the bus stop is pretty far away. So then Mosey and I started to run towards the school , we looked like a bunch of fools, but it was worth it because we were on time; and not in trouble. Then we did Havdalah, and went to bed at around 11:39 p.m. Another thing to add to this great trip is that MY PARENTS ARE COMING!! I believe that they just took off from London, and should be here by this morning. I can't wait to see them all, sister, mom, dad, and Debbie(my cool aunt/mom's cousin/friend). 

Kàn dào nǐ de shíhou wǒ kànjiàn nǐ (See you when I see you)