Sunday, May 15
After walking around the streets of Tzfat doing some shopping and visiting a synagogue, we all went our separate ways for a nice quiet Shabbat with our families. Saturday night we reunited and began our touring again. Our first stop in Tel Aviv was Independence Hall, where we learned about the beginning of the State of Israel. The room we sat in was the exact same room that David Ben-Gurion announced the birth of the State of Israel. This was Meir Dienzengoff’s home that eventually became the first art museum in Tel Aviv. We listened to Ben-Gurion’s speech and sang Hatikvah. Afterwards, we split off into boys and girls to do a little shopping in the Shuk HaCarmel. We met up to swim in the Mediterranean Sea. We ate strawberries on the beach, and after putting on dry clothes, we went for lunch. Then, we finally made our way to Rabin Square and talked about the “Sticker Song” by HaDag Nachash, an Israeli band. The song is made up of bumper stickers with political statements. We went to Yitzchak Rabin’s memorial where we saw the exact place of Rabin’s assassination. It was very meaningful to see where this tragedy occurred. All ten of us traveled to the Palmach museum. Here, we walked through an interactive exhibit describing the years of the Palmach before becoming the Israeli Defense Force. There we learned how the State of Israel came to be independent. The Palmach soldiers were very brave and gave so much to our people, sometimes causing them to lose their lives. Some of us were falling asleep towards the end, and luckily we got a nice long bus ride to the Negev to sleep. We checked in to our hostel and ate dinner before collapsing in our rooms. Speak to you soon!
L’hitraot from the Negev,
Hadassah and Nathan
P.S. Sorry that the blogs are our of order...a little mishap. See you on Monday!
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