Parents Week

3/18- Safad Tiyul
Today was a full day (15 hours actually) Tiyul with the parents! Each Jewish History class got its own bus. We started off the day with a nice long drive to a Crusader Fortress by the Kineret (Sea of Galili). From the top you could see Jordan which was actually very close. Our parents got to learn the way we do and even participate a bit. After having a lesson on the Crusaders we moved into the fortress (actually, we stormed it, swords and all.). Then we spent a little more time talking about what happened to the Jews during that time before getting back on the busses to go to lunch on a nearby Kibbutz. After lunch we drove to Safad. We went into three different synagogues, each one with a different story. Then we got plenty of free time to do some shopping. For dinner, we hopped back on the busses and went to a farm that had a restaurant.

3/19
We had another Tiyul with the parents. We had Hebrew in the morning then met them at the Israel Museum to see an exhibit on Jewish life in the diaspora. There was some pretty neat stuff there but my favorite has to be the wall which had hanukia’s from all over the world. Then we came back to the Kibbutz and general studies while the parents went and did their own thing. Tonight we had the farewell banquet for the parents and got to eat some of the best food we’ve gotten on the Kibbutz.