JRu 9: Shabbat Shalom

Thursday, September 8th

Not much to say.

Had classes.

Did homework.

Passes cleaning checks and got a candy bar.

Friday, September 9th

Today was great. We had old testament in the morning and then a group of ten of us left for the Israel Museum. We had already been there so we were mostly going back to get more information on what to write about for one of our assignments and to explore some other wings. We hung out with Jeff most of the time. We saw the kid's section and learned how to tango and we saw the modern art section which had a cool display with sand. They set up people like they were at a Jewish wedding and then they threw red sand everywhere after they carefully removed everyone, so you can see the foot prints of what happened. We also toured the gardens.

We were hungry after the museum so we walked into the city (western Jerusalem). We found a few bakeries and bought bread before going to a nearby park to eat and wait for our taxi. We got back with enough time to work on a little homework before going to our western wall orientation.

Tonight was exciting because we got to be at the western wall as shabbat started. There was lots of singing and dancing and praying which we got to participate in. It was a very unique experience and every time I participate in something like that it makes me want to be Jewish. They sang one song that we learned in our hebrew class so we were able to sing along. It was a great night!