Date: July 19th, 2015
By: Zoe Sherman
Today, July 19th, was our very own Jess Levett's BIRTHDAY!!!. She turned 17 today! We had sung her happy birthday on Ben Yehuda street last night, and to continue the celebratory feel, Jess wore the Birthday Girl button all day. We even managed to embarrass her a little bit at our first Kennes dinner by singing her Happy Birthday in front of 11 cohorts!
Sadly, we left Jerusalem today. We brought our bags down, ate breakfast, loaded the bus, and were off for the 3 hour ride to Kibbutz Sde Boker. On the bus ride, our guide Maor taught us about the lack of rain in Israel, military towns, and who Israel creates urban growth and new airports in the Negev.
We finally arrived at Kennes, the meeting of all South African and North American Diller teens. There was, of course, much excitement over seeing so many teens! We had a walking tour of the facilities, we presented an amazing 90-second intro to launch our community in Kennes. I may be a little biased, but I promise ours was the best. After that, we split into our colour groups that included 2 people from each cohort, 2 JCs, and 1 coordinator. We had some fun ice breakers. To finish off our day, we heard from Neill Lazarus about the Arab-Israeli conflict and how North America fits into it. It was a very controversial discussion, and sparked a really great talk within our group.
Today was filled with 200+ awesome, interesting people who were such a pleasure to meet and talk to.
Goodnight, Toronto!
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