If you're reading this, it means that you're in America, and I'm missing you very, very much!
I haven't left yet, but I thought in my first post, I'd give a quick idea of what it is I'll actually be up to over the next year.
From September to November, I'll be staying at an Army Base called Sde Boker in the heart of the Negev desert. There, I will participating in a program called Marva, which is essentially a basic army training program, similar to what Israeli teens my age actually undertake when they leave high school. I'll also be taking A LOT of hebrew classes!
From December to February, I'll be volunteering and studying in Jerusalem. What each will consist of is still a mystery, but I'll be posting it soon enough! I'm unbelievably excited for this section, since I'll be spending both Channukah and Purim in the heart of the Jewish Community!
The first week of March, I'll be leaving Israel for a short period of time for a trip to study Jewish life and history in Poland. We'll be learning about village life prior to the mass Eastern-European migrations all the way up to the Holocaust and it's impact on Polish Jewish life.
For the rest of March until May, I'll be volunteering in Bat Yam, which is a small suburb outside Tel Aviv and taking more classes. Don't know what those are going to be either...
After Sikkum during the last week of May, I will probably be exploring Israel a little more, and then returning to the states to see all of you in early June!
Hope you enjoy the blog! There will be much to come!
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