Below is what I wrote in response to a prompt in a Civics Class about an issue I care about greatly. And on this Martin Luther King Day, I decided to share it with the rest of you. Although I already participate in the conversation about the Israeli Palestinian Conflict, I have a voice that is rarely heard in
For those of you who have not been paying attention to this issue (which I assume is many since there are a lot of issues circulating the webs right now) the United Nations has moved forward with passing laws that would ban all non Muslims from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This same legislation also seeks to remove that
The second and final Shabbat of Birthright was spent in a Kibbutz not far from Jerusalem. By this time, I was coming to the realization that my trip was coming to a conclusion, and that real life was just around the corner. I spent much of the day reflecting what I had learned. Spent other parts preparing myself for the
The number 7 is seen as divine in Judaism, but I did not feel so as this day completed. This would soon to prove to be the heaviest and darkest day of the entire Birthright Experience. As we headed back to Jerusalem, our destination was the Holocaust Museum, and even an ironic interruption of travel due to a police escort
Day 6 I found myself heading to a place I had long wished to see. The City of Jerusalem beckoned, and I finally came. First I got a chance to explore the Old City. The place was steeped in cultures of the many nations that had risen and fallen within the area of the City. All it really takes is
Today marks Jerusalem Day. This a commemoration of the reunification of Jerusalem after being split apart by the enemies of the Jewish people for so long. This event occurred at the end of the six day war as the entire City of Jerusalem was once again under Israeli and thus Jewish control. To me this is a significant and