1/7/09
7AM- Wake up to roomates getting ready for yet another long day.
7:30- Breakfast consisting of: Chocolate croissant, noodles, salad, OJ, and coffee.
8AM- Countoff=Ready to Roll. We proceed down one of the windiest roads ever.
Safed: Mystical, barren land. Few people in a descent size town. First time we were able to shop around and visit some older Synagogues. My favorite part was visting the Kabbalah artist David Friedman. It was my first time seeing art that could incorporate Science and Religion. Being an Engineer I believe a great deal in Science and liked how David found a way to combine it with relgion, he quoted Einstein "Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind."
For Lunch I had Shwarma, which is an authentic Israeli snack and it was pretty good. It has some odd looking vegetables and was turned off by the fact that the employees hands looked dirty and had cuts on his fingernails with no gloves.
We picked up our three soldiers who will be hanging out with us for the next couple of days. Life as an Israeli young adult is much different. After we visited a cave and got to see where Israel meets the Meditarranean in the North. Their were some amazing views and history at the location.
Jeremy Moskowitz
About Me
- Cornell Hillel Taglit-Birthright Israel
- In January 2009, 32 Jewish Cornell students are traveling in Israel with Cornell Hillel on a 10 day Taglit - Birthright Israel trip. This blog chronicles their experiences during and after the trip to share with parents, family, and friends.
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Itinerary
- Day 1: Tiberias
- Day 2: Banias River, Golan Heights
- Day 3: Safed, Rosh Hanikra
- Day 4: Kinneret, Beit Shean, Jerusalem
- Day 5: Jerusalem: Jewish Quarter, MAchane Yehuda Market
- Day 6: Shabbat in Jerusalam
- Day 7: Tel Avia: Independance Hal, Jaffa, Rabin Square
- Day 8:Jerusalem: Geopolitics of Jerusalem, Teedek program, Yad Vashem
- Day 9: Jerusalem: Mt. Herzl, Masada
- Last Day- Day 10: Dead Sea, Camel ride, Beit Guvrin Caves
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