Today, the theme was sports and minorities which meant a lot of activities and a lot of learning. We first went rafting in the morning, on the Jordan river. It was so fun because some of the teens decided to try to steal the paddles from everyone else's boats. My boat lost our paddles, but got them back with a lot of difficulty. The waterfall was the best part of the rafting where they took pictures of us. After rafting, we ate lunch, where I ate 17 pieces of pizza. I think I was still hungry after, but I digress.
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| Rafting on the Jordan River!!! |
After lunch, we went back to Raymans for sports activities made by the leaders of the day. It was really fun and competitive, but I wish that we also could have done basketball as one of the sports. During the sports activities, the leaders of the day also included facts about minorities in Israel.
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| Jasz, Jeremy, and Henry take a break from the games. |
We had a discussion about the minorities, and then went to the Druze village to learn about their lives and their culture. We learned a lot about the Druze people, including their beliefs of loyalty to whatever country accepts them, and how to be considered a Druze, your mother and father both have to be Druze. The people gave us a great meal including pita with zatar and watermelon. Their hospitality was unbelievable and they told us how much they loved having us in their village. To show our thanks, we gave the people of the village their first ever whoosh, which they were excited about. A woosh is the diller way to say thank you to someone when they do something for us. We make a circle and put them in the middle. Then, we shake our hands and woosh them. It was an incredible day that I thoroughly enjoyed.
--Adam Hoffman
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| The Sports and Minorities Planning Committee at the Druze Village of Sajour. |
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| Zane and Or eating Druze "Pizza" with Zatar, Labne cheese, and Veggies!!! |