4/9/14
At the end of the day we all met up at the JCC to talk about our ISS committees. Chris and Nir, with the help from our awesome JC’s, led an activity to teach us how to create a vision and focused mission statement for planning a week of activities in Israel this summer. We created a core base for what we want our community week in Israel to be. We want it to be fun, to let us experience different cultures, learn the politics, and overall what life is like as a Israeli teen. The program ended around 6:30 and then we were given the night off. It was a great day and we still have many more to come!
-Yael Itskowitz
On Wednesday, the Americans went to school and most of the Israelies met up at the JCC to start a full day of volunteering. From what I heard they had an amazing time helping people in need and making a difference in Pittsburgh. First they volunteered with repairing the World Organization and in the afternoon they did Habitat for Humanity. In Habitat for Humanity they painted a house, fixed a garden, and generally cleaned up all the garbage. They made a huge impact volunteering.
Four of the girls from Israel; Yuval, Inbar, Sapir, and Yotal, came with me to school since it was the last day before my spring break. I was really excited to introduce them to all my friends and teachers. They shadowed my math, english, ivrit, and history class and then they joined everyone else to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. Everyone loved meeting them and they enjoyed learning in my classes with me. It is a very different experience than they were used to which opened up my eyes and theirs to different ways of learning in school.
At the end of the day we all met up at the JCC to talk about our ISS committees. Chris and Nir, with the help from our awesome JC’s, led an activity to teach us how to create a vision and focused mission statement for planning a week of activities in Israel this summer. We created a core base for what we want our community week in Israel to be. We want it to be fun, to let us experience different cultures, learn the politics, and overall what life is like as a Israeli teen. The program ended around 6:30 and then we were given the night off. It was a great day and we still have many more to come!
-Yael Itskowitz