Shalom from JERUSALEM!!!

Wednesday began on a very somber note as we started our day with a trip to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum and memorial. To try and put our emotions into words in an email would be very difficult. Seeing the history of such a terrible senseless genocide as we toured the museum and memorials was enough to make anyone cry, and the NCSY TJJ Bus 3 Family was no exception.

From Yad Vashem we travelled a short way to Har Hertzel where we took in the military cemetery.  We were moved by learning all about the different conflicts that the IDF has fought in and the people who have defended our Jewish State. The NCSY TJJ Bus 3 Family visited the graves of many of Israel’s leaders including Theodore Hertzel, Golda Meir, and Yizhak Rabin as well as many IDF heroes including Yoni Netanyahu and Michael Levin who originally was from Philadelphia.  We learned about these political and military heros, their lives, and how each of in their own way gave everything to ensure a Jewish State.

We finished the day with the present by visiting Stand with Us, an organization that teached how to combat anti- Israel sentiments.

Goodnight for now as we have a 5:45 AM wake up for Masada!

Best,

Rabbi Yitz

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