May 29th – Shavuot holiday, Itai and Ariel, and other current events

Kibbutz Nir-Oz celebrated Shavuot with 500 guests, succulent quiches, salads, south american flutes and the usual array of breads, cheeses and kibbutz choirs.
I like the beautiful getting ready scenes
As for me, personally, admitting to a case of the flu, I spent my ‘erev hag’ (evening before the holiday) preparing report cards for my classes from [...]

Bar Gal-On talks about JITLI, a wonderful project in leadership and co-existence

 
On Tuesday, June 10th, 2008, I interviewed Bar Gal-On, a member of Kibbutz Bror Hayil, a student at Sha’ar HaNegev High School and a participant in the unique JITLI programme.
Name: Bar Gal-On
Age: 18
Address: Kibbutz Bror-Hayil, Negev (kibbutz site in Hebrew)
Q: (Judih): Hi Bar, I’ve been wanting to ask you about a program you’re involved in [...]

Let My People Know!

Intro – who, where, what, when
Hi. My name’s Judih and I live and teach school in an area east of the Gaza strip. The kibbutzim and settlements in this zone of Israel make up the area called “Otef Azza” – “Surrounding Gaza” as you could loosely translate.
For awhile now, we’ve been experiencing sniper bullets aimed [...]