Our New Home!

Our New Home!
Our New Home!

Sunday, January 16, 2011

"This says it all"


"This says it all"
              -Evan

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Farewell Party

                                                      Farewell Party


Thank you Dvora and Kenny
 for a fantastic party.

Thank you Dr. Beryl for your
Parsha classes.

"Bayla's Angels"
Shana & Vered

Thank you David for the great
 food in the dining room.

Thank you Raya for
EVERYTHING!!


Thank you Steve for a GREAT song!!

Thank you Chanan for coordinating all
the great events with the high school kids.

Thank you Kulanu kids for making our 3rd
Ba'aretz trip a memorable and rewarding
experience for all.





To the tune of Honkey Tonk Women by the Rolling Stones

They landed here El Al in mid October
They didn’t have a clue ‘bout what’s in store
Made it through three months so think it over
Leaving now but they just want some more

Chorus:
Sing a song say so long to Kulanu
They made their mark in style for me and you

He’s full of smile Max D he’s Mr. Friendly
Watch out now he hugs with all his might
Made his mark right in the Chadar Ochel
And when he starts to dance he’s out of sight

Chorus

Max K well yeah he seems a little quiet
 Hey who needs lots of noise to make your day?
But when it’s time for work better watch out
He must be a kibbutznik they all say

Chorus
Zach he’s our deep thinker don’t you know it
And if you ask he’ll share some thought with you
They love him at the Kol Bo who can blame them
He’ll be your friend and teach a midrash too

Chorus

Get ready cause he’s got a lot of questions
Yonatan he’s friends with me and you
Just don’t come late, make sure you shave each morning
I gotta go they need me at the zoo

Chorus

Who’s that girl on hikes she’s number one now
The laundry queen –sweaters, shirts and socks
She keeps the boys in line she’ll have some fun now
Bayla Beinstock she can really rock

Chorus


Evan said hey it was fun the last time
I’ll work a little and soak up Israeli sun
He learned a little Hebrew in the meantime
יאללה חלאס די כבר יונתן!!

Chorus

Let’s give it up for Kenny and Dvora
Made it through these mild winter days
Hiked a lot and ordered lots of pizza
What will they do until the summer days?


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Final week Activities

Friday morning we walked through
parts of Bet She'an National  Park.

Crossing the "Gesher"


Max and Mordy checking
out the great views.




                            A big thanks to Judy for teaching us
                     how to make home-made hummus.



Basketball with the high school kids.



Art with the high school kids.




Party Time....Thanks to Chanan
 and the gang for all the good times !!!




Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Pizza Making, Rosh Hanikra with the Dwek family and Acre

Saturday night Kenny brought over his
portable pizza oven and we all got to make
our own personal pies.




That's not a bowling ball....
that's a pomelo!!



Yonaton helping Kenny paint
one of the bunk houses.



Bayla's brother Sholom making a
surprise visit to the Kibbutz



Steven, Jo, Abie, Zeke and Jake Dwek
arrving on Kibbutz to visit with Max......and
 to travel with us to Rosh Hanikra.



Rosh Hanikra


   Yes..... we were that close to Lebanon. In fact,
the border was about 100 yards to our left.

Cable car to take us to the grattoe's.


The beautiful grottoes at Rosh Hanikra resulted
from an ongoing geological process over thousands of
 years.  It all began with a series of underground shocks
 that ripped gapes into the bedrock.  Rainwater
penetrated and dissolved the bedrock forming tunnels
and sea caves (grottoes)







 Acre (Hebrew)  Akko (Arabic)

Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities
in Israel.  The walls of the city, its fortresses and citadels,
 its churches and mosques and its many other buildings
within its boundries, tell the history of the many rulers
who governed it and fought for it, who built the city and
 who glorified it.




In Acre, you can see the "fingerprints" of many peoples
 and religious movements such as the Canaanites, the
 Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Crusaders,
 the Mamelukes, the Turks and the British.  Today Acre has a Jewish population close to 50,000.





Walking the Old City of Acre on
the way to the famous Shuks.