Elections...

Well, I'm not one to say anything about politics because I know next to nothing about it... but I'm pretty disappointed about the elections this year, and all I can say is I'll be 18 in under a year and I have every intention in voting as soon as I'm old enough...

I'm back!

Except that I haven't quite formulated my answer to the question "How was it?" because the normal answers aren't quite appropriate. Not that it wasn't fun- I couldn't find a better word for dancing at a Melave Malka in the Yeshiva in Gur... but I guess the best thing to say would be that it was, um, meaningful. I learned a lot although I did not particularly enjoy being in Poland of all places... by yesterday afternoon all I wanted was to get home. What else is there to say? A lot of it was depressing and hard, the hotel rooms weren't fun, the food was all brought over from here. But the best thing about being in Poland was definitely the buses. I'll give them that. Polish buses have bathrooms, fold-out tables, little baskets in front of the seats... but the best part is: the driver loads the suitcases...
And that's all for now!

I'm going to Poland...

I have to be at Binyanei Hauma in Jerusalem at 1:45 tonight or tomorrow morning (whichever way you choose to look at it), and at 6:15 I'll be on the plane to Katovitch, Poland. Then I'll be spending 8 days at sites that have significance to Jewish history or the Holocaust. I'll be learning a lot and seeing a lot, and I'll report back here when I get home!

The Week that Was

Well, I would say everything that happened this week revolved either around Purim or my upcoming trip to Poland this Monday.
Shabbat: The last Shabbat before Purim is always spent in school. That was fun...
Sunday: The Purim party in school.
Monday: Ta'anit Esther, and a tour in Yad Vashem.
Tuesday: Purim! (I still owe you a picture.)
Wednesday: Shushan Purim, shopping in preparation for my trip.
Thursday: A preparatory talk with a psychologist.
That's all! Have a good week!

Happy Purim!

Have a great time with whatever you do on Purim or whenever you celebrate it! I'll be dressing up as my sister Mira, meaning I'm going to wear all of her clothes, she straightened my hair, and I'll wear tons of Michal Negrin jewelry. Pictures will show up at some point...
Chag Sameach!

Slow news week...

Yeah, well after I got back from Eilat, which I already posted about, nothing really happened... Have a good week!

Eilat II

I just got back from Eilat again, this time on a "tiyul shnati" (=a yearly overnight trip with school) and, OMG, it was great! We did a ton of hiking and we're all really sore, we took a boat ride with singing and dancing, we stayed in a hotel... and so many other things.