View from Mishmar Ha’emek Kibbutz
Mishmar Ha’emek Kibbutz
View from Mishmar Ha’emek Kibbutz
Author: rachelwortmann
I am currently a senior at Westtown School. I want to study business in college and am currently taking Business and Society ADV. and economics so that I have a smooth transition to college. I am also taking PreCalculus, Writing with Power, Religion and Social Change ADV, Spanish 5/6 ADV. and Photography 3 ADV. I am Chief Admissions Ambassador Head, Fashion Club Founder and Chief Head and finally Amicus (yearbook) Chief Editor.
Near the western wall
Photocreds: Nico’s phone
Day #1: continued…
Nothing hits you harder than seeing the type of poverty you’ve read about, seen films of and researched. The salty desert sand touched my lips and stuck on the busride back to the hotel.
After our talk with Eid we were given time to walk about the camp and school yard. I wandered off on my own a little bit with both cameras (digital and film) around my neck and my backpack hanging behind me. I took an entire roll of film about the camp: from the broken playground equipment to the shack-homes themselves. After a few minutes I noticed I had a small posse growing behind me. Little girls from about 3-7 years old dressed in mis-matched outfits covered in desert dust and smiles kept pointing to my backpack with clever grins. I hadn’t realized we would be visiting the camp: otherwise I would’ve brought something like stickers or notebooks to give but all i had was my cameras, hand lotion, water bottle and hand sanitizer. The girls started grabbing at my backpack so I turned and kneeled in the land to be at eye level.
Day #1: Jerusalem and Bedouin Camp
Today began with breakfast from 7:15-8:00 AM. The meal was held right downstairs off the hotel lobby into the restaurant area. When we first arrived last night we were brought fresh fruit baskets to our rooms and were offered orange juice upon entrance. This morning there was a modest buffet of traditional Israeli breakfast foods including soft cheeses, humus, pita (which seems to be part of EVERY meal) egg omelets, and most importantly a coffee machine. I enjoyed cucumbers and carrots as well.
After breakfast an older gentlemen in a striped button-down shirt, blazer, and corduroy pants greeted us in the lobby, ready to take us on a walking tour of the Old City. Our tour guide, Mohammad, started down the street, as we hurried along to keep up. The entire morning was spent walking in and out of streets within the Old City. One of the highlights of the morning was visiting the Western (Wailing) Wall. Continue reading “Day #1: Jerusalem and Bedouin Camp”
The Bedouins ar…
The Bedouins are like fish in the ocean. If you remove the fish from the ocean, it dies.
~Bedouin Refugee
Off to Israel/Palestine We Go!
A visual of what our 12 hour voyage looks like
An Introduction
Hi, my name is Rachel and I’m going to Israel/Palestine for my Senior Project.
The start of any student’s enthusiasm for their Senior Project starts long before their Senior year begins. Mine began in the sixth grade when I first came to Westtown and heard of these high school seniors traveling all around the globe for two weeks in the middle of their senior year. Although Senior Projects were a long way away, I could tell that my Senior Project was going to be special. Continue reading “An Introduction”
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