BUS 1058: SARAH DICKSTEIN
Today was such an incredible day, just like all of the other days of the trip! Today we got up at 6:30 like a normal day on bus 1058. We loaded up the bus and made our way into Jerusalem. We got some time to shop around Jerusalem and then we went on our way to the Western Wall or the Kotel. Seeing the Kotel for the first time was truly incredible. It was not as big as I expected it to be but I still took it in. When we got closer to the wall it felt more and more real. Person
BUS 1058: LEXI PUMILIA
Usually they say time flies when you’re having fun, and this is both true and untrue for the past six days. The truth is in the fun and the not so true part is that time has flown by. Our days begin at 6:30 AM and end somewhere between the hours of midnight and 2:00 AM, so we have pretty packed schedules. The past six days have been spent in Jaffa, spontaneously scaling mountains, climbing Masada, hiking in mud, taking the not-so-easy paths to get from Point A to Point B, jok
BUS 1058: RACHEL N
When I pictured the moment I would feel most connected to and passionate about Judaism on this trip, I imagined a ton of different scenarios. But I will say this: never in my life did I picture that moment would be when I gracelessly tripped while hiking down Masada. Bus 1058 was about a third of the way down the mountain when it happened. I guess I should have been paying attention to the ground, but I was so awestruck by the breathtaking views and incredible people around m
ALEXANDRA NAU REPORTS ON THE FIRST DAY OF HER TAGLIT-BRITHRIGHT ISRAEL TRIP - WINTER 2013
On a foggy Sunday evening, I, along with about 60 other University of Delaware students made our way to the Philadelphia airport. This journey was for the long anticipated trip to the holy land, the place we have heard about all our lives, and the place where our religions’ history was created. We are attending Taglit Birthright, a ten day free trip to Israel, for a chance of a lifetime. The anticipation of this trip was met with many emotions from our entire group; of exc
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