Thursday April 16,  2015

Day 8

Addi

Hi all!!! Today was a very emotional day for all of us. Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. We started our day at the school; Har Vagai, where we attended their Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony. In the ceremony, students from Har Vagai read survivors' stories, sang and danced. We sang the song 'אלי אלי' by Hannah Senesh. In the ceremony we stood for the siren, as did all of Israel. Every year on Yom Hashoah, there is a siren at 10 AM and everyone stands for a moment to pay respect. 

After the ceremony we went to see a play in Kfar Bloom. This play was about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. In the play, a young Jewish boy named Srulik applied for university. He did not make it in, so his parents told him to focus on playing the violin. At his violin lesson, he met the love of his life. Suddenly, one day Srulik's family heard that the German's had conquered Poland and they were forced to leave their homes and move to the Ghetto. After living in the Ghetto with barely any food and in horrible conditions for 3 years, Srulik and his friend decided to start a rebellion against the Nazis. At the end of the play, Srulik, his friend and the love of his life rebelled against the Nazis and were freed from the Warsaw Ghetto. After the war, Srulik got married. Him and his wife built a house and started a family.

This play was in Hebrew so not everybody understood, but Mr. Oren, Aviv and I translated. 

After the play we went back to the school to eat lunch and discuss what we liked about our experience here with the pen pals. 
Today has been a great day and we are all looking forward to continue exploring around Israel!!!