Went to a swearing in ceremony of the new soldiers at the kotel tonight. When new soldiers enter the army, they have giant swearing in ceremonies throughout ISrael-usually either up north or at the Kotel. It was all in hebrew so I didnt understand what they were saying, but very high up officials speak, they sing the israeli national anthem, and one at a time the israeli soldiers recieve their guns. It was reallly really cool. They Kotel was packed with family and friends of the new soliders + tourists going to watch. All the ramah berkshires people had a friend that was being sworn in. An american boy who worked at their camp with them so they wanted to go which is how I found out about it. There were special flags at the kotel and they lit a giant torch. Tons of soldiers were being sworn in, I dont know exactly how many because it was so crowded, but there were a ton. People were both screaming and crying. Its a very emotinal thing for a lot of parents because its when their children grow up- at age 18 they leave and serve in the army. It was a really cool thing to see. It was something I really wanted to see before I left!
Going to tel aviv tomorrow morning to stay with Jodi for a night. We're going to walk around the artist market and yafo area (which was on my list) and go to the beach saturday. its supposed to be in the 80's yayaya!!
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