Tuesday May 4-Hadag Nachash

Went to a Hadag Nachash concert tonight. MASA, the organization that gives all jewish people money to go on one of their 200 extended stay in israel programs, has all these free events in addition to the money they gave us for coming. So tonight was their Hadag Nachash event. There are currently 9000 kids particpaitng in MASA events right now- they range from 5 months programs, like mine, to year long programs. Its for hight school, college students and other people too. So tonight they had a hugeeeeeeeee concert and bussed in all the MASA particpants from the entire country ot Jerusalem. Hadag Nachash is this amazingggg Israeli rap band. They came to binghamton and performed my freshman year, which I loved, and ive been listeing to them since my USY days so im a big fan. They are soooooooooo goood! But- before they performed they did a MASA presentation where speakers from MASA got up and talked about the organization. Then they had a student whose on Nativ, who I was actually friends with in USY, make a video of her year long experience in israel so we watched that. Then--- NETANYAHU--- the prime minister of israel- made a reallly big speeech!! He was really cool. Spoke very casually, very down to earth. Didnt use any of the annoying political terms, spoke very casually. It was basically a speech about making Aliyah and making Israel our permanent home. Not suprising. But he was a good speaker, nothing fancy. and he was veyr funny. Thennnn the concert!! it was sooo goood- the whole place was screaming and dancing the wholeeee timeeee!! Busses of kids came from everywhere- tel aviv, bersheva, everywereeeeee there were sooo many people! I saw people I knew frome every school and every program