Immersion Day 10: Jerusalem

Our first activity on the 10th day was a meeting with a government official.  I am not going to say anything more about that due to safety concerns.

After that meeting, we went to Rawdat al-Zuhur primary school, which is a school for Palestinian youth, including many refugee children.  They work to create hope and opportunity in the lives of these children. 

Above:   (at East Jerusalem)  The “values tree” at Rawdat El Zahur, the school for Palestinian children we visited. Each graduating class (6th grade) adds another word to the tree. Such a lovely idea. 

 

Above:  Group Shot at the school with one of the teachers.  

Our last activity was time at Yad Va Shem:

Above:  (at Yad Vashem - The Holocaust Remembrance)  One of the other things we did today: the Holocaust Remembrance Museum. We were not allowed to take pictures inside.  

Above:  (at Bethlehem, West Bank)  In some of my communities at home, you often hear things like, “dream big.” It is such a tragedy to see what small dreams children in Palestine have. They dream of the simple things that many of us take for granted. So while we dream of peace, I hope that those of us capable of more than dreaming will do our part to make this world the kind of place where no child, no matter their religion, language, gender, or the color of their skin, has to dream of forgetting a wall.

Our trip is getting close to its end.  Our next day will hold meetings with the U.N. and a Christian Zionist organization.

Check out this half hour documentary: