TL-46-171 Update 2

Hello friends, family, and loved ones,

Bus #171 had an amazing time in Israel! We hiked Masada at sunrise and shared a beautiful B’nei Mitzvah ceremony for 4 of the participants, visited Yad Vashem, the military cemetery at Mount Herzl, toured the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, floated in the Dead Sea, went to the beach in Tel Aviv, and then took a graffiti tour in the city of Florentine (where we learned that Israel is #1 in the world for graffiti art), had a lovely dinner in Jaffa and then hugged each other as we said Lehitraot (which we learned in Hebrew means Goodbye, for Now). In ten short days our group went from strangers schvitzing in the airport at LAX to coming home as a mishpachah (Jewish Family)! 

Sincerely,

Lauren Gutin & Ariana Arakelian