Election Day

We don't have class today because it's Israeli elections for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.

The weekend was a lot of fun, besides the rappeling. The cliff was about 80 feet high, and was really nothing special. After that we went to a bedouin tent and met up with a trippy guide who called himself Avraham and said he was from 3000 years ago. We were fed like Kings, made smores by fire and played card games at night, just the sports track. We never made it to the Dead Sea, and instead we went a nice, leisure hike. We got back to our apartment around 1:30. Jeremy went to have Shabbat with Moshe, Mike went to the Hostel, and I stayed at the apartments to clean it up because it was an absolute mess. Saturday night we played in our Yeshiva basketball league, which was ironically versus Mikes Yeshiva team. We lost 37-42, mostly in part because Mikes team had a ex-semi pro baller who had 27 points. He's a giant. I didn't do too much, but I wasn't really trying to. It was funny because Avi and Bonnie came to watch the game because the three of us were playing, and none of us did anything. Jeremy had a very poor game, and Mike and I didn't do a whole lot. Mike played well, but he didn't do a lot because he didn't have to.
Sunday was a regular old day. I went to the gym and played basketball. Yesterday we had class and night went to a really important Israeli soccer match, #4Beiter Jerusalem versus #3 Hapoel Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv killed them 4-0, and the crowd was going wild ( it was in Tel-Aviv). The fans there are nuts. A lot of people got kicked out during the game, and after the game there was some crazy fights.

I'm about to meet up with a good friend that I went to camp with years back. Tomorrow is Mike's birthday, so I think we'll celebrate tonight. This weekend is the designated Mike Levy Birthday weekend. There's a year course organized Valentines party on thursday, DJed by our good friend Sammy Dennison. Friday a group of 20 are going to Tel Aviv with Mike to spend the weekend. The problem for me is weeks ago, without looking at the dates, I had planned to spend the weekend with family. With end of the section things coming up, and me being gone on Marva, I'm rarely going to get to see them. I need to figure things out, but worst case scenario I'm with them Friday and Saturday, and Saturday night I spend with Mike. Jeremy, Mike and I have been spending a lot of time with eachother lately, aware of the fact our days are numbered together. Mike and Jeremy were introduced to a new Israel Experience option called Youth Village. It's like volunteering in a little community of high schoolers, some from Darfur and other places in the world. It sounded perfect for them, and the village is right next to Tel Aviv. It's a shame we're getting split up. A part of me wants to do Youth Village with them, but I made a commitment and I'm sticking to it. Still, there's no doubt at the end of the program, the greatest memory I'll have was living with Jeremy and Mike for 6 months, doing nearly everything together.

Jakey G