Thank you Shawn.
Noam is an incredible, talented, and charismatic young man- his positive energy is felt
everywhere on Seminar. He is like a gift from heaven for all of us.
Yes- we know Aryeh and Sandra through Debbi. My wife Minda and Debbi are childhood
friends from Memphis. I will definitely be thinking of Aryeh this Shabbat.
I appreciate your email very much- just what I needed before Shabbat!
I look forward to spending Shabbat with Noam, Sophie and the other 15 hanichim.
Shabbat Shalom,
Ed
Rabbi Ed Snitkoff
Director
Ramah Israel Seminar
Jerusalem, Israel
July 19
Over Shabbat, the group of hanichim that stayed in the Hava, had a restful
and fun time with RabbiEd and Minda Snitkoff, Shira Snitkoff (their 22
year old daughter who recently finished her IDF service), Mimi and Daniel
Berman (Mimi is Rosh Shemer), Shuki Goldberg (Rosh Senesh) and Lior
Yadger (who was a madricha and Rosh on Seminar, and program
coordinator on our TRY-Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim semester program).
We all enjoyed celebrating Shabbat together, eating, singing, getting to
know one another, and attending local synagogues.
After Shabbat, we all walked along the new "Train Track Park" that has
been built along the old train line from Jerusalem to Yafo, until we reached
the old Jerusalem train station. The "First Station" was recently renovated
and turned into a major cultural center and meeting place for
Jerusalemites. The hanichim were treated to ice cream (in the words of a
hanicha "This was not just ice cream, but really, really GOOD ice cream.")
The program last evening at the station was a movie night - about a
hundred people watched "Gone With The Wind", while a few hundred
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