Friday, July 17 was the official start of my program as well as the beginning of the free weekend for Myriam's Habonim Dror Program. I needed to pick her up at the bus at 10:30 and be to the Conservative Yeshiva by 12:30. This is doable IF the bus isn't late--what are the odds of THAT happening?? Sure enough, the Habonim Bus arrived at 11:15 and I had my flatmate tell the Yeshiva that I might be a few minutes late to the luncheon.
Blog Activity: The name of the place where I met the bus is on the sign in the picture-what is it in Hebrew and English?
Myriam brought some friends with her for the weekend and luckily they all had rolling suitcases. My flat is about a 40 minute walk from the bus and the girls were really tired when we got there. On the way to the flat we stopped for food at the corner take out. Like many in Jerusalem this one offers many choices of pre-made food for Shabbat. They display the food around the room in large containers and the girls had a good time picking different types of food to try. After we got back to the flat and they rested for a little while I walked them back to Emek Refa'im where they were going to have lunch and visit the shops and Friday flea market while I went to the Yeshiva.
At the Yeshiva, they were just getting started with introductions and lunch. We heard about the classes being offered and I met the other participants who had received a Legacy Heritage Fellowship. There are 22 of us in this program and throughout the three weeks we will have the opportunity to meet together as well as attend the classes at the Conservative Yeshiva. These classes are open to anyone who wants to study in Jerusalem. Every morning they offer three hours of Ulpan and in the afternoon there are text classes such as midrash, halacha, psalms, etc. The orientation ended at about 3:30 pm which gave us just about enough time to go home, get changed and come back to the Fuchsberg Center for Kabbalat Shabbat services and dinner.
When we got back to the flat, the girls were there chilling and checking their emails, something they hadn't been able to do while on their trip. We all got changed and walked back to the Fuchsberg Center and attended Moreshet Yisrael for services and then we went into the guest house for dinner. After dinner we walked back to the flat, it takes about thirty five minutes each way, and everyone was exhausted and went to sleep. The girls fell asleep before we even went to bed!
Blog Activity: What is the name of the synagogue located at the Fuchsberg Center in Jerusalem? See if you can find a picture of it online.
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