The last day of Jitli summer trip 2008
We got up very late, sleeping in Suliman tent and the last party in Segev Shalom, took many sleeping hours from us.
The first meeting that day was with Amal ElSana. You can see her lecture in the last post. She spoke to the teenagers as future leaders and suggested to them: do or act with your belief what you must do. To be a leader is not a question how old you are. nothing is impossible. Keep asking questions and always keep finding answers to your questions. If you will not be part of a solution you will remain part of the problem.
Before dinner every participant summed up in writing: what is Jitli for me? What was the most significant event during the summer trip? What I will never forget…. For example Dor wrote: Jilli for me was a great deep experience, it was not a kind of trip with friends, it is a project that gets you and your friends to think , some time you feel that no one listens to you but finally, you understand that you touch the heart of all the teenagers, staff, everyone. The most significant event for me was my feelings, storm of feelings that I passed and I am sure that every one of us the teenagers felt a strong feelings of great belonging. It was the most amazing feeling during this trip, I will never forget our visit in the Afro-American church when they mentioned our mane and purposes in this trip all the prayer stood up and clapped for us.
The last activity was about stereotypes. Before the trip every participant from all the communities answered a questionnaire about his point of view on Israeli Jews, American Jews, Muslim Bedouins, and they got the same questionnaire in the last day. We checked if there was any change in the stereotypes after the journey. The answers were conclusive about change, many of the stereotypes smashed. After last supper together the American participants went to the airport and the others to their homes. Jitli summer trip 2008 comes to its end.
I want to thank the Jacobs family for this unique experience. Gary and Jerri-Ann you are really wonderful people- idealistic warm and proud Jews.
I will continue to publish in this blog about Jitli
The first meeting that day was with Amal ElSana. You can see her lecture in the last post. She spoke to the teenagers as future leaders and suggested to them: do or act with your belief what you must do. To be a leader is not a question how old you are. nothing is impossible. Keep asking questions and always keep finding answers to your questions. If you will not be part of a solution you will remain part of the problem.
Before dinner every participant summed up in writing: what is Jitli for me? What was the most significant event during the summer trip? What I will never forget…. For example Dor wrote: Jilli for me was a great deep experience, it was not a kind of trip with friends, it is a project that gets you and your friends to think , some time you feel that no one listens to you but finally, you understand that you touch the heart of all the teenagers, staff, everyone. The most significant event for me was my feelings, storm of feelings that I passed and I am sure that every one of us the teenagers felt a strong feelings of great belonging. It was the most amazing feeling during this trip, I will never forget our visit in the Afro-American church when they mentioned our mane and purposes in this trip all the prayer stood up and clapped for us.
The last activity was about stereotypes. Before the trip every participant from all the communities answered a questionnaire about his point of view on Israeli Jews, American Jews, Muslim Bedouins, and they got the same questionnaire in the last day. We checked if there was any change in the stereotypes after the journey. The answers were conclusive about change, many of the stereotypes smashed. After last supper together the American participants went to the airport and the others to their homes. Jitli summer trip 2008 comes to its end.
I want to thank the Jacobs family for this unique experience. Gary and Jerri-Ann you are really wonderful people- idealistic warm and proud Jews.
I will continue to publish in this blog about Jitli
love you all
itzik koren
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