Remembering Our Past and Living In the Moment in the Present | Shorashim - Israel with Israelis

Remembering Our Past and Living In the Moment in the Present

Hannah Littman

We started our morning off leaving our Jerusalem hotel and heading to the Yad Vashem museum. We had an amazing tour guide and learned so much while remembering such a tragic event. A lot of the things we had discussed the night before resonated with us as we walked through the museum.

We then traveled to the Negev Desert to Ben Gurion's grave where we learned about the significance of Ben Gurion and why he wanted to be buried there. We watched the sunset from his grave. After that we headed to the Bedouin tents where we had dinner and did some activities led by the Israelis on our trip.

We learned and participated in the Bedouin hospitality where they fed us, gave us tea, and invited us into their community. They started a secret buddy event for our group where we each have one person as our secret buddy and give them something special throughout the rest of our trip. We slept in the tents that night, which was fun!