"When we have a bad day, 14 bad days, or even more...The thing that we want to do the most is to feel we are not alone, and to share. Well, the last hour was definitely my today's highlight! This is why we have communities. This is why I do what I do. Every winter and summer, I have the honor to build a new community with both Israelis and Americans. We share a funny and beautiful time, but the most important- a hard time too. And what a better time we have to reunion and feel a part from something bigger? Thank you #bus248 Shorashim #birthright for being there on this complicated time!" - Lior Shemesh, Israeli tour educator