In the Galilee

Shabbot Shalom !!!!

Greetings from Kibbutz Miza from the Galilee. We arrived here last Sunday afternoon and have been going ever since.  Our classes run from 8 or so in the morning to 6 at night with a lunch break thrown in. Our only day off will be on the 24th of this month. Sounds intense and it is but in a real good way. The caliber of faculty and students are phenominal. We are learning so much about the history and perspective of both the Jews and the Palestinians who live in this much loved, much fought over land.

Tonight we are going to visit a Druze village and tomorrow we are off to Nazareth and the Sea of Galiliee. The curriculum is wonderful. Besides lectures by some very impressive scholars, the school has many trips planned for us. We visited the Sharon Perez Peace Center this past Tuesday and will be in Jerusalem next Friday for 5 days. We will ahve many stories and adventures to bore all of you with for quite awhile.

So, until next time from this part of the world, Shalom.

Pat