Well, this past sunday, I finally started my program. We started in Jerusalem, so I took the bus there sunday evening. We stayed in Jerusalem for 4 days in a really nice hostel. The first week was just gtting to know each other, orientation about the program, tours around Jerusalem, and then one day in Tel Aviv about Jewish identity. So far, the program has been going really well. Its a very small group, only 12 participants, and it is a very international group. There are 5 americans, including me, 3 french girls, 3 russians, and 1 british guy. To say there is a language barrier would be an understatement. The french and the russians know very little english, and of course all our tours and discussions have been in english, so its been a real
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