so its been about a week here and not a whole lot has changed but I thought I would write anyway. I'm still working in the kitchen but its better now because I know where everything is and the woman knows my name - though she still calls me Lily sometimes. Shabbat was very relaxing and I ate dinner with a family on the kibbutz. Even though they were from New Jersey I still learned some interesting things - such as it is cheaper for the kibbutz to sell milk from the dairy and buy outside milk than to just use the milk it makes itself. Biobee is also doing quite well this year selling its specially engineered bees which can pollinate extra well or something like that. Basically I've learned that as authentic as Sde Eliyahu is it still incorporates itself into Israeli society. I don't think anyone expects kibbutzim to be able to function completely by themselves. I also spent time talking to kids on the Young Judea Year Course which was fun and I actually saw someone I knew from BBYO. There are also two kids from Yeshiva in Jerusalem who left after Passover and are spending the next 5 weeks on kibbutz.
The other thing I find interesting is that all the Americans on the kibbutz, there arent that many, keep telling us to make aliyah. One even said "when you get your ass in gear and move over here" or something like that. Its starting to get a little annoying.
So tonight is Yom Hazikaron and there is a ceremony tonight with members of the kibbutz who lost family members in wars. I've heard that its a quite moving ceremony and I am looking forward to seeing how the coutnry commemorates the day and then transitions into Yom Ha'atzmaut.
Thats all for now - I shall write more after the holidays
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I remember Yom HaZikaron being very good but I didn't understand much. There were some residents of Sde Eliahu who have died in wars recently, I think there was a fairly young man who died in Lebanon in the mid or late 90s. I can probably find his name on my blog if you want.
You should talk to the people from the yeshiva - I'll bet they have extremely different views on Israel and Judaism from you.
I remember when Jacob Heller left kibbutz, before the rest of us, he was explaining to some of the workers that he was going home. They responded that he may be going to where his house is or his parents are, but he was leaving his home, Israel. You get used to the demands that you move.
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