Rebecca

Sunday

• Pardes in Jerusalem: Judaism 101 and Life Cycle/Halachot (5hrs)
• Hebrew tutor in modern Hebrew poetry in Jerusalem (2hrs)
• DFI Seminar planning committee (va’ad) work (1hr)

Monday

• Studio and field day: developed a series of watercolor paintings the content of which examined Israel and the Occupation. Presented work to an artist/mentor every 3 weeks for critique. Studio-time plus traveled throughout the country conducting interviews, exploring the issues, etc. (9hrs)

Tuesday

• DFI Seminar planning committee (va’ad) work (3hrs)
• Learned with a curator of the Tel Aviv Art Museum RE: artistic representations of the body in 19th-21st Century Israeli Art (“From Ghetto Jew to Pioneer to Modern Warrior”) (2hrs)
• Basketball league at the local matnas (community center)

Wednesday

• Traveled to Beer Sheva to run an English ulpan for Bedouin NGO directors at Shatil plus volunteering RE: Bedouin land rights (10hrs)
• DFI Seminar planning committee (va’ad) work (3 hrs)

Thursday

• Dorot Seminar Day (6-16hrs)

Friday

• Volunteered at school for foreign workers and refugees as a sports coach (3 hrs)
• Arranged weekly pot-luck Shabbat dinner as an “open house” to meet more young Israelis.

Shabbat

• Beach
• Bed
• Books