Today, the Israelis arrived at
5:40am at JFK airport. Although it was early, Leah met them and they spent the
day touring southern New York. They started by touring Ellis Island and seeing
the Statue of Liberty, and after some fun in Battery Park, they got pizza for
lunch (according to Ariel- “The pizza slices in the USA are HUGE!”). After lunch,
they had a scavenger hunt on the Lower East Side that included such places as
Katz’s Deli and Yona Schimmel's Knishery. They learned about what it was like to be an
immigrant to America throughout the day. They all agreed: NYC is one of the
coolest cities in the world! As different as it is from Rishon Lezion, they all
decided that it was a pretty cool place to hang out, and they couldn't wait to
see what the rest of the day would hold.
Check out the mission that needed to be completed at Streit's Matzo Factory during the Diller Amazing Race: Jewish Lower East Side by watching this video!
After leaving Manhattan, the Israelis came to Metro LeZion.
Finally, the moment we’d all been waiting for: the Israelis had arrived. The
Americans showed their excitement about their arrival by hiding in the closets
in order to surprise the Israelis once they had arrived. The whole group played
several icebreakers in order to introduce the Israelis to the Americas; these
icebreakers thanks to the Welcome Committee. It was such a cool experience-
getting to meet all 20 of the people we’d spent the last few months talking to
and trying to get to know. Although we were all super tired after our first
meeting as a full Metro LeZion cohort, we’re all so excited to get to learn,
play, cheer, laugh, and grow as people over the next 10 days. Welcome to NAS!
- Micaela Kaplan & Max Needle
- Micaela Kaplan & Max Needle
