The Night Spectacular: Sound and Light at the Tower of David

Last Wednesday, my family and I went to an outdoor light show. The light show was about the history of Jerusalem. We saw the Canaanites, Israelites, Babylonians, Persians, and Greeks. We also saw the Romans, Early Christians, Early Muslims, Crusaders and the Mameluks. There was also the Ottoman Empire, British Mandate, and last but not least, STATE OF ISRAEL! The show was at the Tower of David Museum which is an ancient citadel that’s just inside Jaffa Gate at the Old City. It was really cool because the show was on the walls of the Tower of David. It was awesome and I loved it.

photo courtesy of GoJerusalem.com

Kibbutz Gezer

Last week, my family and I went to Kibbutz Gezer. We learned about Kibbutzim in school and how all the members participate in farming and different jobs, but today not all Kibbutzim are like that. There are many Kibbutzim where they don't farm anymore and they have swimming pools, gyms, factories and modern technology. On Kibbutz Gezer, they don't farm themselves, but they have workers who do all sorts of gardening. They have wheat fields, orchards and dairy cows. They also have the first baseball field built in Israel, and they still play on it. It's a really beautiful place and the members are lucky to live there.

Camping at J.L.

In the last post by Ella, you learned about the music, booths, and swimming at the Jacob’s Ladder Festival. But you didn’t learn about the camping part of the festival. You can camp anywhere so everyone was camped really close together because everybody wanted to get a good, shady, flat spot. There was also football lights all night which was fine with us because we didn’t bring flashlights. But it was NOT fine when they were still on at 2:00 in the morning. It wasn’t like the camping we usually do because we usually have a cooking stove, lantern, and a tent that can fit 9 people. Even though we didn’t have all of our gear, camping at the Jacob’s Ladder Festival was really fun and when you all go to Israel, I hope you will go to the Jacob’s Ladder Festival too.

Jacob's Ladder Festival: The Water Works

The Jacob's Ladder Festival was one of the most fun experiences of Israel so far. The festival was a camping music festival right next to one of the nicest hotels in the north. There was music all day and it was all sorts of music, such as classic rock, folk and blues. There were tents with all kinds of food, there was a juggling tent for kids, but for me, the best part was the water. The whole campsite was right next to the Kinneret. The Kinneret is the lake of the Galilee. It's a beautiful spot to swim and have a nice time. We swam a lot in the Kinneret and it was so much fun. My mom and I swam out really far and I jumped off the dock eleven times (don't worry, everyone was doing it)! It was so awesome. There was also a pool that was open because it was so hot. It belonged to the hotel and we went in there a lot, too. It was all really fun and I had a blast!