Today is my daughter Sydnie's 12th birthday (Happy Birthday Sydnie !). Can anything really top the day that your first child is born? The answer is a resounding YES if you are in Israel on a Federation mission! We started our day at Yad Vashem with our amazing guide, Hazy. Her insight was invaluable and emotions were raw as we left to climb Mount Herzl. Our group was solemn as everyone processed what we had just seen comparing those who never got a chance to those who became Israel's greatest leaders. After a quick lunch we headed to a Better Place, (literally and figuratively) which is one of the world's leading electric vehicle infrastructure companies. Some of us drove the car and some of us were happy just to ride along but we were all happy that they had a coffee machine! It really seems to be a viable solution to our dependence on oil. Did I mention that we then left in a large diesel bus? Our destination was Maganda Restaurant where we heard some inspirational stories about the MASA program. As if we needed more inspiration, we were treated to a show at Na'lagaat Theater in Jaffa called "Not By Bread Alone" which was presented by 11 deaf and blind actors. How's that for an unbelievable day?
Andrea Weinberger
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