The Charlotte Jewish News -March 2007 - Page 13
Youth Visions
Hebrew High Eighth Grade Retreat
Brings Israel Closer to Home
The 8th grade retreat took place
on Shalom Park on February 10
and 11. The theme of the weekend
was The Culture of Israel and stu
dents were asked to create art,
music and even short films that
expressed what Israel meant to
them.
There were six movies created
in which Borat made not one, but
two, appearances. He was a con
testant in “Jewpardy” and a reluc
tant visitor to Israel. Also visiting
Israel, was “Billy Bob,” who dis
covered lots of things that were
different in Israel than in the US.
Students also ate falafels all across
the Israeli map (while getting fat)
and presented an Israeli version of
“American Idol” (Kochav Nolad).
Beautiful artwork was created
in the Images of Israel class as
well as in the Gematria class.
Writing muscles were flexed in
the slam poetry class and the
songwriting seminar. Here the stu
dents expressed their connection
to Israel through poems and songs
that they wrote themselves (songs
were written with the help of post-
confirmation students Jason Stier
and Jared Morse). ^
Brynne
Claypoole and
Sasha Freger
working on
their Gematria
art.
People in Israel
Andrew Gitlitz and Will Goldberg in
the drumming class.
Dead Sea Song
by Lindsay Rosenbaum, Adrienne Kaplan,
Kimberly Gould, Sasha Freger,
Brynn Claypoole
Floating on a wave at the bottom of the world
Healing water around my feet, I watch it swirl
(Chorus:) Where has the day gone floating on the
sea so long?
Lying in the Middle East where world voices meet
1 don’t know what they mean
But I know their face and this is what it seems
(they’re saying)
(chorus)
Their faces are a rainbow cause no two are the same
I see all the people but I don’t exactly know their name
I hear children laughing a sweet tune in the land
I slide into the water, my toes sinking in the sand
(chorus)
Floating on the Dead Sea
by Maddie Frumkin,
Rachel Maskin, and
Jessica Totten
We’re just like you
We have families too
Everyday we work and play
Why do we have to say?
(Chorus:) Let us live in
peace
Feel safe in our home
Let our children free
All we want is Shalom
We live in cities
On kibbutzim and farms
In bigger towns and small
Why must we take up
arms?
(chorus)
Here in the land of Israel
The homeland of the Jews
We’re just ordinary
people
And peace is what we
choose
(chorus)
Akiva the Believer
Opening night Havdalah service.
Poem by Jeffrey Lipack and Asher Bernstein
Friends at first then at war (death)
Conditions were bad, too many were poor (hate)
It got bad, no more smiles (war)
Little did they know, it would last a while (murder)
The kids no longer went out to play (kill)
The army worked hard to keep bombs away (bombs)
Now together we live in fear (suicide)
It’s out of our hands, what we hold dear (hope)
Maybe soon we will be safe here (God)
Fallen Angel
by Rebecca Strunin,
Leah Hindel, Hannah
Weinstein, Derek
Gainsboro
A little girl sits at home all
alone
Parents gone, and no
brother to hold
Her close and mutter
words of comfort
As the darkness encloses
her
In its deep black deep
abyss
She has much to miss
She whispers through her
tears to the God above.
(Chorus:) Cushion their fall,
Help Israel, help us all
Rise to the occasion
Through this tragic invasion
Wake up your weary head
Think of him instead
Fighting in a war
What are we fighting for?
Where is my fallen angel?
Years later time and again
She looks up at the sky.
Whispering her prayers
She looks at her homeland,
Holding herself proud
(chorus)
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