MEmOriEs

Memories Of Israel

Readers tell us some of their most unforgettable moments in
and favorite recollections of Israel.

"We will always remember our trip to
Israel. What a wonderful time we had
there! We were on the 1995 Michigan
Miracle Mission II. We didn't miss a
thing in Israel. We were up at 6 a.m.
and didn't get back until 10 each
night. It was non-stop sightseeing, and
we loved every single minute of it!
(We finally got a rest at the Dead Sea
mud baths.)"

Photo by Arlene Beerman.

Left: Arnie and Phyllis Serlin of West
Bloomfield, and Chuck Beerman of
Bloomfield Hills.

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Below: Sarah and Natalie Kahn
at the Cardo Culinaria Restaurant
(where food is served as it was in
ancient times) in Jerusalem.

Above: Robert, Yona, Sarah
and Natalie Kahn at a
sabra plant at Sde Baker
in the Negev.

Right: Sarah Kahn leads sister Natalie as
they enjoy a ride on yet another UM fan.

"On my trip to Israel, I planted a tree in Jerusalem. I got to ride a camel in
Jericho. I floated in the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea was very hot! But the
Red Sea was very cold!
I rode a cable car to the top of Masada.
My favorite place was Tel Aviv. We stayed at the Carlton Hotel. Tel Aviv is a pretty busy city. People
park their cars on the sidewalk. We were on a tour, and our tour guide% name was Moti. We ate salad
for breakfast, but my favorite foods in Israel were pizza and falafel. I turned 8 in Israel on June 27.
We saw lots of soldiers everywhere we went. We went to Yad Vashem. It was a very sad place. We
went on a Jeep ride in the Galilee, and we stopped at a kibbutz and a farm. There are lots of stray cats
in Israel. At Latrun, we saw a lot of army tanks and we got to climb on them. If you go to Israel, it takes a

long time on the plane. Be sure to carry water with you."

Natalie Kahn, 8, of Huntington Woods. (Natalie is in third grade at Burton Elementary School and attends
Temple Emanu-El)

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"It's hot, and there is not a cloud in the sky. Our
people wandered here for 40 years. It's Israel. I
went there in the summer of 1997. We took a
tour, and we spent 16 days there.
My sister, Natalie, and I were the only children,/
on the tour. I loved Eilat because it was the
hottest place we visited, and it had a great
boardwalk. I really loved Tel Aviv (it was my
favorite city). Tel Aviv is big and lively. We
stayed in a really great hotel in Tel Aviv. I
loved seeing the signs that said Hercules in
Hebrew because I could read them. At the
Carmel Market in Tel Aviv, a man selling
fish posed for my dad to take a picture.
Masada was very hot. I loved the cable-
car ride to the top of Masada. From the top
of Masada, a big tour bus looks like an
ant! I saw a mikveh at Masada.
The Dome of the Rock was one of the
most interesting sites.We had to take off our
shoes to go inside. There, you could see the
rock where Abraham was supposed to sac ‹
rifice his son, Isaac. We had to wear dress-
es to visit the Western Wall. I put a mes-
sage in a crack in the Western Wall. It was
hard to do because all of the cracks were filled
with paper. In Israel, they have traditional falafel,
but they also have pizza and French fries. The
breakfasts had yogurt, fruits, pastries and cereal. c,
My favorite food was vegetables rolled up in a
flaky dough.
Israel was a wonderful experience, and I hope
to go back some day."

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Sarah Kahn, 10, of Huntington Woods. (Sarah
is in fifth grade at Burton Elementary School and
attends Temple Emanu-El)