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April 20 • 2006
tN
fter three weeks as a volun-
teer in the Israeli Defense
Forces, I have never felt
closer to the State of Israel and farther
from Detroit. The experience revealed
to me the very backbone of Israeli
society and possibly the vitality of the
Jewish people.
The way I see soldiers on the street
in Israel has completely changed. I
now understand a small something
about what they are going through, the
colors of their berets, the meaning of
their tags, pins, boots and weapons.
After seven months as a volun-
teer in Israel, I have gotten used to
beingaroundsuns. In Israel, you see
them all the time, sit next to them
and bump into them regularly. But
to hear them cocked and used in
the distance (drills) and see them
stacked and stored in warehouses and
in wooden crates like a Nicolas Cage
movie is something else entirely. To
speak to people who have shot and
killed another person for their own
survival, and in the name of their
country, is not exactly standard Metro
Detroit conversation.
For 15 days, I woke at dawn and
worked till dusk on the Quitziot
military base three miles from the .
Egyptian border. The base is in the
middle of nowhere. There is nothing
but warehouses and`endless desert in
the distance. There is a central living
area where the barracks, infirmary,
synagogue, basketball courts, canteen
and dining hall are located. That's it.
The base is more or less a depot
°
where about 100 soldiers are stationed.
Of these 100 or so workers, no more
than 10 are older than 22. Most are
19 to 21 years old. All of them carry
guns. They are in charge of storing
and maintaining tanks, trucks, can-
nons, AK-47s and M-16s in case of
war.
Here, 20-year-old soldiers instruct
21-year-old soldiers in military drills,
training and border-control duties.
Here, 18-year-olds run the kitchen.
Two 20-year-old women are in charge
of the volunteers and arrange every
detail of the volunteer program. Think
now about being 20 in America.
The entire time at Quitziot, I ate
from the same cafeteria, slept in. the
same barracks and wore the same
work uniforms as actual soldiers. I
built shelves; planted trees, painted
fences, cleaned warehouses and
loaded and packed food for soldiers.
I once faced an entire wall stacked
with machine-guns (not loaded) and
watched how they can be broken
down into pieces. Guns are remarkably
simple devices.
Jerrin Zumberg, who grew up in
Huntington Woods, is shown at the
Quitziot army base in Israel, where
she was a volunteer.