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osh Hashanah is a time of
thanks, a time of reflection
and a time of looking on
toward the new year. In this past year,
there were many things to be thankful
for and many things to reflect on.
One significant part of my year
was traveling on the Sue & Alan J.
Kaufman Family Teen Mission to
Israel through Detroit's wonderful
Jewish Federation. I traveled to Israel
in a time of tension between the
Jewish and Palestinian communities,
and a time of hostility between Hamas
and Israel.
While I was there, Hamas began
shooting missiles into Israel. At first,
it didn't affect us much, and we car-
ried on with most of our itinerary as
planned. As we made our way further
south, and somewhat closer to Gaza,
we began hearing more things. In one
day, I counted almost 20 helicopters
flying directly over the kibbutz where
we were staying and then later that
evening I heard a siren.
I wasn't scared. I was with my
friends who I wanted to comfort, and
I wanted to make sure that they were
all right. For me, and a lot of people
on my bus, the scariest thing about
the rockets and missiles was the fact
that they could push us out of Israel.
Despite all of this, I am thankful
that the worst thing that did happen
was that we were brought home early. I
am thankful that no one was hurt, and
that nothing too drastic happened to
us throughout our 15 days in the Holy
Land.
As the new year begins, I'd like to
look forward to a year of peace and a
year of quiet between Israel and Gaza,
and throughout the entire Middle East.
I look forward to returning to Israel in
a time where there is no war and much
less worry about the countries sur-
rounding it.
If there's anything that I learned
from this trip, and this conflict as a
whole, it's that Israel may be smaller
than the state of New Jersey, but it
still belongs to each and every Jew
throughout the world, whether they
realize it or not. Israel is here for
everyone and anyone who wants to be
a part of something magical and some-
thing that is a true miracle.
Shanah tovah u'metukah.
❑
Jeremy Rosenberg, 15, of West Bloom-
field attends Frankel Jewish Academy.