Rich nT Larry Larry-Richmond - Richmond Steve - chicago , IL Who's riding whom? Steve Soble at- tempts to ride a camel as he travels through the desert for three long, hot Israeli caper hours. Steve and the rest of the group found this means of transportation M iddle Eastern lifestyles, food," said Steve. The meals less than comfortable. although threatening to consisted primarily of vegeta- other tourists, did not frighten bles due to the lack of grazing Larry Shull and Steve Soble. area for meat-providing ani- The two juniors spent six mals. weeks of their summer vaca- Boredom found no place in tion in the State of Israel. "It the students' agenda. They was the best trip I have ever participated in a variety of taken," said Larry. activities, ranging from snork- Larry and Steve found the eling to camel riding. Traveling hot country eased by the included trips from the far pleasant and warm-hearted south of the state to its north- people. A language barrier ern tip. proved avoidable, since most Learning about the trip of the Israeli spoke English. through their youth organiza- Both of the boys encountered tion, B'nai B'rith, the two jun- temperatures of 120 degrees iors received scholarships to Farenheit, which compelled aid their finances for the jour- them to drink excessive ney. The overall trip proved a amounts of water. Rock for- success as they learned more mations, the ruins, and differ- of their heritage, in addition to ent peoples found during their enjoying their experience. stay, made the trip exciting. "I went to Israel to learn "Although the state was about my roots and to have great, the food was not so fun. I left there feeling I had good, but we were so busy achieved much more," com- that we really welcomed any mented Larry. ROOTS After four tomato fields and tomato battles friends, Larry and one of the girls he trip relax on the steps of a house on the collective farm.