APRIL, 1982 the NISAN, 5742 SHOFAR B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) A and Fratern al an or hs meal seen s. d the in min h Jewis Judaisn of us C other. d an otherly d of lo side, an Tomorr direct ar. The and if a rich Sing th y and You C feel, a till this her der is ittsburg each of he ope th DOV'S ISRAELI ODYSSEY r can refore, or the David "Dov" Schoenkin, a Sheboygan, Wisconsin JERUSALEM something much more spectacular to happen to e. AZA, who is now a first-year student at the We are staying at the Hadassah Youth Center. The me. I walked up, said the Sh'ma and walked away. untain university of Wisconsin, went on BBYO's Israel rooms are nice, clean and small. Our first day I didn't feel anything until I walked away, got a ummer Institute (ISI) last summer and kept a lunch consisted of hot tea, cookies and bread. I better look at the Wall and the praying Jews, then an pres remarkable journal of his experience. He wrote wondered if this is what all our meals would be walked back. I kissed the Wall, placed a note in a Judge was at sketched a record of what he saw, what he like. No! Dinner was fantastic. crack, put my hands against the wall and prayed elt, what he thought and what he dreamed. In After dinner we hiked to Mea Shearem-five for my family and all kind Jews everywhere. I must true I neede of the 34th anniversary of the State of miles back and forth from our Mount Scopus go back! Israel, THE SHOFAR presents this sampling of a center. We went to a sabbath service at one of their We walked into the Old City through the Jaffa ally you sifted young American Jew's impressions of the synagogues. I've always thought that the Chasidic Gate. After seeing an old woman kiss the mezuzah an Sur ewish state. We believe that it is an honest and culture had really died in the Holocaust. Listening before entering, I did the same. Tonight I came to a eph Moving tribute, a gift to Israel and to the B'nai to 300 men and boys chant has changed all that. I conclusion about the kids on my tour: They're not Youth Organization. was so overwhelmed that I began singing too, bad! JUNE 29 JUNE 27 We went to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Apectations: drive Went to a clarinet concert with Giora Feidman at memorial. I was impressed. It was especially must go, see for myself what Israel is really the Jerusalem Theater. Audience sang along with reassuring to have 8 Israeli soldiers walk in while I My religious and historical background take enjoyin several Hebrew songs. Diaspora Yeshiva Band was was going to the exhibit on resistance to the Nazis. back to Israel. I must get to Israel! As yo playing outside beforehand. Israeli soldiers played We drove later to an abandoned Arab village nd, an While driving to John F. Kennedy Airport after afterwards. Saw the Jewish Federation group from which had an underground cave. With my candle, I orientation at B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp, my Milwaukee. doughts about the trip were interrupted by the put my name on the ceiling: DS '81. chapt ght of a Boeing 747 with a Mogen David on its On our first free night I think our group really JUNE 28 ur got bound together as a unit. Spent most of my der. Yo The Jews have a country and we are a people. I took part in an archaeological "Dig for a Day" time with Pamela. I think now that I have finally e that truly have a place that we can call home. I on Mount Zion. The Essenes inhabited it 2000 found my place to fit in. to be in Israel! w Ale years ago. We found pottery shards everywhere. I The plane was two hours late, with us on it! But Tomorrow are the Israeli elections. Several y bring still can't believe how filthy we got! Israelis stopped us to talk this evening. When they a fantastic feeling when I saw twenty Jewish Walked through the centuries-old cisterns built found out that I support Menachem Begin they a Halp walk to the back of the El Al plane and daven. by King Hezekiah. These were the same water began shaking my hand! eph we landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel tunnels that saved Jerusalem during the War of I just couldn't comprehend that the Jews have Independence in 1948. JUNE 30 this entire country in so short a time. I am We finally got to the Western Wall. To tell the Arrived in Tel Aviv. The bus was air CH, last Schoenkin to "come home." truth, I was a bit disappointed. I guess I expected conditioned! Before we went to our hotel we