Hi! I'm Danny Gilmore. I am one of the kids on the trip to Israel. Today is our fourth day in Jerusalem. To start off the day we went to the Israeli Supreme Court. This wonderful building was designed in 1986 by the Israeli architects Ada Karmi-Malamede and her brother Ram Karmi. The building was completed in 1992. It was paid for by the Rothschild family as a gift to Israel. It is a huge building with great architectural design. The two architects tried to show both old and new building styles.
Here are some of the things we saw inside.
Next we got on the bus and went to the Hadassah Forest. Each of us got to select a tree that was either pine, oak, almond, or pistachio. I chose pine. We went down a hill, dug a hole, said a prayer for it to rain, and then planted the tree. My family dedicated our trees to people we know. My dad dedicated his tree to Andy Cravitz, my mom dedicated her tree to Molly Gilmore, Jarad dedicated his tree to our Aunt Mary and Uncle Harry, and I dedicated my tree to my Grandpa Saul Gilmore. Our prayer for rain was answered in two minutes and it started to rain.
We next went to Mount Herzl where we saw the graves of Yitzhak Rabin, Theodore Herzl, and other famous people. We then left to go for a lunch of falafel and pizza at a small restaurant.
After lunch we went to an ultra orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem where we played the "Jerusalem Games." By then it was starting to rain. The games were sort of like a scavenger hunt. We had to follow directions, look for things, and answer questions. We had a lot of fun, but it was cold and wet.
Later on we went to Yad Vashem. We first had hot drinks in the cafeteria to warm up. Then we saw things about the holocaust. I felt that it was sad that so many people suffered and died. At Yad Vashem we read many things about the holocaust, saw the patches the Jews wore, where the Jews lived, and how Hitler killed them. We did not have very much time since we started looking through the museum at 4:15 and they closed at 5:00. We did manage to see the Historical Museum, the Hall of Remembrance, and the Children's Memorial. The Children's Memorial was very sad but it looked pretty cool. There was 12 candles that were reflected all over with mirrors to represent the 1,500,000 children who were killed in the Holocaust.
We then went back to our hotel, and some of us went to dinner at the Yemenite restaurant. This was our second time at this restaurant, and the Littman's third time. I had a beef malleawach and chicken soup with a big chunk of chicken in it It was way too much food but it was good. Before we got our food we went to the Pit, an open air market with jewelry and junk, and got our names written on little grains of rice and put into necklaces.
After dinner we went back to the hotel, and I wrote this report. Now it is 10:30 pm and I am really tired.
We owe special thanks to Nisus Software Inc. of Solana Beach, CA for making a PowerBook 520 available and Qualcomm Inc. of San Diego, CA for making an Olympus D-300L digital camera available.
Special thanks also to Joe and Dave of Computergeeks for space on their server.
Many thanks also to Lila Abrams of Abrams Travel, Inc (1-800-338-7075) and her tireless efforts to make this trip a success.
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