Thanksgiving

One of the most difficult days to be away from the states miles away from your families and friends is thanksgiving. It’s a family holiday, where everyone in America gets together, eats yummy food and celebrates everything they have to be thankful for. Thankfully, our Otmza group really stepped up and showed what it meant to be a family. None of us are related, and most of us just met almost 3 months ago at the start of the program, but for thanksgiving we all bonded together to play football (yes we played tackle), cook delicious food, and have a lovely thanksgiving dinner celebration. One of our Uplan teachers-- Nana even came to celebrate the evening with us, which made the evening even more special. She, like many of the Israelis i’ve spoken with was really thankful for us coming to Israel and volunteering our time and effort in the country. All of us Otzmakim were thankful to be together as a group and to be able to be here in Israel exploring the country with a second family- our Otzma family.






pictures taken by Vanessa Friedman