Today on Yom Yisrael (a weekly day trip out of the Machon bubble) we looked at the concept of Aliyah. On previous days we've done topics such as the Holocaust, the IDF, Israeli culture, Israeli politics and the conflict.
For Aliyah, we heard a talk in the morning given by Serebro's grandpa who, among other things was the head of Hillel worldwide which runs Jewish and Zionist events on thousands of university campuses.
After that we went down to an absorption centre for new Olim where they learn Hebrew and prepare for life in Israel. We talked about the concept and hardships of moving countries and different motivations behind it. There was a guy there from Melbourne and another from Perth who took us around.
After we returned back to Machon to listen to a panel of Olim who have been here for a bit longer, and then saw a really good comedian.
We've got around 2 weeks left of Machon so are all very sad but excited to move into the rest of Shnat.
Lots of love,
Nir
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