We couldn’t see the full moon, as the skies were stormy, but that didn’t stop us from having a wonderful evening at CAARI TuB’shvat Seder.

Friday, 22 January, was the JNF/KKL National Tree Planting Event that took place in the Zorah forest located between Shimshon Junction and Nachshon Junctions on

Today, 21 January,  CAARI went to community service in the morning, following lunch toured the IDC, in Herzlia, one of Israel’s private colleges. Our dinner

Community Service, by Howard Kestenbaum This was our first day of CAARI volunteer work, Tuesday, January 19 – mine was at a Rehab Center of Ichilov

Narrative to follow Wednesday, January 20 began our second rainy cold day of volunteer work and after lunch the weather cleared and we went to

Narrative to follow.

Visit to Circassian Heritage Center.Narrative to follow.  Enjoy the pictures!

We ended the day at Gan Garoo, a park with animals and vegetation from Australia. The park name comes from the Hebrew name for garden “gan”

From Mt. Gilboa, we drove down into the Jezreel Valley on to nearby Beit She’an, the largest archaeological dig in Israel. This city was included in the