A day trip to Jerusalem

Gilor Meshulam cooks with the students. /Temple Sinai

Can you go to Jerusalem just for the day?  That is exactly what the students and parents at Temple Sinai Religious School did by celebrating “Jerusalem Day” on May 17.

Students and parents began with an El Al flight and safety video.  They then picked up their passports and went to Jerusalem. They visited sites such as the Kotel, the Chagall windows at Hadassah Hospital and the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit and museum.  They wrote on parchment like scribes, created art to represent Israel including sand art, hamsas and a mizrach.  Gilor Meshulam, the community Israeli shaliach (emissary), gave everyone a special treat, showing them how to cook pita bread on an outside oven.  In addition, everyone learned about the history of Jerusalem and found lots of interesting places on a map of Jerusalem.  The participants had fun and gained a new appreciation for Jerusalem as a city that is both ancient and modern.

TOBY KORITSKY is director of education at Temple Sinai.