We were pleasently surprised to meet Carrie Joseph volunteering at Ascent - a spiritual education center in the Holy City of Tzfat. Carrie graduated from Binghamton University last year ('01).

Big Mo talked about Ascent for a while, inviting everyone for a free weekend stay, and introduced this guy who played some Hebrew songs for us. Anyone know his name? E-mail me....

He played a couple songs; we were glad to relax for a few minutes.

We then visited a few really old synagogues in the area. Zvi Hollander stood on the Bima in the historic Abuhav Synagogue.

It was time to get back to the bus as the sun came down above the mountains.

Welcome to the new Kibbutz Lavi dining hall!! Tom Triebwasser stands in the soon-to-be-full hall.

Here's our two guards: Elad Gal-Or on the left, and Benny Rizgan on the right. Hi, guys!!

In the evening, we were treated to a funny(?), (perhaps raunchy) yet serious seminar on the Peace Process by Neil Lazarus.

Leora Schanfield mugs for the camera while everyone else listens intently :)

Neil makes a point of all the huge Arab countries surrounding little Israel. "Israel is a good little country in a bad neighborhood."