Hello from the girls dorm!

Since none of us have blogged before, we thought it would be nice to write our first blog together. We are two weeks in and this is our first blog because our time here has been packed with activities. Today, for example, we spent our entire day off on the beaches of Tel Aviv. It is a hard life but someone's got to do it. But seriously, in addition to our beach days we have been traveling and having lectures with many parts of Israeli society. From meeting with political parties in the Knesset to having tea with Bedouins in the desert we have seen many different perspectives on Israeli culture and the challenges it faces. These past two weeks have probably brought up more questions than answers. We look forward to continuing our discussions over the next few weeks and hearing as many views as possible. Hopefully we will have some words of wisdom for you at the end of our time or at least a more developed look at the conflict. We are sure the next few week will fly by as fast as these last two because as we often say... Well, this is the best class I've ever taken.Talk to you again soon!

Kaitlin, Katie, Lauren, and Ottavia