I can’t believe it’s already the end of December, my fourth month in Israel. I definitely don’t feel like a visitor anymore. My Hebrew is improving, I have a routine, a schedule, and places I frequent.
December 10 is Human Rights Day. It is the anniversary of the Human Rights Declaration being signed into creation. In cities all over the world there are marches to call attention to human rights issues in those places. Tel Aviv had a big march in the middle of the city. The group that was most represented there was the refugee and asylum seeker population (well really just asylum seekers ‘cause Israel isn’t granting refugee status to anyone). There were probably a thousand asylum seekers marching for their rights through the streets of central Tel Aviv. It was great to see!
Yesterday we met with an Israeli artist who does a lot of political commentary type art. He did a mocu-mentary about a Gaza solution. His latest project is a mosaic. After speaking with him a bit, we helped with his mosaic. It was lots of fun but really hard. I really like art. I think I may forget grad school and become an artist. I want to be a glass blower. Now I just gotta figure out how to go about it.
I wonder if there is a class I can take
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