Day 5: Empathy

The first portion of our journey came to and end with our last travel day as only the Montreal group. I felt that the day revolved around empathy. We began our day with a visit to the "Save a Child's Heart" foundation. We learned about this non profit Israeli organization, and had the amazing opportunity to play with some of the children who add preparing or recovering from open heart surgery.

Our day continued with a tour of the Holon- Invitation to Silence museum, in which we were led by a deaf guide and taken through a series of stations. With sign language, she taught us the importance of facial expressions, hand gestures and body language. The deaf museum really opened my eyes to the different forms of expression and communication. 

Finally, we headed to Be'er Sheva and were reunited with our Israeli counterparts for our first night of home hospitality. 

We can't wait to continue our adventure!

By: Julia Szwimmer