Don’t change your mind, cousin Steve

December 29, 2008 - 10:49 AM by David

My wife’s cousin Steve is due to land here next week on his first trip to Israel. That is, unless Operation Cast Lead scares him off.

He’s a high school guidance counselor in Long Island and is arriving on a trip sponsored by MASA, aimed at bringing back to his students the educational and career options available in Israel. MASA’s a non-profit that offers various programs for Jewish kids around the world to spend a semester or a year in Israel.

We’re pretty excited about his visit, since we don’t get too many relatives over here to see us. We’ve been dropping hints to Steve and his family for many years to make Israel one of their annual vacation spots, but like most American Jews, they prefer to go elsewhere.

Until this professional opportunity brings him here. So now, we have a day or so to show him what he’s been missing. If you could take a first time visitor to see Israel in one day – what would you show him? Through his program with MASA, he’ll be going to the Kotel, the Dead Sea and Masada. But what else typfies the kind of Israel we want him to see?

Here’s hoping that Steve doesn’t get cold feet, or that MASA decided that now’s not the best time to bring a group of guidance counselors to Israel. Come on cousin Steve!

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Comments

3 Comments on Don’t change your mind, cousin Steve

  1. Kath on Mon, Dec 29th 2008 11:17 AM

    2. Take him up north to the Upper Galill. It’s beautiful, and faaar away from any ‘lead casting’!

  2. M on Tue, Dec 30th 2008 11:04 PM

    3. Best wishes to him! We hope he’ll come and see what a great country it is :)

  3. judy Mizrachi on Wed, Jan 7th 2009 1:38 PM

    4. Tell cousin Steve that this is the BEST time to visit Israel, at her time of need and at a time that he can show his support. I just returned yesterday to the states after leading a group of 8 women on a hiking tour in Israel. Most of our time was spent down south. We were there from the day of Israel’s incursion into Gaza up until day 8. None of us would have felt that there was anything amiss had there not been t.v. broadcasts. We had a phenomenal time and the women all agreed that even during a war, they felt safer in Israel than anywhere else in the world. So, tell cousin Steve, from me and the rest of my ‘womenwalkers,” count yourself lucky to have an opportunity to see this country at its best in its time of need.
    Judy Mizrachi

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