Sunday Aug 17
Shavua Tov! We have reached the end of the month and are closing the time period we have been studying. Our last topic is the 1978 Camp David Accords, when Prime Minister and \egyptian president Anwar Sadat made peace. Egypt recognized Israel (the first Arab country to do so!), Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt and they promised not to go to war against each other. The idea of “Land for peace” was not agreed upon by all. The goal of the shiur was discuss the sources/values that each side pointed to and that chanichim understand that while in principle trade-offs and compromises are necessary to accomplish a greater goal, people disagree about which exact trade offs are acceptable.
Our schedule was interrupted by a few raindrops, but we pushed through and had a great day with regular peulot and a ski at shekem time about the Camp David Accords.
Tonight’s night tochnit is the much-anticipated Machal vs. Daled basketball game – first a girls’ game followed by a boys’ game. Our sports staff plays the refs (real ref-looking uniforms) and Estee and Yakov are rumored to be having a one-on-one b-ball game at some point. While the basketball games are fun to watch, we keep the younger chanichim entertained with a simultaneous carnival run by tzevet – booths with games and prizes, popcorn and ice cream etc. All good fun in Indoor World for our last regular night together in machane.