Last week we spent the week learning about the Holocaust. On Tuesday there was a Holocaust survivor who talked to us, then after we had class with a break for lunch, then we had night class. This sucked because in addition to having to learn about the Holocaust I was not able to see my [...]
Yesterday we found out that for the next week will be giving presents to each other. It is kind of like secret Santa in the sense that we do not know who is giving us the present. In Hebrew it is called הגמד והעוך (the dwarf and the giant). Today, tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday we are giving presents [...]
On Thursday (last week) I went to Bet Hashomer and the Lebanese/Israeli border. Now the question that you are asking yourself now is most likely “Nate, why were you near the Lebanese border?” Well, I’ll get to that later. So, at Bet Hashomer we learned about how the Jews organized groups of guards during the 2nd [...]
On Tuesday(last week) something kind of odd happened during core class. They brought both classes together and told us that we were to do a project about the type of Zionism. What did this project entail you ask. Well we had to make a song, skit, poster, and formal presentation for each type of Zionism. It [...]
On Monday the girls went to a chocolate restaurant (yes a restaurant that serves just chocolate) in Tel-Aviv for Leah’s birthday yesterday and the guys went to a market where people from Sedrot came to sell things to help the economy of Sedrot (the market was also in Tel-Aviv). Here I bought a “I love Sedrot” [...]
Yesterday (March 4th) I went to an old castle from the time of the Crusaders in Israel. Learning about the period of the crusaders in Israel is interesting because many Palestinians compare the modern state of Israel to the Crusader kingdom. However after a heated debate we concluded that the modern sate is not like [...]
Today I went to Yad Lakashish and Hazon Yeshaya. Yad Lakashish is a place where there are workshops for the elderly and disabled. They work there so they can still feel like they are still contributing members of society. What we did was we walked through the workshop and we talked to people there about [...]
I spent the last Shabbat in Arad. It was really neat. Not only is Arad the hometown of Aubrey (one of the core teachers, but not my core teacher), but it is also in the middle of the desert. It was cool because on Shabbat we walked through the town and learned about how Arad [...]
So one day I log on to facebook and see that I have a new message. It was from my friend Melanie (who is not in Israel), it said something like this, Nate I am bored please tell me a story. So I told her a story, it went something like this…. OK, so once [...]
Today I went to the tomb of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi. He was a Rabbi. He was a Rabbi who lived during the 2nd century CE. He was a Rabbi who lived during the 2nd century CE and compiled the mishnah. Over all I did not like this trip. I really hate it when I go [...]
Today I went spelunking. What is spelunking you ask, well it is when you go exploring in caves. Which caves you ask, well obviously it was caves in Israel… to be more specific the caves that we went to were in Bet Guvrin. These were the caves that the great Rabbis hid in during Roman [...]
This Sunday I went paint-balling here. At first I was kind of scared and I was not sure if I wanted to even play the first game. But I got over my fear and I went out to play, and it wasn’t so bad. I shot 2 people in the first game and got shot [...]
I just got back from Masada it was a very moving experience. I got up at 4 in the morning to hike up the snake trail. The hike up took about an hour and the view from the top was very rewarding. Because of the snow and rain from the day before there was still [...]
Two days ago (Tuesday) I was in Jerusalem, while I was there something really cool was happening, it was SNOWING! Now because of the snow it would have been stupid to take out my camera and risk it getting wet, but thankfully I had a water proof case for it! So here are a few [...]
This weekend started off kind of sad, it was our first open weekend and as everyone left the dorms it was really hard saying goodbye even though we would all be back together in only a few days. But things got better after I left. I spent the past weekend (friday night+shabbat) at my Aunt [...]
I just got back from my first core test… The test was pure evil, it has like 40 fill in the blank questions with answers that we never learned and it had an essay portion with a prompt that said something like “talk about the kings of Israel”. How is that an essay prompt?!?!?! Any [...]
Here is a video tour that me and Eric made of the Muss Dorms.
I made an image to help me study the rules for oxidation numbers. Rules are credit my chemistry teacher, image is credit me. (click on the image below to see it full size)
I made an image to help me study the 8 steps for balancing redox reactions. If you need help then you can use it too. Credit for the 8 steps goes to my chemistry teacher, credit for the image goes to me. (click on the image below to see it full size)
As you may all ready know I recently entered the “Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award ” but did not qualify as a finalist. However another team from my school did and I went to New Mexico to help then with their entry. Well they won the award! They are being interviewed a lot now and [...]
“The Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award is both the world’s premier student prize for innovative aerospace concepts and the premier educational tool for exciting and involving students in the rapidly growing personal spaceflight industry. Not only are the prizes impressive for the winners, but the educational benefits of competing are enormous. The award creates [...]
Today was my first day of classes at school this year….. and the stress begins again.
Any one who goes to Milken will remember last year’s parking disaster that was caused by the closure of the Skirball lot due to “construction” on the lot (the construction consisted of a portable bathroom that was placed on the side of the lot). Well it looks like construction has finally started for real. Below is a [...]
I’m gone for the next 3 weeks. I’m going to be at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth! If you need to contact me then you either known how or can text me via the cell phone number listed on my facebook. C u in 3 weeks……..