Shnat Netzer - Update 5

Dear parents, shnattim and snifim shalom rav!

Everything is so peaceful and quiet- there is hardly anything to tell.

As you all know, this is now Sukkot, and all the shnattim have 9 days off to travel, explore, relax and get to know Israel better. Everybody are having their own adventures in the North, South and Centre of Israel.

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Riddle of the week

This is a shout out to all you keen beans - can you crack the weekly riddle?

Any solutions win you major RSY-Netzer kudos and general 'win points'. If you collect a sufficient number of 'win points' you will become officially 'cool'. You can put that on your CV and everything...

Anyway, get solving!

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Netanyahu's Speech at the UN

Here is the speech that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu gave to the UN General Assembly on September 24th 2009 in response to both a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a UN report on human rights violations in Gaza.

What do you think of what he had to say?  Was he right to have made this speech?  Should a condemnation of Ahmadinejad's views and a defence of Israel's actions be linked in the same speech, or are the two unrelated?  Take a read or watch the speech and then give your thoughts below!

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Shnat Netzer - Update 4

Dear parents, snifim and shnattim shalom.

An excellent week just finished, with really great times, atmosphere and new experiences!

We will start with last weekend, when we had our first Shabbat Beyachad- we brought the Northern group to Kibbutz Yahel to spend a Shabbat together with the Southern group. The Shabbaton was planned by the Southern group, including preparing all the activities, the Shabbat services and a lovely hike in the desert. The Shabbaton was very successful and enjoyable, and allowed both groups to get to know each other better, and spend some time in a Netzer atmosphere. When we had a feedback session with the Northerners, they mentioned they felt very welcomed, enjoyed their time and wished it was longer! Yeshar Koach to the Southerners, and to the tzevet that worked with them. The Shabbaton finished on a high note, and the shnattim were very happy.

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Shnat Netzer - Update 3

Dear parents, shnattim and snifim shalom,

Rosh Hashana took place last weekend, and added another day to our weekend here in Israel- Sunday. For the majority reading this email, it is obvious that Sunday is a part of the weekend- in Israel, the week starts on Sunday. Not this week though. Majority of shnattim spent their Rosh Hashana eve with family, friends or host families. One obvious thing that repeated in most of the shnattim's report to us was- they had a really good meal!! Thank god for Jewish holy days!

The Machoniks went on their Northern Tiyul, and are having a great time. Sophie sprained her ankle on the hike, but is doing fine. Everybody went on several hikes in the Golan Heights, went ice- skating and really enjoyed their time.

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Jonathan Freedland's articles

As mentioned in our recent newsletter, this is the space to comment on the two Jonathan Freedland articles that we referenced. The first is about his ambivalence toward the JFS decision and can be found here. The second piece is about the substance of international criticism levelled at settlement expansion and can be found here.