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In February of
1995, 15 students from FDA and 10 students from Stuyvesant high school took
part in a program called Hands Across the Ocean (HAO). We spent 10 days
in Israel and met with 25 students from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Nazereth.
Together the students visited various sights in Israel which included a
kibbutz, Mount Masada, The Dead Sea, the old city of Jerusalem and a school
for Ethopian Jews. We enjoyed shopping on Benyahuda Street and dancing at a
community center in Nazareth. Students lived together and visited the schools
and homes of the Israeli students. During this program students learned more
about each other's cultures, religions, countries and ways of life. We
went shopping together, listened to music together, danced together and ate
together. Many of us have stayed in touch with one another through
letters cards and e-mail. It has been an experience that all of us will
carry with us for the rest of our lives.
