During our second day at Kennes, we continued to explore our Jewish identities and make more connections with other Diller fellows. We started the day learning about Ben Gurion and his legacy. We conducted a mock Zionist Congress where we attempted to establish the state of Israel. We decided on the boundaries, name, language, and the involvement of the word G-d in the new state's constitution. In my color group, we decided that we would agree to the borders laid out by the UN Partition Plan. We also decided that G-d should not be mentioned in the constitution while the official language should be Hebrew with a second official language being Arabic. Finally, we decided to name the country Israel.
We then discussed the Impact Projects we will be completing over the course of the remainder of our Diller experience. All of the teens were introduced to different Impact project focus areas such as Education, Homelessness, Racial and Gender Inequality, and Teen Apathy. I chose to join the Education group and learned a lot of different ways to make positive impact in our Miami community.
After a nice lunch, we learned all about the Journey of our People with Liat, the Senior Director of Diller Teen Fellows. We then broke out into our color groups to continue the conversation on a more intimate level. In this conversation, we analyzed the different amounts of Jewish people in North American communities. It was very interesting to see that South Florida is number three on the list.
Unfortunately, I was unable to be in the Junior Counselor led unit called Rak Po because I had to see the doctor (don't worry, Mom, it's just a sore throat and the doctor said it's not contagious). Michael said it was one of his favorite discussions during all of Kennes and he had the opportunity to share poetry about his home.
-Justin
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