Shalom from Karmi'el!

The day came to move to Karmi'el.  We packed our things and soon arrived at our new home.  We settled in, made lunch, and began learning about Kaveret (the second half of Workshop where we live in cities doing social justice work) and our role in the community here.  We met our guides and the British participants from Habonim Dror UK who we'll be working with.  The British kvutzah lives in Akko, about twenty minutes away from our house in Karmi'el.  We interact with the British group a lot through seminars like our Rabin Seminar in November.  However, we also do other activities like the Habonim History Seminars separately.
I am teaching at the Deshanim School, a vocational school for high school students who dropped out or were expelled from their previous schools.  We will be teaching values and other useful topics while simultaneously tutoring the students in English.  Other Workshoppers are working with at-risk youth at a boarding school and at youth movement-run schools.

I will work there three days per work plus one day with my kvutzah (group) and one day of learning organized by our counselors and program leaders.  Soon, we will be beginning our Poland prep seminars.  We leave in just over a month on February 10th!

Have a great month,
Ari Tzvi Carroll