The world wants to be noticed. As eager teens climbed
through the upper Galilee the altitude strategically placed popping pop rocks
that left us with an uncomfortable ringing in our ears. Despite the clogged ears
we were aware that we need our listening sense more than ever.
The winding roads is the assumed complex relationship
between Israelis and Arab Israelis. Though the fun began when our concrete
ideas had an aggressive jack hammer break our stubborn views into thousands of
pieces. High school aged Israeli Arabs filed into a room full of Jewish
Americans participating with Young Judea Summer Programs. We were now in full
swing in The Coexist Seminar, designed to create positive relationships between
Arab Israelis and Jews in the diaspora. It was once said that silence quiets
the mind though silence filled our brains with chaos. Through teenaged small
talk each individual Young Judaea participate had epiphany: they're are just
like us. the hills and valleys that surround the Galilee could be perceived as
counterproductive stairs. Though in the relationship between Jews and Arabs our
hills and valleys have bridges that will only get stronger with time.
---Dana Brown
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