Safe And Sound Enjoying Bedouin Hospitality

MBI woke up this morning at their hostel in Ramot Shapira and headed back into Jerusalem to meet their panal of guest speakers.

They heard from Sarah Lieven, a leader in the Women of the Wall movement, a group of activists dedicated to making sure gender equality is present at the western wall and all across Israel. Anat Hoffman, the leader of the movement was scheduled to speak, but had to cancel at the last minute. Also there was Haim Watzman, a member of a modern liberal orthodox community called Kehilat Yedidya. They also heard fromne of the first secular Rabbis of Israel. After spending a few hours with them they ate lunch and left Jerusalem.

They arrived at the Bedouin tents in Kfar Hanokdim in the middle of the afternoon. Each bus took turns riding camels before experiencing some Bedouin hospitality in the tents where they will sleep tonight under stars in the Negev. They drank tea and learned about Bedouin culture in the middle east.

Tonight they will be getting a very good nights rest because they will be waking up tomorrow morning at 4 am to hike Masada!

Here are some more from inside the tents speaking with the bedouins they met