Security Update - January 10

Dear Parents,

Shavuat Tov! I hope that you have all had a relaxing shabbat, and an enjoyable weekend thus far. I just wanted to fill everyone in on a couple of things that have happened in the past couple of days, both in terms of the security, and in terms of the shnatties kaveret house in Holon.

The security situation in regards to the current guidelines, as outlined in the post from last week, have not changed. Two days ago, on Thursday morning, 4 rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanon, and landed in and around the northern border town of Nahariya. There were no shnatties in the surrounds of those rockets, as all were in the centre of the country. There were some heightened security guidelines along the northern border during the morning on Thursday, but all of those warnings were eased by 12:30pm on Thursday, and travel is unrestricted in the North of Israel. As of today, that situation hasn't changed, although the security division of the Israel experience is keeping a strong eye on the situation.

In regards to the kaveret house in Holon where the group currently is, they are settling in very nicely to both their house and their new neighbourhood. The internet in the house was set-up on Friday morning, so the group now has an active Internet connection.
The group will begin their educational volunteering projects this week, and are all very excited. On wednesday last week, they went on a tour of the schools that they will be working with, and met up with some of the guides who will be aiding them in their time at the schools. I will post the educational projects during the week, to give all of you a greater insight into the exciting work that the Shnatties will be doing in the coming months.

I wish you all a happy, safe, and healthy week, and will be in touch again soon!

Regards,
Leon.