I am back from Israel (actually I came back already 2 weeks ago). This time I took the visit reeaally easy. I travelled a bit around but I spent most of my time in Jerusalem talking to Jan, Aleš and Ivanka and drinking nana tea.
Still - with the little I managed to travel, I visited Bnei Brak

Beit El

Tel Aviv

and also the south of Jerusalem West Bank

It never ceases to surprise me how many differences, paradoxes and problems there are on such a small space. I came back home to Prague in the time of the year when we, enlightened Jewish education teachers:-), teach about Israel before
Yom ha-atzmaut. We should teach our kids to develop a possitive attidude to the country which undoubtedly has such a big impact on the way we percieve ourselves as Jews and how others view us through our Jewishness. At the same time, we should teach them a realistic picture of what the land of milk and honey really is. What a treat :-)