Kibbutzing

So I'm officially back from the WUJS shabbaton at Kibbutz Ketura, which is somewhere in the middle of the desert about 30 minutes from Eilat. The weekend was quite the success. We're all tired and kind of wishing we were still there. That's mostly because the rooms were actually CLEAN, we had REAL MATRESSES, and the showers worked without flooding the entire bathroom or running out of hot water halfway into shampooing. And, as a plus, the food was edible! It was a huge change from the mirkaz klitah just for those reasons. As a bonus, we even had televisions in our rooms. What more can a bunch of Americans ask for?

Really, the kibbutz was beautiful. It was surrounded by really pretty mountains and lots of palm trees (their biggest industry is growing and selling dates). We had to sit through a few inane sessions about how a kibbutz is run, but other than that it was a very enjoyable weekend.

I now leave you with some pictures of Kibbutz Ketura.