last night i went to my friend Nitzan’s paratrooper army ceremony at the kotel.  I wish i had taken a picture of thise.  500 sildoers, thousands of people.  it is the night they receive a bible and officially their gun, even though they have had them for a few months already.  it was hard to imagine that the majority of these soldiers were my age, yet we have extremely different roles in our countries.  even in their country, I am taking a year to travel and learn, while they are training to defend it. pretty wild.