December 30

We began our day at a kindegarten.  Most of the kids are Ethiopian immigrants, but not all. 

 “Everything has to be about integration,” we were told.  “We never do just an Ethiopian group of kids.”

 This program will be replicated in the Hopkins Hospital neighborhood in East Baltimore.  Integration will be difficult to achieve there. 

 Drawings of the Founding Fathers are often found in an American classroom.  Or perhaps a photo of the current President. 

 In the class today, there were three photos.  The first two were readily recognizable – President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu.  The third face was unfamiliar to me.  I assumed it was the mayor of Ashkelon. 

 With my limited Hebrew reading skills, I could read the name of the third – Ashkenazi.  He’s the head of the Israeli army.