Tango

March 11, 2009

Today our small school group had a very enlighten discussion on poor vs. poverty and happiness vs. being rich or poor. This opened up our eyes. We shared our own personal thoughts on what it means to be poor and issues that arise from being poor. This conversation gave us the opportunity to discuss our reactions and feeling to the service we had been doing. We talked amongst our group, very openly and honestly, about how what we were doing was impacting the community and us while being in Argentina.

We finished our talk and continued cleaning and working on the Jewish day school.

After our service, we toured a museum about Jews in Argentina. This museum also had two beautiful synagogues inside. We finished our afternoon with a small bus tour of part of the city and walking and taking pictures of the Bridge of Women. After dinner at Hillel, we were taught the Tango. We had a quick lesson on the steps to dance the Tango then we watched an amazing Tango performance. The entire group loved this opportunity to experience Argentinean culture.

Quotes of the day:
“Change your outlook on life”
“Body cut in half and we are putting a Band-Aid on the not bleeding part”
“He’s singing to Charles”
“If you’re not seeing then how can you change your mind-set on life?”

–Rachel Cohen, UNC-Greensboro, Class of 2010
and Kevin Keys, UNC-Chapel Hill, Class of 2009