Dear Friends,

With the coming of Spring and Passover, the holiday of freedom, I want to share with you some of the events in which our Selah and Kedma students will be participating.

We will hold a model seder for all the young immigrants for whom this is their first seder in Israel. During the course of the seder, customs will be explained and for those who are not know, they will become familiar with traditional dishes of the holiday.

In the annual Atlit event we will commemorate the period of illegal immigration with hikes along the routes taken by illegal immigrants as they evaded arrest by the British authorities. The students will then continue onto an IDF base in the mountains of the Galilee for three days of "training". They will don uniforms, eat army rations, sleep in tents and get a taste of what awaits them in the IDF. We wish them well during that busy week, and we keep our fingers crossed that carrying on a proud Ibim tradition, they will take first place in the week's competitions.

We have had a quiet few days in terms of rockets, although we don't let down our guard, and as you will see further down, we have six new "safe units" in Ibim close to the staff and residents quarters.

Best Regards and Wishes for a Happy Passover,
Soni Singer and the entire staff of
the Ibim-San Diego Student Village