Here is the first of the informative pre-departure posts...  For those who have expressed interest in learning more about the conflict, the Middle East Research and Information Project has a lovely "primer" that you can read here, and  an interactive timeline starting with the 1948 war can be accessed via conflicthistory.com here.

Here is my crowdrise fundraising progress as well... Between my personal fundraising and crowdrise fundraising for the camp itself, I have raised $70 total... I can only hope that more donations will come from local businesses!!