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= = =**Israel faces 2011** = = =

=Rationale = **Who is a great Israeli? How can we be good Israelis?** For the project we were asked to interview a "great Israeli", a person who is contributing to the country in the present and helping to make a better future.

I have chosen to interview Arik Har Zahav. Arik is my teacher for Environmental Science he teaches in our school and other schools as well. I think Arik is contributing a lot to this subject in the present and is helping to create a better and greener future for our country. He teaches many students and increases the awareness to the subject. I think his lessons influence me and make me think twice before I throw out, use or buy new things. His lessons show me how the things I buy, use and throw out influence the environment. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I hope to learn from the project how little people can do a lot for the country, and see why and what we can do for the environment.

**Profile ** ** ﻿ ** For Arik Har Zahav the dream of a greener world is coming true even faster than he would have expected. Arik did not grow up with any environmental background except for maybe his love to maps. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. As a child he collected stamps and played with the kids in the neighborhood just like any typical Israeli kid in the 80's.

He was first exposed to the subject in conferences of "Hachevra Lehaganat Hateva" he attended in the course of his job at "Beit Sefer Sade" and even thought they were crazy talking about saving a seashell or a road from being built. But, slowly it sunk in and he finally understood that this is a field that was missed, and must be dealt with. Maybe even a part of Israel's redemption.

He's been teaching Environmental Science for now 6 years and has taught a program for Judaism and Environment for 4 years before than, which he claims has built his worldview in the connection between Judaism and the environment. Today he teaches mostly "environmental Science" which he sees as a critical subject today. He now has more than 300 students, in 3 different schools; "Neve Chana", "Neve Shmuel" and 'Makor Chaim".

He defiantly feels he is influencing students even more than he would have expected. He believes what he teaches is not just knowledge but also a world view, a lifestyle. He sees things happening, and claims our generation is going against the previous one with what Arik calls an "Avant-garde", a concept used a lot in History meaning Pioneer power, rebellion. Going against a generation that behaved irresponsibly towards the environment. He sees it for example by a struggle against the use of Styrofoam (which is Non-expendable) in school by his students in Neve Shmuel. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">As one of his students I feel it gets to my life to. Most of his students can tell you he lives the subject, and revives it for his students.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Arik lives in Kfar Etzion and has 7 kids. He says his kids are very involved with the subject. In his house they separate garbage and save water and electricity. Besides Arik's job is also a hobby. In his free time he likes maps, making bullets of different areas, and reading books in the subject. He also likes learning new things. Everything he doesn't know interests him. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Even in the summer time when he doesn't teach he doesn't leave the subject. Starting with projects with the kids on Kibbutz and to education programs he's obligated to in 3 schools….

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">When I asked him who his role model is he answered; my wife and I have no chance to be like her. He said he tries to learn from every person but he says a role model for him is a person that the more you know them the more you appreciate.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">// To him a good Israeli is a person who is responsible, a person who is idealistic, a person who volunteers and contributes from himself //. Today Israelis are known for they're pressure and cutting corners and he wants that to change.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">He hopes the subject of Environment will spread seriously. He even hopes to get to a point where his job will be in danger with demand, and not because the environment will be in fashion but because people will really care and understand the importance of the subject.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">He thinks the world can make a change; the people can make a change. He believes the people need to change. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">He thinks there needs to be less sarcasm. The sarcasm enables. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The western world needs to be more modest and understand that they didn't understand everything there is to understand. Because every time they think they know everything a natural disaster comes and destroys everything they knew. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">He thinks the Jewish people need to take responsibility over the world and lead the change.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Arik claims we can change the world. He says it has to happen in 2 levels. 1 depends on each and everyone one of us, in our daily personal behavior, he says the key word is saving. He also believes knowledge=power. The more you know the more you can avoid. The other level is thinking BIG. Companies, countries and governments who can prevent a big part of the pollution and can change areas, countries and even the world.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">To the teenagers, the adults of tomorrow he says, the responsibility will be in our hands even faster than we'll know it and to prepare we have to be responsible starting now and it doesn't mean to give up our childhood, for example He says there are teenagers who take responsibility by leadership and volunteering. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">He gives me a fable he was told once; when the temple will be built there will be 2 kinds of people. The people who will watch, and the people who will help build. He wants to be one of the builders. He says to be one of them we have to start today. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">"Today you are a sophomore; tomorrow you can be a fighter pilot."

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"> One of Arik's favorite Quotes is: **"We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors;** **we borrow it from our Children."** ** (//Ancient Proverb)// **** I guess he expects us to behave accordingly. **

= = = **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;">background Research ** = <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**What is done in Israel for the envi** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**ronment?**

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">All over the world the awareness of the Environment is growing. As Arik said in the interview it is in our hands to change the world and save the environment. Here are some of the changes towards a greener world made in Israel.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"> ®  There are over 300 laws in Israel relating to the Environment, in purpose of reducing the pollution, saving water, recycling and more. One of these laws is "The bottle deposit law". It is in effect since 2001, This law requires the drink manufactures to charge a 30 //agorot// deposit for all beverage containers made of plastic, glass or medal in which their capacity is more than 100 //ml// and less than 1.3 //liters//, and on the other hand requires the  Supermarkets and large retail outlets to receive up to 50 containers per person every day and redeem them. According to Bottle Deposit Law article " // Retailers who refuse to accept returned containers are subject to fines and consumers may seek compensation in the small claims court… // .", (1). Since 2001 " // over 1.8 billion bottles and cans have been recycled. Litter has been reduced, and some 300,000 tons of greenhouse gases have been saved. //  "(1) This law is making a big change. As for 1.5 //liter// today, there is only voluntarily collection by producers and importers, from the bottle collecting cages on the streets. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">This law is something we can all do for the environment it is a small change in our lives, we get paid for it, so why not?

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"> ® There are many Israeli inventions; a few of them even help the environment. One of these inventions is Simcha Blass's invention. Simcha Blass was an Israeli water engineer, who discovered the essence of drip irrigation virtually by chance; a farmer drew his attention to a big tree, growing in his backyard “without water”. After digging below the apparently dry surface, Simcha Blass discovered why: water from a leaking coupling was causing a small wet area on the surface, while an expanding onion shaped area of underground water was reaching the roots of this particular tree - and not the others Coming across the principle that a slow and balanced drip effect led to remarkable plant growth, he created a device that changed the course of irrigation forever – a drip-based tube that slowly released water where it was most effective. He turned to kibbutz "Hazerim" and sold them his idea which led to the establishment of the "Netafim" company, which now employs over 2200 employees, owns 13 manufacturing plants in 11 countries and over 30 subsidiaries and representative offices in over 110 countries worldwide, and on the bottom line saves a lot of water in Israel and all over the world. According to About Netafim (1). ListeRead phonetically <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"> All of this is what one little (?) person started.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"> ® Israel is a developed country; therefore it receives technological developments from all over the  world. Some are even environmental friendly. One of the major sources of air pollution in the world is cars and other vehicles. A project led by an Israeli man named Yishai Agassi CEO of "Better Place" company is working on accelerating the global transition to electric transport all over the world including Israel. As they say on they're website, by next year they expect to have "electric cars" sold in Israel. They recently launched the first battery change station for the cars in Kiryat Ekron and have 50 more planed. As said in the article The Solution in Israel: Israel is the first country who made a commitment  to end the dependence on oil by 2020 and became the first country in the world committed to electric -based vehicle infrastructure (1). Electric cars are better for the environment. Electric cars deal with the shortage of oil (the main fueling source today) that is a non renewable source of energy, and transition to renewable energy sources like solar energy and wind  energy. Reducing pollution and the dangers caused by it.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;">® Anyway if you don't have any great ideas, can't drive or afford an electric car or you just want to do more than recycle bottles, here are some little things you can do to make big change: <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Tips on the "Environmental Protection Ministry" website: <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">[] <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">A 20 minute video explaining our impact on the environment in consumption: <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">[]

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">A lot is being done for the earth, but there is still a long way to go. I believe the little changes make the really BIG changes. And we have to make the change.

= = = **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Literary Connection ** =

<span style="direction: rtl; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"> **בראשית** ** [|חיים חפר] **

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> בראשית ברא אלקים את השמים ואת הארץ ; והארץ הייתה תוהו ובוהו וחושך על -פני תהום ;

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> וביום הראשון הבדיל אלוהים בין חושך לאור -ויהי אור והבוקר, בהיר, זרח בעולם ואחריו בא הלילה -שחור - ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר- יום אחד.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> וביום השני הוא יצר את הרקיע, הרקיע הנפלא והכחול, הרקיע שפרץ מתוך המים והבקיע ונפרש מעל גבוה ועגול- <span style="direction: rtl; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="artistlyricstext1" style="background-color: #cbc2a4; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;">ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר- יום שני.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> וביום השלישי הוא יצר את היבשת, את העמק, את ההר ואת הים, ונטע הרבה עצים וגם שתל פרחים ודשא שהפליאו את העין ביופיים- ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר- יום שלישי.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> וביום הרביעי את השמש ברא וירח עלה בלילות רבבות כוכבים כל כוכב הוא מזל, סובבו ועברו במסילות- ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר רביעי.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> וביום חמישי הוא יצר חיים במים- את הצדפים, את הדגים, התנינים, ובאותו היום פרחו בני- הכנף אל השמים- הנשרים, הסנוניות והיונים- <span style="direction: rtl; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="artistlyricstext1" style="background-color: #cbc2a4; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;">ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר- חמישי.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> וביום השישי הוא יצר חיות בחלד, את הפילים, האיילות, את הצבועים ; <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> ובאותו היום ממש הוא ברא אדם בצלם, הוא ברא אדם בצלם אלקים- ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר- יום שישי.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> והאדם אילף כל בהמה. והאדם חרש באדמה. והאדם המציא את הגלגל. והאדם השיט ספינות על גל. והאדם ריסן את הקיטור. והאדם טס מעלה כציפור. והאדם כבש כוכבי מרום. והאדם ברא את האטום.

<span style="direction: rtl; display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="artistlyricstext1" style="background-color: #cbc2a4; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;">והארץ היתה תוהו ובוהו וחושך על פני תהום.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> וביום הראשון הבדיל אלוהים בין חושך לאור - ויהי אור והבוקר, בהיר, זרח בעולם, ואחריו בא הלילה -שחור- ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר- יום אחד.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> וביום השני הוא יצר את הרקיע, הרקיע שפרץ מתוך המים והבקיע: וביום השלישי הוא יצר את היבשת, ונטע הרבה עצים וגם שתל פרחים ודשא ; <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר יום שלישי, יום שלישי ויברא את המאורות ברביעי.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; direction: rtl; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; unicode-bidi: embed;"> וביום חמישי הוא יצר חיים במים ובאותו היום פרחו בני הכנף אל השמים; וביום השישי הוא ראה כי מעשהו תם- וישבות מכל מלאכתו ולא ברא את האדם- וירא אלקים כי טוב.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**In The Beginning** <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**__ Chaim Chefer __**

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">In the beginning God created the sky and the earth; <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the first day God divided the light from the darkness <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">- And there was light. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the morning, Bright, shined in the world followed by the night <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">-Black- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the second day he created the firmament, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The wonderful and blue firmament, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The firmament that erupted from the water and burst out <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And spread over high and round- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the third day he created the land, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The valley, the mountain and the sea, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And planted many trees and also flowers and grass <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">That amazed the eye with their beauty- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the fourth day the sun he created, and the moon rose on the nights <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Thousands of stars, each star a fortune, circulated <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And passed on the rails- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the fifth day he created life in water- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The seashells, the fish, the crocodiles, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the same day bloomed of the- wing in to the sky <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The eagles, swallows and the pigeons- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And there was evening and there was morning- a fifth.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the sixth day he created animals with steel, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The elephants, the deer the hyena; <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the very same day, he created the man in image of GOD- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the man trained all beasts. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the man plowed the soil. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the man invented the wheel. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the man sailed boats on a wave. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the man restrained steam, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the man flew up like a bird. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the man captured heaven stars. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the man created the atom.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the first day God divided the light from the darkness <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">- And there was light. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And the morning, Bright, shined in the world followed by the night <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">-Black- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And there was evening and there was morning- one day.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the second day he created the firmament, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The firmament that erupted from the water and burst out: <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the third day he created the land, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And planted many trees and also flowers and grass; <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And there was evening and there was morning a third day, a third day. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And he created the lights on the fourth.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the fifth day he created life in water <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the same day bloomed of the wing in to the sky; <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And on the sixth day he saw that his act was over- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And he rested from all his work and did not create the man- <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">And God saw that it was good.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">This song, by Chaim Chefer describes the creation of the world. The creation is described twice: The first time, all days are described; when the man is created his (destruction) acts are described. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The second time, all days are described, with one difference; there is no man created.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">This is a protest song against the atom bomb. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">I think the author's message in the song is: we have a role, taking care of the world and not destroying what GOD created. Taking responsibility. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The man created in the song was left out the second time because he didn't do what he was supposed to. He didn't take care of the world, he destroyed it. He didn't take responsibility.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">I chose to include this song in my project because to me, it shows what a great Israeli should be like; take responsibility, take care of what he has and not destroy. I think this is true not only in the subject of environment, but in all of our acts. We all got gifted by GOD and our role is to exhaust our capabilities.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">** ﻿ ** <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">** ﻿ ** <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">** ﻿ **

=<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**Reflection** = <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">It's hard to admit, but I did enjoy writing this project. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Once I found a topic to write about… it was pretty easy to get through the rest, it was interesting and I felt I had things to say.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">It improved my writing and searching skills.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">I expected to learn how we can save the environment and I did, I learned how little people and things can make the big change; How much power we have as individuals and how it grows when we all come together for a specific purpose.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">I expected to learn who a role model is; I learned a person that the more you know him, the more you appreciate is a person worth being followed.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">I expected to learn how we can be good Israelis, and I learned how we have to take responsibility, and not only over the environment. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">I feel this project exposed me to things I would never now otherwise; about my teacher, the environment, and even myself. <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">I think this project added to my point of view on life.

=<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**Work Cited** =

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Profile: <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">-Interview with Arik.

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Background Research: <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">-Adam Teva V'din, 17/02/2010, 02/04/2011 , <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">[]

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">-Better Place, 05/2001, 06/05/2011, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">[]

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">-Netafim, 02/04/2011, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">[]

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Literary connection: <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">-Mikrah Net, <span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">[]

<span style="background-color: #cbc2a4; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">