Drug dealer at Ulpan

In Ulpan we read a great story full of Hebrew slang about the benefits and drawbacks of being an international drug dealer.
Rabbi Goldfarb taught about the High Holiday amidah. We compared its structure and content to the amidah during the year. We spent a while talking about the k'dushat Hashem paragraphs. I got some great ideas for teaching to the Junior Congregation this year.
In halacha class we talked about permitted marriages for kohanim. The sources deal extensively with the definition of "zpnah" which I always assumed was undisputed.
After class we had a dinner meeting of the Legacy Fellows. We talked about what we were bringing home from out experience. I said that I was able to put a face on Israel by living here and interacting with the people rather than just touring around as I had done in the past. Earlier in the day, Michal, my Ulpan teacher, talked about culture differences between Americans and Israelis. Americans who donate money to Israel also want to be able to tell Israelis what to do. Israelis, naturally, resent this. Culture clash often shows up in subtle but real ways. We don't always correctly interpret what to us seems to be apparent anger but mey not be. Communication can break down as we depend on culturally bound non-verbal signals. Nevermind our inadequate Hebrew does not always provide us with the right word.
After the meeting, a few of us went to a poster shop hidden in a court yard behind a building on King George. After that we went to Ben Yehuda as some of us are leaving for home tomorrow and wanted to get some gifts for friends and family.