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- dallasakko2008
- Shalom, Akko kids! I am the computer teacher and yearbook editor at Levine Academy in Dallas, Texas. We are very excited about blogging with you here on DallasAkko2009 about Zion Ozeri's photography. Please write to us about yourselves and your feelings about the photos.
90 comments:
I feel that this man symbolizes the struggle for freedom. Freedom is a hard thing to recieve. This man's face shows the emotions of pain and struggling that comes with the fight for liberty. What do you think about it?
Jeremy
This picture is very meaningful. This shows a group of Refusniks who just arrived in Israel. The man closest up has a relieve, yet confused look on his face. He has waited a long time to get to Israel to leave as a free Jew. Something interesting about him is that he still has a sash with all his army metals on them. It shows that even though he wanted to go to Israel, he still had a connection to the Soviet Union. He had served them as a army general and he feels like he still had a connection with them. This shows that even though a lot of people wanted to go to Israel, some people still had a connection with the place they had lived there whole life, the Soviet Union.
In the photo is a picture of a Soviet Union Jewish soldier coming to the land of Israel. I think it symbolizes the hard life of all the Jews no matter who they were: a soldier, a baker, anything. But in the end every singler one of them belonged in Israel and they had finally reached it. They all looked different but they all had the same expression. All of their expressions show some mix of sadness and happiness. Sadness that they were no longer in their homeland but happiness that they were finally free of Anti-semitism. They were scared that they were in a new place but but they had hope that their life would be better in Israel and that they weren't alone.
This picture has a lot of emotions. These Refusniks just arrived in Israel. The man you see looks very relieved to be there. He went through a long struggle to get there. He has a few buttons and pins from the army. He must have served in the army. This picture shows me that no matter who you are, you still have to fight for what you want.
Jeremy
This picture to me symbolizes that through all the hardship this man has been through he has finally arrived at his destination. he seems that he is in awe that he finally arrived in Palestine. Our teachers discussed this photo with us. The man has honors, medals. This is proved by the medals he is wearing. Jews in the Soviet Union was very anti-semtic. this man looked as if he served with them and for them. The man was on one of the first flights to Israel.
This picture resembles all the Refusniks; this particular person was proud of Russia, and even served in the army, but he is arriving in Isreal. He resembles that they were sad and series when arriving, but there is hope. They all miss their old country, but they are zionest and came to Isreal. They resemble the thousands that came from Russia in hope of a better life.
It shows that even though he is moving to Isreal, he still has ties to Russia, his old country. He used to love his old country, but is moving. This single person represents those who had ties to other places, and was denied access to Isreal, but eventually get to Isreal.
Kianna
This picture to me symbolizes that through all the hardship this man has been through he has finally arrived at his destination. he seems that he is in awe that he finally arrived in Palestine. Our teachers discussed this photo with us. The man has honors, medals. This is proved by the medals he is wearing. Jews in the Soviet Union was very anti-semtic. this man looked as if he served with them and for them. The man was on one of the first flights to Israel.
This man looks like he has been through many things. He may have been getting off the plane in Israel, or he could be rejected and sent away from the plane. The badges on him show that he is from the Soviet Union, and he is loyal to his country. He looks like he has had a very tough life living in the Soviet Union. The people behind him also look like they have had a very tough life. This man symbolizes freedom and will live a happy life in Israel without anti-semestism and there will be no communists watching over him in Israel. He will no longer be rejected by the Soviet Union.
Justin Katz
feel that this man is very hurt emotionaly. he seems not very old physicaly, but old emotionaly, and hurt. he seems betrayed, but still proud. he looks as if he had just completed a long journey, that tired him and put him through emotional and physical termoil, and aging him immincely. the intersesting thing is that, as we learneded about him in class, he is trying to get away from russia. yet all this time he is wearing all of his soviet pins on his jacket. this shows that he did not want to have to leave, and that he loved his country, but could not tolerate all the oppression in his homeland.
I feel like this man represents a comfused man who finally reached Israel. He is comfused because he is a loyal Soviet Union soldier who is now leaving his home for a new home. He is grateful for being allowed into the Jewish homeland, but still loves his own country. He is also probalby relieved to be allowed into Israel and now feels like a free man. He most likely has been waiting a long time to get into Israel, and now that he is there, his life is completely different. He represents all the people loyal to Russia, and are now free to leave and enter the land of Israel. I imagine it must be hard to leave the country you were born in and have lived your entire life in for a new land with no money or anything. This man must have have a difficult, and stressful life filled with many problems to deal with.
I think this man is carrying his home on his shoulders and is starting a new time for himself and for his people. He has come to Israel after much hardship and is relieved to have finally arrived there.
I think that this picture is very interestingand meaningful and it shows different things. It clearly gives an idea of how difficult it was for the immigrants to leave their country after living there for generations. Some of them, like the man in the front, even fought for his country, but he had to leave just because he was a Jew by birth. The picture also does a good job showing how promising the land of Israel was for all the Refusnicks, it was their first choiceof where to go. I am sure it is very difficult to leave the country you have lived in and love and fought for, but making aliyah to the Promised Land its a very good opportunity.
Yosef.
This picture is a group of Refusniks who have just landed in Israel. The man is still wearing his pins from the Soviet Union, showing the Refusniks attachment to their homeland. Their faces show many emotions such as, joy and sadness. They did not wish to leave their homes and lives, but were forced to. Some are happy that they have left their horrible lives in the Soviet Union. None of them wished to leave and only wanted freedom.
This photo is very emotional. Thsi man has gone through a lot of tough scenes in his life. You can tell he is sad, but at the same time he is relieved.
The man looks very tired and ready to be home and have freedom. He also gives me a sense of hope for the people coming to Israel because it lokks as if me might of made it there.
I think the photo shows many different emotions. It shows struggle and sorrow. Although the man does not express it, he seems happy and relieved to finally be in the Promised Land, away from all the terror in Russia. But I also see some nostalgia on his face because he stills wears openly Russian medals, and that tells me he is still somewhat loyal to Russia even though they mistreated him and many other Jews.
This picture evokes alot of emotional. It seems the people have just arrived in israel. To me that man looks very happy but hes keeping it in. He has pins that make me think he was in the army. This picture shows me that it doesn't matter who you are you still have to fight for the things you like.
I think that this man looks very strong and brave while also looking beaten and tired. Being trapped for such a long time must have been so hard for all of the Jews. All they have been waiting for is to go to Israel. It shows such great commitment towards his freedom and not giving up, and I think that is something we can all honor.
This picture shows that the man may be looking for something that he can not find. He is trying to find a clue oor a symbol that everything will be okay. He also has a very calm look on his face as to say he knows that everything will be alright very soon. He knows that he has arrived to safety and that he will be more accepted where he ended up.
This picture has a lot of emotions in it. It shows a group of Refusniks who arrived in Israel.I think it symbolizes and shows how hard their life was. You can see in the picture all of the pins he was on his jacket, this means to me that he must have served in the soviet Union. I also think this pictures shows that some of them were happy and sad to leave. They didnt really want to leave their lives in the soviet Union but some of them were happy to leave their bad lives behind them.
This a very expressive picture. It shows how it was not easy for anyone to come to the land of Israel, when they had been accustomed to a totally different experiance in the Soviet Union. This man's facial expression shows the relief and wonder that he will endure from arriving at this new place. This is what he has been striving to reach; now he has finally reached his ambition. He has yet to begin his new life and leave the old one behind him.
This man is entering a land of which he has dreamed of for what seems like eternity. He is filled with sadness and happiness at the same time. Sadness because this man has left his home forever. His experiences in the Soviet Union have aged him. Through all the trouble he was still loyal to his country. He is Happiness because he has fufilled his dream of going to Israel. He is probebly thinking about his past and now...now he is in Israel!
The mans face in the photo shows the effects of his stuggle to get to Israel and emotional toll this long wait has had on his spirit. The army pins on his jacket show that though he was persecuted, he remained loyal to the country he was from. These Refuseniks led a hard life in the Soviet Union, but the love for their country remained strong. Now free in the holy land, he most likely feels relieved but also scared of the unknown world he is entering.
This man represents how the Jews struggled on their journey to Israel. You can tell everyone in the picture feels pain but deep down they are probably relieved
השם שלי יוסף,
אני גר בדאלס טקסס שתי שנים.
לפני, אני גרתי במקסיקו. אני נולדתי שם.
יש לי אח אחד קטן.
אני אוהב לשחק כדור-רגל וטניס.
שלום! אני לאה ואני רחל. אנחנו לא יודע חרבה עברית. אנחנו רוצה לירו אתם במאי! לחתרות, רחל ולאה
אני חושב שהאיש בתמונה לקח את ביתו על כתפיו והוא חלף את זמן חדש לו ולעמו. הוא בא לישראל אחרי הרבה קושי והוא שמח שהוא שם בוף.
ני יוסף אני גר בדאלאס,אני בנ שאלוש אסר'.
שלום! השם שלי לאה ואני בת ארבע עשרה. למדתי עברית לעשרה שנים. אני גרה בדלאס טקסוס. אני אוהבת לציר, לרקוד, ולהיות עם חברים שלי. אני באמת אוהבת לדבר עברית.
שלום אנ' ברוך. אני בן 41. אני יש הרבה חברים. אני אוהב ספורט כדור סל וכדור רגל.
שלום אני בילה. אני גרה בדלס, טקס. אני אוהבת צבע ורוד. אני אוהבת את הכל החברם שלי. אני אוהבת משחק ספורתי. אני שמה הכל יום.
אני שלוש עשרה. אני אוהב כדור בםים. אני רוצה לנםוע לישראל. אני יש שני אחים
שם, השם שלי אריאל. אני בת שלוש עשרה ואני גרה בדלס, טקסס. אני אוהבת להיות עם החברים שלי. אני בא לבית-ספר בלויין אכדמי. אני אוהבת ללצחוק עם החברים.
שלום, אני מתנה. אני ערבה עשרי. אני גרה בתקסס. אני אוֹהבת מוּסיקה. אני שמחה לפגוֹשׁ אתם בישראל
שלום!
השם שלי חנה.ו אני בכתה ח'.
אני אוהבת כיתה ח' מאוד, אבל לפעמם זה קשה.
אני אוהבת החברים שלי ואני תמיד עם חבים
שלום! אני שינה. אני בת שלוש-עשרי. אני גרה בדאלס טקס. אני אוהבת לאכל שוקולד לשמוע מוסיקה.
שלום!
.השם שלי קילה רחל
.יש לי אח ואחות קטן
.הם בכיתה ו
,אי אוהבת לעושת ספורט
,לקרוא הרבה ספרים
.ולדבר עם החברים שלי
להיתרות!
שלום חורים, אני מיכאל והיום הולדת שלי על אוקטובר 82. אני אהוב מיוסיקה.
שלום חורים, אני מיכאל והיום הולדת שלי על אוקטובר 82. אני אהוב מיוסיקה.
שלום חורים, אני מיכאל והיום הולדת שלי על אוקטובר 82. אני אהוב מיוסיקה.
In this picture we can see a old man in an airport.We can see he was in the army because he has alot of army medals.He came from USSR.He looks worried, afraid and he is a new immigrant.
This man is a new immigrant.
I think that he is unhappy because he left his family and came to israel.
But when the time keep on he will be happy.
Shimon and Yaniv..=]
Hello from Netanel Cohan,
the man just arrived to Israel from an other country, probebly from USSR and he look a little afraid because its a new place for him and he need to start a new life.
Hello from shaul,
In the picture i see a man that just came from USSR to israel.
This man look very sad and tired
from his life.On his shirt he has medal's that been given to war heros.
in this picture we see an old man who has alot of simbols on his shoulders.
nahum and ofir
in this picture i can see an jewish man hat coming back to israel and he is very happy.
I feel that this man fought hard for his freedom, we can see that this man came to israel to start a new life, by the man face and medals we can see that the man had a long and painful past and now he is done fighting.
Barak
Hey,
My name is Shani. :D
The man in the picture is a new immigrant.
He seems to be very confused and scared about his future, but he has hopes that he will live a better life in Israel.
in this amazing picture i can see an old man (jewish man) that immigrant to isreal, he is very excited to come back to his native land, to start a new beginning in a new place, isreal.
im liav.
i think thet this phcture simbolize the hard road thet we went throw along history untill we hav got our country...
In this picture I can see an israeli airplane and a lot of pepoles coming to Israel to visit or live there .
Ital ( :
In this picture I see a new immigrant in the airfield that probably came after war because all the medals on his suit .
It seems like the man is very happy to finally be in Israel, and we can see on his face the excitement that he has.
It looks like he really looked forward to came in Isreal.
hey, my name is Avital,
The man in the picture is jewish and he came to Israel.
he looks sad and worried.
hey everebody
my name is hadar gez.
I see that photo man .
he is isreal.
he look afried maybe he not knew Isreal.counfused and he
came from
waht do you think about this photo ?
Hey everybody,
My name is Lilach Markovitz.
About the picture-
In this picture we all can see an old man, that sees very sad.
behind him, there is an airplane and on it it says "ELAL" (אל-על).
ELAL is an Israeli airline company.
so we can understand from it that the man is doing "aliya" ,apparently this is his first time in Israel.
Also, we can see that the man is wearing many pins that are expressing (I think) the wars that he took part in.
Lilach ;]
hey everybody;
we feel that this men is just arrived to israel and he is ready to start a new life but he is very afraid beacuse this is all new to him and beacuse he is alone and he left his life behind.
from tami and coral
Hey,
My name is Niv kalfon.
I see in the picture old man that immigrant to Israel from probably Russin (because he wear shirt of Soviet Union army).
He just arrived in Isreal (in the background we see "EL-AL" airplane) and he look a littel worried and tired.
I think that the man in this picture just arrived in Israel.I can see he excited because he made aliyah to the holy country in his first time. He came here without his family so probably he had nowhere to go.
Adi Apotheker:)
Hi.my name is roman
We can see in figure 1 a old russian man with alot military grades standing near an israeli airport probebly in a israeli ariport.
We can see on his face that he is confused or afraid of the unknown called israel
I think that the man in the picture is an old, senior soldier who leaving his native land country [probably Russia wealthy military record. He looks or Ukraine] with a lot of Military decoration that hinted on a very wealthy military record. He looks confused, sad but very excited to go back again to his real homeland, the Jewish homeland – Israel.
Dear Barak,
The medals might show his painful past but also it could show how dedicated he was to the country that was cruel to him and his people. He fought for his country and loved Russia and even now that he is in a new and holy land he still has strong ties to his native land. He is happy to be free in Israel but he also misses the land that has been his home.
Tali and Jeremy
To Rina:
The medals probably do mean that there was a war before, or he participated in a war.
To Roman:
I think that his face shows that he is afraid of Russia, not Israel, and is happy to get to Israel.
To Barak:
This man probably did have a hard past. He probably did have to fight to get where he is now.
Justin
Avital:
The man looks very sad and worried. He seems to be interested to start a new life in his homeland.
Dear Barak,
We think that you are right! We agree that this man fought hard for his freedom. Although he fought for Russia he know lives in isreal his homeland, where he belongs. How do you think this now free man can contribute to his society? How will he help the community? What kind of job will he have?
Hey!
We'd love to get to know you so will you please comment on the first blogposts and tell us about yourselves?
Thanks talk to you soon!
Dear Tami and Coral,
HI! Its Lilly and Kelly.
We agree with you that it must be scary to move to a new place all by yourself. He must have felt very scared and lonely. What do you both like to do? Kelly and I are in choir together. Do you both do anything in common? What is life like in Israel? Write back soon! :)
Hey Hadar,
This photo shows the conflict to get to freedom. He looks sad and accomplished that he finally arrived in Palestine. The man has honors, medals. This is proved by the medals he is wearing. Jews in the Soviet Union was very anti-semtic. This man looked as if he served with them and for them. The man was on one of the first flights to Israel.
Ari and Joseph
Barak,
Adam and I feel the same way. This man looks very confused and lost. He is entering a new mysterious land and starting a new life. He looks old so he probably had a long hard past.
:]
HEy avital!
I'm mika and it's great to meet you.
This man is new to Israel. Do you think hes happy in Israel? DO you think he has family therer?
I think all of your comments are great and your english is good. Good job everyone!!!
(>'')>
hay
my name is danny.
in this picture i see man that came to israel from ussr.
he have many badges from the soviet
army.
he looks sad and confused because he came to new place to start a new life.
With all of these comments I think that you are all correct. I think that maybe the people in the backround are going through almost the same thing.
-liz
Netanel,
Yes I can't imagine how nervous and scared this man was when he got to Israel. it is very hard to make the decision of leaving your home and going to a new country that you don't know.
Hey, i'm Ravit =]
In this picture I see an old man who has just arrived to israel and he seems very worried, maybe because he is looking for someone or maybe because he does'nt knoe where to go or what to do.
It seems like he was a soldier [according the characteristic on his shirt].
The man in the picture is a new immigrant.
He seems to be very confused and scared about his future, but he has hopes that he will live a better life in Israel.
almog
In the photo i see an old man with a hopful look in his eyes.
According to the medals on his clouthes he was a russian soldiar
and he just came to Israel.
It must be an importent and very emotional moment in his life because he is finally in israel,
with his "brothers".
hello for all!
I have many thinks about this picture.
In a picture I see an old man bahind him have a plane.
On a t-shirt of the man have many tags that symbols that "halia" and for this man have along history!
I connect very much to the picture becouse I like to be in israel like him!
Halgoa Eran
I see in this picture an old man that came from U.S.S.R to israel.
This man was in the army, I know this because he have a lot of tag on his shirt. He looks confused and sad because he came to a new place.
I see in this picture adult man that came to Israel.
He looks worried about his future.
This picture resembles all the Refusniks; this particular person was proud of Russia, and even served in the army, but he is arriving in Isreal. He resembles that they were sad and series when arriving, but there is hope. They all miss their old country, but they are zionest and came to Isreal. They resemble the thousands that came from Russia in hope of a better life.
In the picture their is a man standing and behind him there is a plane.
He wears badges,and he looks woried.
I think this man woried because he came to a new country.
He looks alone , he has no family.
Hey,
In this picture we can see an old man getting down from a fly.
the man getting out to a new freedom, something new that connect
him to the jewish roots.
Koral Alon :)
Hey,
In this picture we can see an old man immigrant to Israel.
His face look scary, and he seems worried about what will happen in her.
Oriani :)
i see here an old man who come for isreal and seems very worried from the unexpected.
Hey,
My name is lital.:P
The man in the picture is a new immigrant.
He seems to be very confused and scared about his future, but he has hopes that he will live a better life in Israel.
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