A Life-Changing Journey: Roots Mission 2013
In March 2013, 15 teenagers from Pardes Channa-Karkur, Israel, went on a 10-day trip to Ethiopia, on a mission called “Roots,” to gain a better understanding of the sacrifices and difficulties their parents and grandparents had to endure to give them a more prosperous life as Israelis.
Many of the students said they returned to Israel a different person. The journey to Ethiopia connected them to their ethnic backgrounds and said they almost feel sorry for the other Ethiopian-Israeli teens they grew up with who wouldn’t have the same experience.