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PAGE 16 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE March 14, 1986
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—An Atlantan in Israel—
Student shares experiences
“Ambassador” Goolsby is second from left.
A drienne Goolsby, 17-year-old
student at Atlanta's North Fulton
High School, was one of a delega
tion of American teenagers who
participated in the Student
A mhassadors A nterican-lsraeli
Exchange Program. Atlanta
schools' participation in the pro
gram began eight years ago under
Dr. Alonzo Crim and is coordi
nated by Dr. Claude George.
Miss Goolsby was interviewed
by one of her teachers at North
Fulton, Dean Goldgar, after
returning from her month's stay in
Israel. — Editor.
Q. What is the program about,
and why were you chosen?
A. As student ambassadors
we’re trying to promote leadership
and friendship with other people in
the hope that when we grow up,
and become leaders of the world —
they expect us to become leaders —
that we will remember our ex
periences in Israel or other
countries, and that the people we
have met in Israel will remember
their experiences also and this will
promote friendship and peace
among nations.
Q. How many students went on
the trip?
A. From Atlanta there were
seven. This is the largest delegation
that was on this trip. We had a
total of 14 states represented.
They’re trying to extend it
throughout the country but only if
they have enough funds. We had
45 students and four chaperons.
Q. Why do you think you were
chosen?
A. 1 think probably 1 waschosen
because, first of all, my foreign
language is Arabic, and they never
had a student whose foreign lan
guage was Arabic. They were
really freaking out; like “Oh, you
take Arabic!” And also because
they were trying to take people
who could cope with different cul
tures and 1 guess they thought that
because I get along with my fellow
students 1 could also cope with dif
ferent cultures and that would
bring out what America truly is.
They also wanted people who
have leadership ability. Not in the
sense that you had to have a great
academic grade but also that you
were well-rounded and also could
keep up your work and keep your
average up.
Q. Why did you want to go ?
A. I’d never been to a foreign
country before and I’ve heard so
much about the Middle East. I had
planned this summer to go to
Egypt because we wrote to Presi
dent Mubarak and we were trying
to set up an exchange program for
the Arabic students and I wanted
to go to the Middle East and this
was my opportunity.
Q. What were some of the places
you went to?
A. First we visited five cities. We
went to lei Aviv, Bat Yam. Jerusa
lem, Kefar-Sava and Haifa. Jeru
salem was the place I enjoyed most
because you could see the differ
ence in cultures; although Israel is
the homeland for the Jewish peo
ple, you could see the different
types of Jews. You could see the
Orthodox, you could see the
Reform Jews. The Orthodox
would have the sideburns and they
would wear the black hats and the
black suits; and you would see the
Palestinians—well, no, not really;
you would see the Arabs.
The difference between the old
city and the new city was really
neat; because trying to put these
two different cultures together, it
was different. When you’d go to
the old city, you would see the
Arabs and they were speaking
Arabic, which 1 could understand;
in the new city—the other part of
Jerusalem—you would see the
conflicts between their own peo
ple, in actuality because some Jew
ish people would be talking about
the Orthodox Jews but they’d also
be talking about the Arabs.
But one thing they are trying to
do that 1 could see throughout
Israel is that they are trying to
promote peace between the Arabs
and the Jews and the students
really don’t want this separation.
They want peace throughout Israel
and you could see it in all the cities
I visited. When you’d speak to
them they’re hoping for peace and
that’s one thing 1 brought back
because what 1 saw is such strong
feeling of hope for peace.
It seems that they’re putting so
much stress on peace and we’re
over here in America not putting as
much stress on peace as they are
and we’re just taking everything
for granted, and they don’t.
Q. Did you get along well with
the families you stayed with ?
A. They were great. They took
me into their homes as if 1 were
their own daughter and they
trusted me as if 1 were their own
daughter. My host families’daugh-
ters and sons, they were like my
brothers and sisters. There were no
prejudices or anything. I didn’t
expect any prejudice. I miss them,
as if they were my own family. I
want to go back; 1 wish I could go
back this summer.
Q What impressed you most
about Israel and its people?
A. Well, mostly, as 1 said before,
about the idea of peace because
when you see it on TV you do not
see them fighting for peace. You
always see the Middle East is in
conflict and fighting. You would
never think that when you go to a
Middle East country like Israel
that they would actually be trying
to promote peace within the coun
try because of all the stereotypes
that you have seen on TV. I felt 1
was proud to be in Israel at that
time because you could see that
although there were conflicts, they
were still trying to promote peace.
Q. What didn 't you like about
Israel?
A. Well, (laughter) the food. I’m
not that much of a vegetable eater
and they are and they love fruit and
I’m a very picky eater so I had to
adjust to that. I can adjust to most
things except food. I would starve
before 1 would eat any of the egg
plant stuff that they had.
Q. Other than their efforts for
peace, was there anything else
about the country that really took
you by surprise?
A. I hadn’t expected the people
to look at me so much because you
could see the Ethiopian Jews and I
guess they would stare at us so
much because we were Americans,
but particularly the black Amer
icans. They thought we could all
breakdance and could all sing and
that that’s all we could do. We
thought maybe it wasjust because
of our skin color that they were
looking at us sc long. We would
walk on the bus and everyone
would look, but you would see an
Ethiopian Jew and they wouldn’t
stare at them.
It was a new experience for us
because we would have to get up in
the morning and look to see if
everything was perfect because
when you have someone looking at
you continuously and you’ve just
come from America where no one
notices you at all, it’s a new expe
rience. 1 enjoyed the attention, but
sometimes it got really....(laughs).
When 1 first went to Jerusalem 1
thought it would be a spotless city
because it’s the city where most of
our religious faiths were born.
They were selling oil and candles in
the churches and you would think
it would be holy so they wouldn't
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