They say never meet your heroes, because they may disappoint you. I'm sure it happens, but the idiom couldn't be further from the truth when I met Alon.
The nice thing about songs is that you can make them your own, and these lyrics by Graham Nash swirled through my head while listening to students discuss their experience at Alexander Muss High School In Israel (HSI).
To commemorate the one year anniversary of October 7, I am releasing a series of blogs that capture my April Jewish National Fund volunteer mission to Israel.