Advanced Technology in Israel - By Michael Terry

I never liked museums until I went on a trip to Jerusalem during a Bar Mitzvah process.  I had to learn Tefillin and wear a Talit.  We went to the Wailing Wall, then we went to a room near a cave and received headphones.  I thought to myself, “I’m not going in there”.  The Rabbi said to be very careful, stay with our group, and don’t touch anything.  I thought it was safe now that the whole group was going.  The headphones were there instead of a person guiding us through the tour.  We walked through the dark cave and felt the writing on the walls.  This had a cave-like atmosphere.

                As we made our way through, we came to a point in the tour where there was a glass floor!  Beneath the glass floor we could see 30 feet down and no one would budge.  Everyone was afraid of heights all of a sudden.  I thought I would fall as I had started walking, finally, the Rabbi went on across, leading our group and showed the next site in the tour.

                This was the most amazing part of the trip!  We then entered a virtual special effect room with holograms, lights, and a huge light mirror with reflections of everyone on the other side glowing.  As we moved on the tour, we went through a long stairway to a room of crystals and more glowing effects with different words on them and ancient signs on the walls.

                One of the reasons we were there was to read some of the stories in the Tanak and Torah through my Bar Mitzvah process.  We slowly made our way through the end of the tour and everyone was tired, mostly hungry.  As we came to the end of the tour, we gave our headphones to the woman at the end of the hall and then we left to go home, exited to tell our families about our big day! Now I take back everything that I said about museums.  After that experience, I feel that museums can be exciting and adventurous.