Fifty Shnades of Shnat- Ollie Whiteside

Ollie Whiteside tells all about his top 50 reasons why YOU should go on Shnat 5779!

1. Kef

2. Live communally

3. Learn about ecology

4. Build a mud dome

5.  Eat fresh dates

6. Make the desert bloom

7. Travel the country

8. Stay with a host family

9. Learn Hebrew

10. See a mulitcultural Israel

11. Eat Falafel

12. Befriend the locals

13. Visit ancient sites

14. Learn Arabic

15. Be a shnattie, not a shnottie

16. Meet leaders from other movements and countries

17. Show them that Netzer is the best

18. Learn what hagshamah is

19. Become a dugma ishite

20. Become a proffesional napper

21. Go to Netzer Veidah

22. Develop your leadership skills

23. Drink Kosher wine everyday

24. Make real change through social action

25. Get a new (sh)piercing

26. Grow out your hair

27. Ride on a segway

28. Experience Tel Aviv night life

29. Learn new songs

30. Write new songs

31. Learn how to build a real bonfire

32. Poo in the wilderness

33. Live in a flat with 16 other people

34. Get great merch

35. Swap merch with other movements

36. Meet inspirational people working to change Israel from the inside

37. Walk in a sandstorm

38. Go to an Israeli Festival (Zorba obviously)

39. Eat real shashuka

40. Climb to the top of masada

41. Climb to the top of a lot of hills

42. Buy some Bluntstones

43. Grapple with the conflict

44. Haggle in the Shuk

45. Get a whole new wardrobe

46. Learn the value of living in an intentional community

47. Become a political protestor

48. Swim in the dead sea

49. Buy a Shofar

50. Live out your ideology.