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the last two, I won’t regret having already purchased my pointing in laughter at the suspended Dovi. upside-
ticket for Roskilde 2000. down and fifty meters from the ground.
For some, summer is not associated with relaxation The saddest days I knew as a child involved

and lounging, but hard physical work and discipline. Close returning to a routine school life after an exhilarat­
► friends Adam Bender and Dovi Sacks spent seven weeks ing summer. How can one break from a free exist­
' enrolled in a program with the Israeli Military, where they ence of tasting the perpetual encountering of previ­
were stationed in bases and hostels all over Israel. Their ously not experienced elements of life to return to

decision to participate was primarily “to bond, and shed mundanity? Through the years I have learned that
persuasive materialism while espousing spiritual fulfill­ somehow the way to enjoying the often very banal
ment.” As well as undergoing vigorous combat training, nature of restricted learning is to blur the lines di­

the two also had time to delve into nightlife and recreational viding summer and school, in order for life to be­
activities at offer. One Friday night Sacks and Bender hit come an endless summer.
Renana’s renowned Club Doojit located just outside Tel

Aviv. After the love-hungry soldiers received countless
rejections by every single woman in the nightclub, the de­
jected duo discovered it was a gay/lesbian night at the club.
In another memorable incident, Sacks repelled down a 250

meter cliff alone. Since he had missed the instructor’s tuto­
rial and handing out of helmets and gloves to the other 24
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participants, Dovi lost his footing and tumbled down the
precipice somehow managing not to crack his skull open.
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