By Anna Kaminsky, Hebrew University

 

I spent the best six months of my life studying at the Masa Israel-accredited Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The things I did, the things I learned, the people I met – I will never forget any of it. But one of the things I will cherish most is the friendship I developed with a guy named Ghassan.

 

Ghassan is a year and a half younger than me but you would never know it. He has Mediterranean skin, shaggy dark brown hair, and inviting dark brown eyes. His smile is genuine and his laughter contagious. 

 

He lived in the building next to mine in the student dorm village, and he was also friends with some other guys I knew. I met him one night when we all hung out downtown.

 

He wasted no time. Right off the...