Israel's ultra-Orthodox have only three weeks of yeshiva break, and they take their brief summer vacation very seriously.
The Sea of Galilee Authority and the Interior Ministry opened an extra beach in the north for a three-week period. The beach will offers segregated bathing hours for women and men to accommodate ultra-Orthodox vacationers.
Aug. 8 markes semester break for yeshiva students. Hundreds of thousands of yeshiva students, close up their books and venture out on their brief summer vacation, which lasts exactly three weeks.
In contrast to its studious image, the yeshiva world takes vacation seriously. Danny, an American who studies at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, told Al-Monitor, “I’ve planned my vacation far ahead of time.
Source: Al Monitor