The online edition, dated one day in the future, boasted the Webcast on its front page alongside news of the atrocity that had happened only the day before. Nahshon briefed the families about heightened security in the hours following last week's bombing. The teens had been in Jerusalem that day, though nowhere near the explosion that ripped through the outdoor market, killed 13 victims and wounded 170. Trip leaders adjusted their schedule to avoid crowded areas at vulnerable hours. Some of the scheduled activities, such as visiting Mahane Yehuda, were dropped from the itinerary altogether.
Borders are closed and security patrols are double.
Jerry Yanowitz, East Bay federation president, recalled reassuring his own parents that he would be safe in Israel during the tense days following the 1967 Six-Day War. He was then 15. Underwritten by sundry Jewish organizations, it started with a mobile satellite transmission unit at the foot of the legendary Snake Path. Because Masada is miles away from the national power grid, a generator was needed to power the unit. Technicians fed 1,200 feet of fiber-optic cable from the unit up the side of the rock to connect with the video camera.