by mkoenig | Jul 5, 2024 | Summer 2024
Written by: Lily Gartenlaub, Daria Blyveis and Alex Gutman, Yallah! 2024 Participants Hi all! It’s Lily, Daria, and Alex writing the first teen blog of the summer! We woke up bright and early in our kibbutz rooms and got breakfast together. Then we bussed to...
by mkoenig | Jul 5, 2024 | Summer 2024
Written by Ben Markbreiter, Yallah! 2024 Madrich Today we welcomed the first 16 teens to arrive in Israel this summer with Yallah Israel/MBI! We had an exciting time meeting at the airport where we all learned each others’ names, situated ourselves geographically, and...
by mkoenig | Jul 5, 2024 | Summer 2024
Written by Sophie Math, Yallah! 2024 Participant As I walk along the paths of Treblinka, the only thing I can feel is shock. Every part of the camp was destroyed, completely eradicated to hide any proof of Jewish extermination – a way for the Nazis to avoid...
by mkoenig | Jul 3, 2024 | Summer 2024
Written by Elijah Kosta, Yallah! Israel 2024 participant July 2, 2024 Today we visited Auschwitz II, or Birkenau. It was a very different experience from yesterday at Auschwitz I, yet it presented its own challenges. Although the initial shock and anticipation of...
by mkoenig | Jul 2, 2024 | Summer 2024
Written by Ella Nahmiyas, Yallah! Israel 2024 participant Happy July! Breakfast was another morning of rushing to be on time and getting used to Polish cuisine. Then we got on the bus to truly begin our trip to Auschwitz. The best way for me to describe it is...
