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Rabbi Josh Weinberg shares a Shabbat Message with Yallah! Teens
Rabbi Josh Weinberg (he/him) serves as the Vice President of the URJ for Israel and Reform Zionism and is the...
Highlights from July 10th- 13th in Israel
Written by Sophia Ehrenberg, Yallah! 2024 Participant Welcome to Eilat! The southernmost point of our homeland, where you can see Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt all at the same time. This hot corner of the country gives us a true perspective on where we are in this...
A Conversation with Rabbi Rick Jacobs
Our campers were lucky enough to spend a Shabbat with Rabbi Rick Jacobs on Kibbutz Mashaabei Sadeh in the Negev. "Many had just arrived in Israel from Poland where they experienced the soul shattering sites of the Holocaust. Our Shabbat service was spirited, our...
Week 1 Recap
July 8th, Ein Avdat and Sde Boker
Written by Leo Kushnir and Nathan Liebman, Yallah! 2024 Participants We started with an early morning in the kibbutz, which was actually our last day waking up here before heading off to Eilat. As usual, we woke up relatively early and got together with friends to...
Experiencing Auschwitz after 10/7
Written by Eitan Klieger, Yallah! 2024 Participant *This article originally appeared in The Times of Israel Today I walked through Auschwitz. Our teen group went through the gates and saw the camp with our own eyes. We walked the same path that one million Jews...
First full day in Israel
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...
Arrival to Israel
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...
Treblinka
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 taking...