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Bus 4 & Bus 5 Singing in Jerusalem!
Welcome Home!
By Rabbi Loren Sykes, Director of Israel Immersives Being at Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday and seeing your teens emerge from passport control, baggage claim, and their PCR tests was exhilarating! We were finally able to say, “Welcome home!” to our...
Ready for Summer 2021? Here’s how to follow along the journey
Welcome families! This summer, your teen will embark on the journey of a lifetime with NFTY in Israel! Our team, in New York and Israel are working tirelessly to prepare for another amazing summer! As you prepare for the departure of your teen, we want to take a moment to share with you how you can stay in touch and share in their experience this summer.
Visit Israel Through Streaming
Looking for ways to stay connected to Israel while at home? Check out these movies and TV shows on Netflix and Amazon. More suggestions of Israeli films and T.V. shows you can find online: A Touch Away Zero Motivation Yossi and Jagger The Baker and The Beauty Under...
Update for Summer 2020
Dear NFTY in Israel Family, It is with broken hearts that we share our plans to cancel all 2020 NFTY in Israel Trips. While we have continued to plan, prepare, pray, and hope to run exciting and meaningful NFTY in Israel trips this summer, the risks posed by COVID-19...
Musician David Broza on Music, Peace, Israel, and More
An Interview with the Israeli Superstar By Jo-Ann Mort, 10/22/2019 Described recently by Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin as "the best of the best,” singer-songwriter, peace activist, and native son David Broza has been charming audiences around the world with his...
The Sukkah of Israel and Diaspora
By Rabbi Josh Weinberg, Vice President of the URJ for Israel & Reform Zionism & Executive Director of ARZA Yom Kippur has come and gone, we’ve deprived ourselves, fasted, and done tshuvah for our sins. Now it is time to rejoice. If there was ever a time for...
Eating Our Way Through Israel
By Abigail Segel, Bus 2 Participant Hummus, falafel, shakshuka, pita, za'atar and Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem Cookbook. That was my idea of Israeli cuisine before I left for my Israel adventure this summer. Having been here for four weeks, I now understand that just...
The Journey of Sci-Tech Israel
By Corey Brand, Bus 11 Participant After going to 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy for four years, I really wanted to spend my summer pursuing STEM and Judaism yet again. About a week into the trip, we made our way into the Holy City of Jerusalem. The Old City was...