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Auschwitz II, Birkenau
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...
July 1st in Poland
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 "wow."...
Poland, Day 3
By Ari Kim-Leavitt, Bus 1 Yallah! Israel 2024 Today was Day Three of our Poland trip. Having arrived at Krakow last night, we had plans to visit many different significant historical places in and near the city. Heading towards the Jewish quarter of the city at the...
Our Journey Begins
Today our journey begins! We arrived in Warsaw and joined a beautiful Kabbalat Shabbat service with the local Reform Jewish community, touching the Jewish life of the present before we start our journey to the roots of our people this coming month. This Shabbat, we...
The Hope “HaTikvah” is Freedom
By: Ariel Fogelman, Director of Yallah! Israel For three thousand years the story of Passover has been a story of hope. In the book of Exodus chapter 12, all the details of the holiday are given. The people of Israel are still slaves and cannot celebrate anything in...
Unpopular Opinion: I am Proud to Send My Daughter on Her Tour of Israel
By Andrea Beck, parent of 2024 Yallah! Israel participant My best friend, her parents, my parents, and some woman I talked to at a party last week are all against me sending my 16-year-old daughter on her teen tour to Israel. This tour is a capstone experience for...
Notes from Rabbi Erin Mason
We are re-sharing this blog post written by Rabbi Erin Mason, Director of URJ Greene Family Camp, who recently traveled on FJC’s (Federation for Jewish Camp) Camp Professionals Israel Mission. In mid-February, I participated in a mission with the Foundation for...
Three Months I Will Never Forget
By: Alyssa Kruman, Summer 2023 Madricha, Camp Harlam Bus 15 Summer 2023 was three months that I will never forget. There was nothing more rewarding than being by the side of Jewish teens experiencing the most special place for the first time. Each day brought new...
More Than 10 Years Later– Lasting Friendships on Yallah! Israel
By Rachel Landman, former 6 Points Sci-Tech Israel Project Manager **We are resharing a blog from the archives that tells of lasting friendships formed on Yallah! Israel. Friendships that have surpassed more than a decade. This message still holds true, and with teens...