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A Day of Discovery: Exploring Bahai and Druze Cultures in Haifa
Written by Lila Bales, Yallah! 2024 Participant Today was a very eventful day! We started with an early wakeup and ate breakfast at the youth village we’ve been staying at. At 7:30, we hit the road and made our way to the Bahai Gardens in Haifa! We learned all about...
A Journey of Heart and History
Written by Ben Plancey, Yallah! 2024 Participant The past couple of days have been both serious and fun. Yesterday, we visited a hospital home called “Save a Child’s Heart,” where we learned about the help the organization provides to children from all over the world...
Yallah! Week 2
Take a look through Josh Gelman's eyes of Week 2 on Yallah! Israel ( Yallah! 2024 Participant)
Wholeness
Written by Sophia Ehrenberg, Yallah! 2024 Participant Wholeness. What other word could describe the mere one square mile of the Old City in Jerusalem? There is a unique joy and fulfillment in walking those streets—something I’m not sure I can put into words. This...
Our Machaneh Etgar Experience
Written by Ari Kim-Leavitt, Yallah! 2024 Participant When we first arrived as a group yesterday at Kibbutz Eshbal, I had no idea what this experience would be like. I assumed we’d just go camping and hiking. However, it turned out to be so much more. All the...
Highlights from July 9th and July 14-15th
Highlights of the past week from two of our 2024 Yallah! Participants. Written by Madi Goldman Despite waking up at four in the morning, our group had a blast hiking in the Red Canyon in Eilat. The path was not only filled with beautiful scenery but also enriched by...
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...