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Shabbat in Jerusalem
Saturday was Shabbat in Jerusalem as we all know, we received the option to wake up for breakfast or show up for services at 10:55 a.m. I personally chose to wake up for breakfast, it was very good and we were offered a lot of choices. It was a nice reprieve from the desert we had been in just a day ago.
A Fun and New View About The Differences We’ve Noticed So Far in Israel!
Our first buses leave for Israel in less than 4 weeks! This means we’re about to facilitate 470 teens transferring through our various gateway airports on their way to Israel or Europe. Fortunately, they’re not all traveling on the same day!
Mitzvah Corps Visits the Galilee Medical Center
By Sharon Mann, Liason in Galilee Medical Center's Department of Foreign Affairs It was a pleasure to welcome North American teens from NFTY in Israel's Mitzvah Corps to Galilee Medical Center where I am a liaison in the Foreign Affairs Department, for a look at...
Derech Eretz: Bringing our Jewish Values to Innovation
On Shabbat, Sci-Tech Israel heard from their first entrepreneur of the trip, Giel Matz, the Managing Director of the hardware department of Keter Plastics. Look around Israel, have you ever sat in a white plastic chair? If so you’ve most likely sat in a Keter chair. Keter’s name is everywhere: on garden furniture, household plastics, storage containers, and hardware.
A Connection to the Western Wall
After being in Jerusalem for a few days, we took a trip to the old city to learn about historic Jewish sites. While times have changed and our religion has adapted, many traditions have remained the same.
Rollin’ with Bus 8
A Harlam Counselor on NFTY in Israel
After growing up at Camp Harlam, I finally joined the staff in the summer of 2015. Unexperienced and unsure, I was met with one of my greatest challenges to date: a group of spirited, opinionated, intelligent, passionate thirteen-year-olds. Despite my best efforts, I was assigned two other groups of incredible tweens the following summer, but I made sure to maintain my connection to my first campers.
Interstellar Contemplation
By Asher Berkson-Gold, NFTY in Israel Madrich, Bus 6 After spending a day exploring in the desert, I decided to put my thoughts into words. INTERSTELLAR CONTEMPLATION As I like awake underneath the stars Thinking of the complacency of human connection And the...
