by ischear | Jul 16, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Jolie Pressburger, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 2 One thing I’ve noticed as the days left of our Israel experience become numbered and our trip begins wrapping up, is how truly amazing it is that 39 teenagers from all different parts of the US and from all...
by ischear | Jul 16, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education Last Thursday, the group visited Tzipori, where the legendary collection of Jewish Lore and Law, the Mishna, was codified. At Tzipori, the group was awed by the most beautiful Roman-Jewish mosaics in Israel. The most...
by ischear | Jul 16, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education On Friday, the Group began the “Kishrei Noar” segment of the NFTY in Israel Program. “Kishrei Noar” is Hebrew for “Youth Connections,” and for many of the American teens this is a...
by ischear | Jul 16, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education Friday the teens visited the KashKash Farm to learn what it’s like to be a farmer in the middle of the desert. Here the words making the desert bloom are not an empty slogan, but the product of back- breaking work...
by ischear | Jul 16, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education Friday the teens enjoyed an early morning hike through Ein Avdat, a picturesque desert canyon. Here the participants got to see desert birds, that seek refuge here in the protecting walls of the canyon that characterize...
