by ischear | Jul 11, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Simeon Richardson, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 4 My time in Israel has been without a doubt the best experience in my life. If I were to pick one experience that was the most memorable, I would choose the visit to the Western Wall. I’m not a spiritual person at...
by ischear | Jul 11, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Elysheva Barnett, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 9 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...
by ischear | Jul 11, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
By Emily Kay and Paige Schultz, Sci-Tech Israel Participants, Bus 12 The Kibbutzim don’t get creative with food options They have sprite in a glass bottle! We drink water out of indestructible, paper-thin plastic cups. The showers are part of the floor! The...
by ischear | Jul 10, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
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...
by ischear | Jul 10, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Rachel Landman, Sci-Tech Israel Unit Supervisor, Bus 12 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...
by ischear | Jul 10, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Samantha Simon and Olivia Zelling, NFTY in Israel Participants, Bus 9 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...