by ischear | Jul 10, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
By Abby Minch, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 2 One of the lines in the Torah reads “Tzedek tzedek tirdof” which means “Justice, justice you shall pursue.” In Judaism, we are taught to help everyone and everything in the world so that we can bring them back to peace....
by ischear | Jul 9, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Audrey Minch, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 2 This blog was written on July 8 Over the course of these past three weeks, one of the biggest highlights has been getting to know fellow Jewish teens from around the United States. We all come from different...
by ischear | Jul 9, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Dan Freedman, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 3 My Tikkun Olam experience started off with a two hour bus ride from the Nes Ammim hotel. This bus ride finally allowed me to really meet with some of the bus 4 kids, some of whom I had not been able to really get...
by ischear | Jul 9, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Isaac Zalkind, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 7 Something I love about NFTY in Israel is the freedom. I’m able to experience the culture of Israel like I’m here on my own, yet still feel part of the family of my group. Two days ago we were in Jaffa, and were...
by ischear | Jul 9, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Ali Koenig, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 8 I spent my sweet sixteen in a cemetery. On Sunday, July 1, we explored Warsaw’s Jewish community. We visited the wall of the Warsaw Ghetto, walked along the Route of Heroism, and paid our respects at the Jewish...
by ischear | Jul 9, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Jonathan Kressbach, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 9 After the last 3 days of enduring the extreme living conditions of the Negev, our last morning in the desert provided a really fun and exciting twist on the previous hiking experiences. Twenty minutes or so...
