by ischear | Jul 25, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Jacob Gerbman, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 8 Since leaving Europe and arriving in the Holy Land of Israel, I’ve had some time to reflect on my experience. In my time there I not only learned about my roots as a Jew, but I also about the ways European...
by ischear | Jul 25, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Maddie Katz, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 8 Using a pickaxe was nothing like it is in the movies. Instead of swinging down hard onto the rocks below, we used it to gently move dirt around as we shoveled rocks, dust, and maybe 2,000 year old pottery into buckets....
by ischear | Jul 25, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Zach Herman, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 7 4:30 was not the earliest we had ever woken up on this trip, but that didn’t change the fact that I was exhausted. We slept in Bedouin tents and it was moderately comfortable, a little more comfortable than the desert...
by ischear | Jul 25, 2018 | Summer 2018
by ischear | Jul 24, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Lindsay Zimble, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 7 For chavaya, a four day free choice, the majority of my friends decided to spend a few days in the IDF or hike from the Sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean. For some reason I went out on a limb and chose Tikkun...