by ischear | Jul 17, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Haley Golderman, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 10 When I met my bus at JFK Airport for NFTY in Israel, I had no clue what to expect. I am not your “typical” kid on the trip, as I have never been to a URJ overnight camp and in another month, I will be a college...
by ischear | Jul 17, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Jace Dery, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 2 Man, what an experience this trip has been. It’s so surreal to me that a month has flown by so quickly and that in just a few short days, we will be leaving. I remember looking at the itinerary before the trip and asking...
by ischear | Jul 17, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Mackenzie Fakas, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 3 Last week we split into our Chavaya groups and I was in Tikkun Olam. The word Tikkun Olam means repairing the world and through the four day I had with this group I learned that Tikkun Olam is not only the physical...
by ischear | Jul 17, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Talia Granick, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 2 If I had to think of every moment from this trip and pick out my favorite moment, it wouldn’t be the desert, or Jerusalem, it wouldn’t even be seeing my friends for the first time in a year, it would be singing with...
by ischear | Jul 16, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Mya Levin, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 3 Hi, my name is Mya Levin and for my chavaya I chose Yam l’ Yam, also known as Sea to Sea, which is a four day hiking trip from the Sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean. We literally jumped right in! We took a very...
by ischear | Jul 16, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Max Nemoy, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 3 Last week our group separated into our preferred Chavaot. I chose to participate in Gadna and I can truly say that this experience changed me and my perspective of the IDF. I thought it would be very difficult and it...
