by ischear | Jul 4, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education It was only 3 days ago that we left the Poland, but it feels like a life time ago because we have done so much since arriving in Israel. On Monday, the buses drove to the hotel to check-in and slept after the overnight...
by ischear | Jun 29, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
By Rabbi Rich Kirschen, Director of NFTY in Israel Right now, as Shabbat begins around the world your teens are either in their hotels nestled in the rolling hills of the Galilee, camping deep in the Negev desert or exploring the wonder of Golden Krakow in Poland. At...
by ischear | Jun 27, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education The teens arrived in Europe on Monday. Many of the participants are on a high as this is their first time in Europe. Tuesday, they were awed by the beautiful medieval architecture of the Prague Castle and the 12th century...
by ischear | Jun 25, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
By Zach Ainbinder-Barkley, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 2 This past Saturday, our tour group took a climb up Mt. Neshef (הר נשף) in the Negev. It was the afternoon, the hot sun beating down on us as if we were burgers on a flaming grill. We had had a long day; we...
by ischear | Jun 24, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education The group has been trekking through the Negev Desert. Like the Children of Israel that wondered through the desert for 40 years, Bus 1 and Bus 2 have been travelling through the breathtaking beauty of the desert. On...
