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...
by ischear | Jun 22, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
by ischear | Jun 22, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
By Rabbi Rich Kirschen, Director of NFTY in Israel This summer on NFTY in Israel, the power of watching hundreds of young adults begin a Jewish journey of a lifetime, is truly an experience in Heschelian awe (This concept is based on Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel,...
by ischear | Jun 19, 2018 | Summer 2018, Uncategorized
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education One month ago, on Thursday May 17, 2018, NFTY in Israel office in Jerusalem held a graduation ceremony for 10 new graduates of the NFTY “Israel Educators Course.” The way NFTY in Israel trains its “Educators” is truly one...
