by ischear | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Dan Lange, Director, URJ Youth Programs Yom Ha’atzmaut represents a day of celebration in Israel – celebration of the founding of the modern Jewish homeland. In the days leading up to it, it is amazing to see the country transform to demonstrate the pride felt by...
by ischear | Apr 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Becca Diamond, NFTY in Israel 2009 alum, 2016 staff, current HUC rabbinical student “And Adonai said to Avram, go forth from your country, from your homeland, from your parent’s house, to the land that I will show you.” This is the first introduction we get to the...
by ischear | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Ilana Schear On NFTY in Israel, you will meet a lot of cool, new people, including your amazing staff! Rome Eliahou has just finished his Army Service and is looking forward to showing American teens around his homeland. Before his service, Rome dedicated time...
by ischear | Apr 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Rabbi Reuven Greenvald, Director of Israel Engagement, URJ I wasn’t one of the six million who died in the Shoah, I wasn’t even among the survivors. And I wasn’t one of the six hundred thousand who went out of Egypt… I was born in America 15 years after the Shoah...
by ischear | Mar 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education, NFTY in Israel This week, I’ll be heading to Europe with eight engaging, creative NFTY in Israel educators to develop our summer experience in Prague and Poland. We will visit all the sites that our teens visit and...
by ischear | Feb 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Rachel Landman, 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy, Assistant Director Water is essential to human life and Israel is more than 60% desert. During the years the State of Israel was being established, pioneers faced the challenge of creating a self-sufficient society in an...
