by ischear | Dec 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Dan Lange, Director of URJ Youth Programs A summer on NFTY in Israel is so much more than a few weeks in a different country. Through adventure, food, games, sports, social justice, hiking, swimming, science and technology, Hebrew, climbing mountains, sleeping...
by ischear | Dec 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Rabbi Rich Kirschen, Director As director of the URJ’s NFTY in Israel initiative and a resident of Jerusalem, I was asked recently to write a blog post about Israel. With that in mind, I am going back to a topic I know well – or at least one I care about deeply:...
by ischear | Dec 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Rabbi Rich Kirschen, Director Hanukkah is without a doubt a peculiar Holiday. And not because it commemorates a story about a victory where the few prevailed against the many, and the weak won out against the strong. We are all familiar with the theme, “they tried...
by ischear | Dec 4, 2018 | Featured, Uncategorized
Hanukkah is here and, in the spirit of the season, we’re excited to share eight moments that will make your NFTY in Israel trip this summer as miraculous as that little jar of oil lasting for all eight nights! Of course, like the Hanukkah oil, there is so much...
by ischear | Nov 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education It is winter now in Jerusalem and we are just a few days away from Hanukkah. Hanukkah was born in Jerusalem. It was a victory celebration of a minority people whose culture had been outlawed by the tyranny of the majority....
by ischear | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Ilana Schear, Registrar and Communications Coordinator NFTY in Israel has been leading trips to Israel since 1958. With an alumni database of nearly 30,000 teens, we have an extensive collection of photos taken over the last 60 years. For a classic TBT post, here...
