Shalom MBI Families, We are now done with our first weekend of MBI and are onto the first full week! Here’s a little bit of what happened over the last few days in Israel. Saturday was the first full day of programming on MBI. This day, of course, was also Shabbat!...

By; Talia Levin This past week we all slept in the desert together for three nights. What did this look like? How did we manage this? To start, none of us knew what we were getting ourselves into. The day started with a hike up a mountain to look at the neighboring...

Why I did NFTY in Israel By: Mara Kleinberg- Madrichim 5 years ago, as an unsuspecting Jewish teenager, I descended upon Israel through NFTY with the national trip. I went because my father had wanted me to go to Israel, the holy land, a place I learned so much about...

By: Skylar Grace, Los Angeles This week, bus 9B took on the Negev! Starting out nervous and uncertain, we did not have high expectations. But, the desert took us by surprise! Our tour guide, Rotem, helped show us the Negev's beauty by creating a unique experience to...