by ischear | Jul 16, 2021 | Coleman 2.0 Bus 14, Coleman in Israel Bus 1, Crane Lake in Israel Bus 6, Crane Lake Remix Bus 12, Eisner in Israel Bus 7, Eisner in Israel Bus 8, Eisner Remix Bus 13, Greene 2.0 Bus 15, Greene, Jacobs, Newman & West Coast in Israel Bus 3, GUCI in Israel Bus 5, Harlam in Israel Bus 10, Jacobs 2.0 Bus 16, Kalsman in Israel Bus 4, Mitzvah Corps Israel Bus 24, Mitzvah Corps Israel Bus 25, NFTY in Israel Bus 9, Sci-Tech Israel Bus 21, Summer 2021
By Loren Sykes, Director of Israel Immersives I have visited the Kotel HaMa’aravi – The Western Wall – more often in the past two weeks than I have in the past four years. One day this week, groups of NFTY in Israel teens saw two very different faces of the kinds of...
by ischear | Jul 12, 2021 | Coleman in Israel Bus 1, Summer 2021
By Abbie Lambert Sea to sea. Yam L’Yam. It’s in the name yet it’s still hard to believe. We physically walked across an entire country. We physically traveled from the Sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean Sea. Sea to sea. Yam L’yam. Going in to this...
by ischear | Jul 12, 2021 | Coleman in Israel Bus 1, Summer 2021
By Lauren Alexander For my Chavaya, or 4-day experience, I chose to participate in the Tikkun Olam program, which focused on “repairing the world” through community service. We completed a wide variety of projects during the trip, including volunteering at two...
by ischear | Jul 9, 2021 | Coleman 2.0 Bus 14, Coleman in Israel Bus 1, Crane Lake in Israel Bus 6, Crane Lake Remix Bus 12, Eisner in Israel Bus 7, Eisner in Israel Bus 8, Eisner Remix Bus 13, Greene 2.0 Bus 15, Greene, Jacobs, Newman & West Coast in Israel Bus 3, GUCI in Israel Bus 5, Harlam in Israel Bus 10, Jacobs 2.0 Bus 16, Kalsman in Israel Bus 4, Mitzvah Corps Israel Bus 24, Mitzvah Corps Israel Bus 25, NFTY in Israel Bus 9, Sci-Tech Israel Bus 21, Summer 2021
By Rabbi Loren Sykes, Director of Israel Immersives The second of this week’s double Torah portion, Matot – Masei, opens with what could be described as a very dry travel blog. Occasionally, there is a verse that provides a small detail about one of the places...
by ischear | Jul 2, 2021 | Coleman in Israel Bus 1, Greene, Jacobs, Newman & West Coast in Israel Bus 3, GUCI in Israel Bus 5, Kalsman in Israel Bus 4, Mitzvah Corps Israel Bus 24, Mitzvah Corps Israel Bus 25, Sci-Tech Israel Bus 21, Summer 2021
By Rabbi Loren Sykes, Director of Israel Immersives Among the many themes in this week’s Torah portion, Pinhas, one stands out in how it speaks directly to the experience of our NFTY in Israel groups this week: The tale of the daughters of Zelophehad. The story goes...
