by ischear | Jul 23, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Geran Benson, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 4 About two weeks ago our Bus split up into our chavaya groups (our 4 day electives) where I chose to take part in Yam l’ yam, a 4 day adventure from the Sea of Galilee to the Mediterranean Sea. On our way to the...
by ischear | Jul 23, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Jack Steren, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 3 NFTY in Israel gave me an excellent opportunity to experience Israel for the first time. This was the trip of a lifetime and I could not be happier with my decision of signing up. I have formed so many new...
by ischear | Jul 23, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Aaron Cherry, NFTY in Israel Participant, Bus 3 My trip to Israel this summer has been an amazing experience, and one I will remember for the rest of my life. One of my favorite things we did was spend a night at the Bedouin tents. We drank tea, rode camels, and...
by ischear | Jul 22, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education On Friday morning, the teens were back in Tel Aviv to visit Independence Hall. This is the site where the modern State of Israel was born in 1948. Here the first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, read Israel’s Declaration...
by ischear | Jul 22, 2018 | Summer 2018
By Rabbi David Wilfond, Director of Education On Friday, the teens began the “Kishrei Noar” segment of the NFTY in Israel Program. “Kishrei Noar” is Hebrew for “Youth Connections,” and for many of the American Teens this is a...
