Reflections from the Kotel 

Reflections from the Kotel 

By Jared Klein, Bus 8 I do not consider myself a very religious person. Sure, I go to synagogue for the high holidays and live by Jewish morals, but spirituality was never at the center of my Judaism.  All of this changed when I visited the Kotel with NFTY in Israel...
Connected to Israel

Connected to Israel

By Riley Bermas, Bus 11 Participant Everywhere you look there’s history. Thousands of years of human growth and development concentrated in one place. The feeling is palpable. Remnants of past civilizations are incorporated seamlessly with modern architecture, and...
Machane Yehuda—the Jerusalem Shuk!

Machane Yehuda—the Jerusalem Shuk!

By Dana Herrnstadt, Bus 10 Participant Not only did I eat the best falafel I have ever tasted in my life, but I drank coffee from Aroma, which is basically Israeli Starbucks, but so much better. Like, so much better. Like, imagine Starbucks, and then imagine it’s so...