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israel
How to choose an Israel summer program
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
February 23, 2007
After her USY trip last summer, Daniela Bernstein, 16, of Los Angeles is already thinking about returning. \”The trip cultivated my love of Israel and the complete realization of how crucial Israel is to Judaism and the Jewish people,\” said Bernstein. \”I am already planning my next visit.\”
God Was With Us That Night in the Negev
Daniella Kaufman
August 31, 2006
This was by far the most spiritual moment in my life. I gazed up at the stars as I chanted the V\’Ahavta prayer with amazing new friends, standing around the same rocks that our people had wandered past thousands of years before. My eyes couldn\’t help but tear up as we moved on to the Mi Chamocha, the song of freedom. At that moment I felt as though God truly was with us.
Summer Tours to Israel Rerouted, But Not By Much
Jewish Journal
July 19, 2006
\”All of us that have kids in Israel are trying to make the best of the situation,\” said Jules Gutin, international director for USY, the youth arm of the Conservative movement, which has about 50 California teens in Israel this summer. \”We want the experience to be worthwhile and positive, as well as safe.\”
Israelis Bring Situation Close to Home for Campers
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
July 19, 2006
Like most camps, Hess Kramer, has a staff of Israelis who work as counselors and educators. This summer, 1,400 Israelis, most of them between the ages of 19 and 22, are staffing 200 Jewish day and sleep-away camps, according the Jewish Agency, which coordinates the stays.
Israel – Tourists Unfazed by Gaza Pullout
Daniella Peled
September 1, 2005
For visitors to Israel this summer, the disengagement from the Gaza Strip proved hard to ignore.
\”Everybody\’s orange,\” said Rebecca Kaminski, from Berlin, with a laugh, referring to the color adopted by the anti-disengagement activists. \”I\’m on the blue side, I guess.\”
Sitting on the beach in Netanya, the 22-year-old was working on her already impressive tan with a group of girlfriends, all students at a six-week summer ulpan, or Hebrew-language immersion course, in Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon.
They have not been deterred from visiting Israel during its exit from the Gaza settlements and parts of the West Bank.
Mensch Seeks Shayna Maideleh
Dina Kraft
June 9, 2005
A team of scouts is scouring the Diaspora for the ideal single Jewish man for a new Israeli reality television show. Once selected, the bachelor, who according to producers preferably will be good looking and \”financially secure,\” will come to Israel for the summer, when 15 young Israeli women will compete to capture his heart.
\”We all grow up in Jewish houses and we know the dream of Jewish mothers is that their son finds a nice Jewish girl,\” said Gadi Veinrib, a producer for the show, to be called — what else? — \”A Nice Jewish Boy.\”
Hoop Star Scores On and Off Court
Cookie Lommel
June 2, 2005
After a successful career with the country\’s top basketball team, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Aulcie Perry, 54, opened summer basketball clinics for children 7 to 14 years old in Tel Aviv. And he\’s about to open another one — a camp set up to attract teens from all over the world, especially observant Jews.
For the Kids
Abby Gilad
July 1, 2004
In this week\’s Torah portion, which tells the story of King Balak, the sorcerer Bilam and Bilam\’s talking donkey, we learn two important lessons.
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