By Raya Seidman On the beautiful Saturday spent in Alon Shvut, our cohort had three guest speakers. Due to it being Shabbat, I was unable to take notes (in my deeply cherished Nachshon notebook) during our speakers. Although the best Shabbatot are spent with Nachshon, I felt burdened by the restriction on note taking. “How […]
By Simon Luxemburg On May 10th, as part of our Nachshon project programming, we had the distinct honor of meeting with Natan Sharanksy, the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel. For many of us, our only previous interactions with the Jewish Agency have been through the many shlichim they send to our respective summer […]
By Syd Holt Before a long Sunday of Nachshon learning about our camp and campus projects, we were lucky to hear Shalom Orzach speak about experiential education. Although we have talked about this topic often during several Nachshon sessions, Shalom provided a different perspective on the experiential education, and truly made me feel more prepared […]
By Sydney Holt Avraham Infeld was by far one of my favorite speakers that Nachshon has had all semester. With his thick South African accent and powerful voice, he was able to capture the full attention of every single person in the room for the entire ninety minutes. He provided an interesting and different […]
By Joey Barr Rabbi Morris came to speak to the Nachshon fellows about his work as a pulpit rabbi, but in reality, what I got out of his presentation was so much more than that. A little background about myself. I came into the Nachshon Project at a bit of a Jewish crossroads. Feeling unfulfilled in terms […]
By Madeline Budman “So early next morning, Abraham saddled his ass and took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and he set out for the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place […]
By Gabby Deutch At some point in high school, I think it was junior year, I decided to stage a rebellion. I didn’t run away from home, nor did I decide to suddenly stay out past curfew or not do my homework. Instead, I decided not to read Like Dreamers, Yossi Klein HaLevi’s best-selling book […]
By Molly Kazan "You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it." These were the first words Molly Livingstone spoke to us, and they really are the crux of her message. The beginning of Molly's Israel narrative is one many of us can relate to: an American Jew who came on Birthright […]
By Aviva Symons After a morning of exploring what “the (literal) State of Israel” means to different organizations and seeing the separation wall, we had a fun afternoon of adventure at Deerland Park! In such a packed weekend from one program to the next, it was much appreciated to just take a deep breath in […]
By Aaron Torop When sitting in a Hasbara 101 session, whether on campus or with one of a multitude of Jewish or Israeli organizations, the pitch usually follows the same roadmap: the Holocaust happened, Jews needed a place of refuge, the Jews are a people who deserve the right to exist in their historic homeland, […]
