By Didi Poliak I really enjoyed Rabbi Zeff’s session on Kedusha. In many discussions that I know I have had before, I have envisioned “Kedusha” as just the Hebrew Word for “holy”. I have discussed the root and then have understood that words such as “Kiddush” and “Kaddish” are related. However, before this session with […]
By Dylan Singer Three years ago at camp, I participated in a program that was meant to expose us to different aspects of Israel other than those which are commonly talked about. As part of this program, we were shown different t-shirts that represented issues both in Israel and throughout the world. Some examples of […]
By Jamie Spock When you think of Israel what are the first three words that come to mind? They’re probably synonyms of: terror, camels, and falafel. To social entrepreneur Mishy Harman, that’s a big problem. For starters, Jerusalem is probably safer than Los Angeles, camels only really exist here for the sake of tourists and […]
By Noam Spira Last week the Nachshon fellows visited Har Herzl, Israel’s burial place for many of its leaders and soldiers. Our guide, Aviv Warshawsky, began by explaining that most tours of Har Herzl follow a particular narrative. There are "tours" to visit graves of well known soldiers such as Hannah Szenesh and Yoni Netanyahu; […]
By Alex Rubin During a day off from school, the Nachshon fellows had the incredible opportunity to take a tour of Mount Herzl with Aviv Warshavsky, an educator for the IDF. This was my fourth trip to Har Herzl, so on the bus ride across Jerusalem I braced myself for the retold stories of early […]
By Alyse Feldman A few weeks ago, we met on a Sunday afternoon in a lovely Jerusalem apartment near the neighborhood of Talpiot. We sat on the couch and the floor, waiting for our guest to arrive. We knew she was important, as we had to go to her home to squeeze in a meeting […]
By Mara Chaben This past week, we went to Bar Ilan University to hear from Dr. David Passing, one of the world’s most innovative thinkers in futuristic studies. Futuristic studies is the study of logical curves to predict demographics in the future. While I don’t think I’ll be the next futuristic scientist, Dr. David Passing […]
By Jamie Spock When you’re talking with Etgar Keret, it is so easy to forget that he’s an award winning, not to mention world-famous, author. I was thrilled to learn that he would be speaking to our group but I must admit I didn’t quite know what to expect. Whatever my expectations had been, Keret […]
By Sam Thal In order to create successful, sustainable change, one must be able to follow a vision. A vision, combined with a passion to fulfill that vision, is the foundation for success. During our first week together at Shefayim, Rabbi Zeff helped us explore the concept of setting a vision. We started by looking […]
By Betty Soibel Neve Schechter, located in the Tel-Aviv neighborhood of Neve Zedek, is a young organization dedicated to creating a space for Jews from all walks of life to come together over a shared passion for arts, culture, and Jewish learning. Wandering into the courtyard of the beautiful building following lunch in hectic, central […]
