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Sushi & Creative Writing: Our evening with Etgar Keret

By Leah Beck At the end of April the Nachshon Fellows ate sushi with Etgar Keret, a well known and eccentric Israeli author. He was one of my favorite speakers we have heard all semester, not to mention the extravagantly delicious sushi we ate at Nini Hachi in Tel Aviv. Keret spoke to us about his writing style and […]

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Jewish Leadership is Like a Football Game

Do what feels right. Try your hardest. Lead by example. With less than a month left in our semester abroad as Nachshon fellows, the conversation has turned to how we can utilize everything we have learned and experienced as we return to our home camps, college campuses, and start to plan for graduation, grad school, […]

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How is My Camp Unique: Weekend with Professor Joe Reimer

By Heather Shore Our Shabbaton in Nachsholim was intense and thought provoking. During the course of this weekend we had the privilege of participating in several sessions led by Professor Joe Reimer. In addition to being a member of the Nachshon Senior staff, Professor Reimer is also a professor of Jewish Education at Brandeis University. Some topics from his […]

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Meeting with Rabbi Donniel Hartman

By Benjy Forrester Our first day back from Pesach vacation, we gathered as a group at the Hartman Institute to meet with Rabbi Donniel Hartman. Tanach in hand, we worked through Genesis 18, better known as the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. We learned what covenant means according to Rabbi Hartman: a way of filtering […]

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Broader Shoulders: Har Herzl with Aviv Warshawsky

By Rachel Glazer If I ever served in the army, I would probably spend most of my time crying. Not because of the rigorous physical training, psychological impact of carrying a gun, or grappling with the intersection of a pacifist inclination and survivor’s imperative. To be honest, I would probably be a jobnik or have a Captain America-type gig […]

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Our Visit to the Pardes Bet Midrash

By Megan Brumer A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to go and study with students at The Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies.  Pardes is a co-ed partner based learning community where students can learn and talk about Jewish texts. When we got to Pardes, we watched a quick video about the school and […]

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Visiting Israeli Elementary Schools

By Naomi LeVine As part of our unit on education, we went out on Thursday to see firsthand some different educational models in action. First, we went to Talpaz Elementary School, an English-immersion school, and we got to work with third-graders learning English. All of the fellows paired up with one or two kids, and […]

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"Futurism" talk by David Passig

By Rose Levenson As I walked onto Bar-Ilan’s idyllic campus in Ramat-Gan a few weeks ago, I was thinking about the future because we were scheduled to talk with Dr. David Passig.  Dr. Passig specializes in futures studies.  Yes, futures, not future studies.  As a rising senior in college, it is that time when I […]

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Rabbi Zeff's Class on Personal Goals

By Aaron Spiro It’s hard to believe that I have only one more month of my semester in Israel. Spending a semester abroad and participating in the Nachshon project has challenged me, pushed me, and really allowed me grow as a Jewish individual. Back in January, Rabbi Zeff had us write down our goals for […]

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Megan's Reflections

Written by Megan Zimmer When I first found out about The Nachshon Project, I thought that this could not sound any more amazing.  What kind of camp counselor would pass up an experience to study and live in Israel for a semester and it be socially acceptable to talk about camp every day during that […]

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