By Eli Burg Way back in January at our opening conference in Herzliya, I set a goal for myself to explore my relationship with Israel, which before this semester I had never spent much time thinking deeply about. As the semester progressed I made myself comfortable living in Jerusalem doing everything from the […]
By Matthew Ghan One of the highlights of The Nachshon Project is the inspiring people that we get to hear from over the course of the semester. One of those people Erika Rudin Luria, President of Cleveland’s Jewish Federation spent time with us speaking about her journey that led her to today. Not only did […]
By Josh Burg A while back, the cohort had the opportunity to meet with Lisa Exler. Lisa coordinated the Curriculum Project, a joint venture between Mechon Hadar and Beit Rabban Day School where she is the Director of Jewish studies. Our encounter with Lisa started with her giving us a deeper understanding of work in […]
By Ashley Jones My first year as a camper, I attended the fine-arts unit of OSRUI. In this unit, we spent 3 hours every day focusing on Jewish expression through arts such as dance, painting, and drama. However, we didn’t speak much, if anything, about kabbalah during my time in that unit. I was excited […]
By Katherine Podolak Before the session with Shayna Goldberg, not only had I never heard of a Yoetzet Halacha, but I was skeptical about the practice of it and what the effect it would have on myself and my future career. Shayna began by explaining what she felt her purpose was in coming to speak […]
By Mikayla Davis After a busy night of traveling to Tzfat and working on our t’fillin with Rav Noah, we were able to come together as a cohort and sing with Asher. We started off the song session with Asher posing the question, “What is a song that is holy to you?” Everyone had a […]
By Paul Horvath Rav Yoel Bin-Nun was one of the most memorable and exciting speakers that we've had on Nachshon. We had all read the book Like Dreamers so we knew that the man that we'd be meeting was someone who had shaped the history of Israel. But we couldn't possibly have been prepared for his […]
By Lauren Greenberg Political opinions are formulated through socialization and individual life experiences. From there, views are sorted into different bigger parties. I believe sometimes we forget that each person has their own personal beliefs, even when a member of a party, everyone has their own story. Politics can cause people to dehumanize opponents in fear […]
By Micaela Raviv On April 7th, we had the privilege of getting a tour of Har Herzl with Aviv Wishkovsky. Wishkovsky provides tours of Har Herzl to high ranking officers in the IDF and other prominent groups that decide to tour Israel’s hallmark military cemetery. I have toured Har Herzl countless times whether it be with […]
By Penina Lis on Before we arrived in Israel, before the cohort met in person, before the connections, memories, and discussions, The Nachshon Project Cohort 5 owned Like Dreamers. During a conference call on a December afternoon, Rabbi Zeff and Rabbi Cohen informed us fellows that they had taken the liberty to send an early […]
