By Lauren Greenberg When I had first heard we were having a BBQ dinner in the forest; my mind went straight to my camp’s camp out dinners — scary stew with mystery meat, overly mushy vegetables and never enough food for everyone. The catering pulls up in a truck with a kitchen attachment, and they […]
By Hannah Borow On our first Sunday programming in Jerusalem, we had the incredible opportunity of meeting and learning from Mishi Harmon, the founder of the Israel Story podcast. Mishi started our day by telling us a little about his life, Israel Story and why he decided to start Israel Story. One thing that stuck out […]
By Maia Cattan Getting ready for Shabbat is one of my favorite parts of the week. I love the feeling of listening to my shabbos playlist, calling my parents and grandparents to say Shabbat Shalom, having the time to shower and pick out clothes, and finally taking a breath. I love the feeling of rushing […]
By Paul Horvath When I heard about the Nachshon Beit Midrash program, I was not very enthusiastic. Most of my previous experience with learning in Beit Midrash settings was rather unstimulating with simple texts, unengaging teachers, and forced conversation with peers. But that could not have been farther from my experience learning in Nechama Goldman […]
By Molly Auerbach Becoming a part of The Nachshon Project’s fifth cohort has beyond surpassed my expectations. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when initially starting my journey on this program, however, my nerves of moving to a different country for a semester were quickly put to ease when I met my first two […]
By Zoe Shir Thirty-two individuals have come together from all different states, schools, religious backgrounds, majors, and passions. Yet in such a short amount of time, this community turned into family. This atmosphere allows open expression of thought, comfort to ask questions, and the true desire to learn. One of the many unique and amazing […]
By Nicole Zador Avraham Infeld’s voice was too big to fit into the small room, the tone of which rose and fell in an unpredictable cadence as he paced back and forth in front of us, his hands shoved deeply into his pockets. I was sitting in the front row, a frequent recipient of Infeld’s […]
By Josh Burg Perhaps my favorite part of the Nachshon Project thus far has been our weekly learning at the Pardes Institute, a “co-ed and non-denominational Jewish learning community.”[1] Truthfully, I had forgotten how much I loved Judaism’s rich and complex text tradition. In my time at the Jewish Community High School in San Francisco, […]
By Hannah Gilfix As we spent our final Shabbaton together, we spent a lot of time relaxing, bonding, hiking, and reflecting on our semester together. Amongst the time we spent in the waves in the Kinneret, we had a number of programs to help us reflect on what we’re taking away from this semester. We […]
By Max Silverstone For our final Shabbaton, we stayed at a lakeside resort in Ein Gev, on the Eastern side of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). In addition to hiking together, swimming together, learning together and spending shabbat together, this weekend was defined for me by our bonfires on the beach. On Thursday night, after […]
