Feb 4, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Israeli Food Month! This week we officially finished Hebrew Month, and moved straight to Israeli Food Month! At Kol Rinah Early Childhood Center we talked about the different Israeli Dishes including Shakshuka, Sabich, Hummus, and Falafel. At the end, we even made...
Feb 4, 2019 | Miscellaneous
I can’t believe that January is already over, and February is here! Last week we had so many fun things! On Friday, the Bnai Amoona USY teens and I flew to Minnesota for a USY convention. It was so cold and fun! We talked about Israel, Judaism and we also went...
Jan 28, 2019 | Miscellaneous
NFTY Winter Chavurah! This week, we got to spend the long weekend with the NFTY friends from Shaare Emeth and United Hebrew and another 60 students from Reform Congregations around the Missouri Valley region! It was really fun and exciting to see our Shinshinim...
Jan 28, 2019 | Miscellaneous
What an amazing week we had! It started off with NFTY Winter Chavurah 2019, which was so much fun! The convention was in Saint Louis at United Hebrew. Kids came from Denver, Kansas City, and more! I was so glad to see my friends from Colorado. During the convention,...
Jan 22, 2019 | Miscellaneous
WOW! What a cold weekend we had! It was my first time seeing this amount of snow! My host family and I went to the movies, hung out together at home and just had a very chill weekend. But before the snow began, Snir and I made a presentation to people from NORC. We...
Jan 22, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Snow! Although it is almost Tu Bishvat, we got snow here and also in Israel! In Jerusalem the snow reached almost 2 inches, that’s nothing compared to here, but it’s something! On Friday, I went sledding with my host family, and we also shoved the snow from the...
Jan 14, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Hop on board, we are going to Israel! At the ECC of UH and BA we are starting our Journey to Israel. First stop for the ECC of UH: Mount Hermon, which is the highest mountain In Israel. We “flew” to Israel and from the “airport” we took the bus to the north. We saw...
Jan 14, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Hebrew Month continues! This week, at Shaare Emeth and Kol Rinah’s Early Childhood Centers, we learned about colors and body parts in Hebrew! We learned how to say Blue (Kachol), Yellow (Tzahov), and Red (Adom). We also learned how to say the body parts! Head (Rosh),...
Jan 7, 2019 | Miscellaneous
My winter break was just amazing! I went to New York and met with my mom who flew in from Israel – it was so fun! We saw the American Museum of Natural History, the Met museum, Statue of Liberty, and other fun activities! We also had dinner with a family I know...
Jan 7, 2019 | Miscellaneous
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I cannot believe that it is 2019! That’s crazy. I hope your winter break was good, relaxing and enjoyable. On winter break I flew to see my Shinshinim friends in Colorado. We had so much fun together! We toured around Denver, volunteered in one of the...
