Interest: Israel

Lir Blog – May 17, 2019

Hello everyone – this week went by so fast! On Monday all of the Shlichim and I met the Chairman of the Jewish Agency Isaac Herzog. We listened to him…

Snir Blog – May 17, 2019

Eurovision! This week we had lots of activities for the biggest song contest in the world, that this year took place in Tel Aviv, Israel!! At Kol Rinah Religious School,…

Lir Blog – May 15, 2019

Wow what a CRAZY week we had! It started off on last Thursday with Yom HaShoah – the Israeli Holocaust Day. Then on Friday at the services at United Hebrew…

Snir Blog – May 15, 2019

Yom Ha’Atzmaut! This week we had lots of special Israeli Activities. Starting with Yom HaZikaron on Tuesday, we joined the Memorial Day Ceremony at The J. It was very powerful….

Lir Blog – May 3, 2019

I can’t believe we are getting so close to the end of the school year!! On Sunday at Bnai Amoona we learned new Israeli slang like ‘sababa’, ’yallah’ and try…

Snir Bog – May 3, 2019

This week, we had many special activities! On Monday, I had an adult program about the Israeli elections, together with Rabbi Zinn. I want to thank everyone who came and…

Lir Blog – April 28, 2019

Happy Passover and hello everyone! This week I tried some new things! For example – an American Passover Seder! Which was very different from the Seder in Israel but I…

Snir Blog – April 28, 2019

This week we had lots of activities for Passover! First of all, I had a Seder twice for the first time! One time with the Rosens, my host family! It…

Lir Blog – April 22, 2019

Hey everyone! What busy two weeks I had!!! It started off with the NFTY spring Chavurah in Kansas City, which was super fun! We met with the kids that are…

Snir Blog – April 22, 2019

Passover! This week was full of activities!! On Sunday, I had an activity with Shaare Emeth religious school students about the upcoming special holiday! We talked about the Seder Plate…