By Benjamin Lutz, NFTY in Israel Participant
Excerpt from an original blog post from Temple Beth Tikvah (Roswell, GA)
As an American Jew, I always felt a connection to Israel but I never knew why. Once we landed and seeing the Jewish majority all in the streets, everything suddenly touched me that after the long struggle, Jews finally have a homeland…
…Visiting the Kotel (Western Wall) touched me the most. The physical reminder of the temple and that fact that Jews from all around the world come to this same spot really shows how Judaism still continues strong today.
If you are a Jewish Teen reading this and have not had the amazing opportunity to travel, experience, enjoy, and fall in love with Israel then stop everything and book that flight…
Read Benjamin’s entire blog at Ayekah – Temple Beth Tikvah’s Blog
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