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This Year in Jerusalem

This Year in Jerusalem

on April 19, 2012

by Barry Geltman’s NFTY-EIE English classes, Spring 2012

It was so nice to be able to experience a real Israeli Jewish home during the holidays. It was lovely, looking up at a table full of close and loving family all bonding and enjoying the holiday, living in the Holy Land. I couldn’t help but wonder if they knew how lucky they all were to be living here, as a free and independent Jew, not as part of a minority.

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Yam l’Yam: Laying in the Dirt of our Ancestors

Yam l’Yam: Laying in the Dirt of our Ancestors

on July 16, 2011

By Alyssa Guller, Group 8 Participant

I appreciated being able to lay in the dirt that my ancestors walked through so many years ago. For the first time I felt a true connection to Israel.

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