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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Originally posted on the NFTY Blog 5…4…3…2…1… HAPPY NEW YEAR! New Year’s Eve is one of my favorite nights of the entire year. I love watching the ball drop in Times Square, hearing the fireworks booming in the night sky, and wearing the crazy glasses and hats to ring in the New Year. It’s a time to look forward to a clean slate. We learn from the past year’s mistakes and will try to apply those lessons in the future. I love the new beginning and an opportunity to make a change to myself or the environment around me. Yet, [...]

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How the URJ Camps Prepared Me To Be A NFTY Leader, part 2

Originally posted on the NFTY Blog   When I first arrived at Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI)in 2005, I was a homesick adolescent, forced to spend two weeks of my summer in a different state from my parents, who I was sure saw some sort of benefit from kicking me out of the house. Leaving OSRUI almost six summers later, I can look back and say that the time that I spent at OSRUI was incredibly beneficial to my development as a leader and as a thinker.The Union for Reform Judaism’s camping system is one of the most meaningful [...]

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