Archive | Israel

Shabbat in Israel

Shabbat Shalom from Israel!

This Shabbat is special for me, because I am spending it with the NFTY President, NFTY Religious and Cultural Vice President, and our NFTY Director of Education and Special Projects in Eilat.

Read the full story

Posted in URJ Kutz Camp, Netzer Veida, NFTY North America, Israel, Shabbat, NFTY Board0 Comments

Follow the NFTY Board at Netzer Veida!

Follow the NFTY Board at Netzer Veida!

Follow along as NFTY President Forrest Yesnes and NFTY Religious and Cultural Vice President Austin Zoot travel to Israel for the Netzer Veida!

Read the full story

Posted in NFTY Board, NFTY President, Twitter, Netzer Veida, Israel, NFTY RCVP1 Comment

NFTY-EIE: Witnessing History

NFTY-EIE: Witnessing History

Along with 33 other students attending the fall semester of NFTY-EIE High School in Israel, while on our first big trek, Yam L’Yam (Sea to Sea), we witnessed history.

Read the full story

Posted in NFTY Leaders Assembly at Biennial, NFTY in Israel, Israel1 Comment

Israel Thing | A Nuclear Iran

Israel Thing | A Nuclear Iran

The Ticking Bomb The Iranian nuclear program is a contentious and closely monitored issue in international and Israeli politics that has been front page news on and off. The reason for that is simple – the theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran, governed by Shi’ite Muslim clerics, has rapidly advanced its nuclear program over the past decade. Though it claims the program is for peaceful civilian purposes, the international community, led by Western nations, believes it’s designed to build a nuclear weapons capability. The buzz around this issue recurred last week, when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the UN [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Israel Thing, Israel, Twitter0 Comments

Israel Thing | Sixteen Years Later – What Have We Learned?

Israel Thing | Sixteen Years Later – What Have We Learned?

Roey Schiff, NFTY Shaliach, discusses the sixteenth anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Read the full story

Posted in NFTY North America, Israel, Israel Thing0 Comments

Front Row Seats to History

Front Row Seats to History

One of the main goals of coming to Israel with NFTY-EIE is to learn Jewish history and culture. 34 other students and I are not only learning about history, but experiencing it being made. Sitting on the lookout spot, our breath was taken away by the beautiful view. Coincidentally, this town was Gilad Shalit’s home, and our breath was taken away even more with the news that he was to land in his town, that day at 4:30. We looked down at our watches: 4:25.

Read the full story

Posted in Israel, NFTY in Israel3 Comments

Page 4 of 512345

#NFTY on Instagram

    Loading Loading hashimages...

NFTY’s Photostream

Listen Live: Jewish Rock Radio

Jewish Rock Radio

Facebook

Archives