My name is Miranda, and I believe in friendship. No, not the cliché, over exaggerated movie recreation of what a friendship should be, but rather a pure, honest form of the word.
Posted on 19 January 2012.
My name is Miranda, and I believe in friendship. No, not the cliché, over exaggerated movie recreation of what a friendship should be, but rather a pure, honest form of the word.
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Posted on 20 December 2011.
The last Biennial I attended was in 2007 in San Diego. I did not know what to expect of Biennial and could not imagine just what thousands of Reform Jews looked like.
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Posted on 17 November 2011.
On a sunny afternoon in 1999, my unit took a walk up the road out of camp. There was a farmer who lived near camp that operated a roadside fruit stand, and he had set up a small arrangement with camp where bunks would, as a small treat, be allowed to shop there one day a summer…
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Posted on 09 November 2011.
Head over to Camp Newman for an amazing weekend with over 350 teens from across the western United States. West Coast Party is a bi-annual event that allows Jewish teens to explore their Jewish identity in a safe, Jewish camp environment. Participants will have the opportunity to reunite with friends from Camp Newman, Camp Kalsman, NFTY, EIE, Mitzvah Corps, and NFTY in Israel while meeting new lifelong friends along the way. Check out the great 2012 West Coast Party video! Click here for more information and to register! Let your friends know you’re attending on the West Coast Party Event Page!
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Posted on 08 November 2011.
If you had asked me last summer when I got home from Israel what I was going to do during the summer of 2011, I would have told you that I was going to be a machon at Eisner. Then, something happened; I went to NFTY-NE’s summer Institute and the kids who had gone to Kutz that summer taught us a song…
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Posted on 21 October 2011.
I’ve been thinking a lot about gratitude recently, and the place it exists within my life. For instance, despite what various yoga instructors tell me, I do not find overwhelming gratitude at rising every morning, and I don’t generally feel a ton of gratitude for being able to draw each new breath (unless I’ve recently been punched in the stomach).
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