Posted on 13 February 2012.
Alongside all of the standard Winter Kallaot, Junior Youth Group retreats, and Social Action weekends, one event particularly piqued my interest. Ohio Valley hosts a Study Kallah every year at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion at their campus in Cincinnati. As a Religious and Cultural Vice President, I definitely fit the stereotype: this event sounded like one that I most definitely should attend.
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Posted on 16 January 2012.
As the sun was dawning on Martin Luther King Jr. day in the United States, the Netzer Veida delegates were engaged in a tour of Mount Herzl and the Herzl Museum in Jerusalem. During one of the presentations, we were asked for one name of some leader who we believed to be inspirational. As we went around and shared our responses, I, as well as another delegate from London, mentioned MLK. Interestingly enough, the very next section of the discussion moved on to Herzl’s views on Israel, with the famous words “If you will it, it is no dream.” This [...]
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Posted on 13 January 2012.
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.
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Posted on 12 January 2012.
Within a 20 hour travel day, I crossed the ocean, covered three continents, and traveled over 6,200 miles to travel from Indianapolis to Tel Aviv. We traveled to experience Netzer Olami’s Veida, which will happen throughout next week.
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Posted on 08 December 2011.
My journey through NFTY has been an experience in discovery. When I began NFTY as a freshman, I didn’t even know what NFTY was. To me, my TYG was youth group. As time has gone on, I’ve discovered more and more about our organization: my region, North American NFTY, Kutz, etc. Biennial is the next step…
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Posted on 28 November 2011.
NFTY RCVP Austin Zoot Travelled to Vashon Island, Washington for the NFTY-Northwest Fall Kallah. Here he recounts the warmth, compassion, and community he felt while at the event, and discusses lessons learned from the event.
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