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View From Jerusalem (12.15.10)
Posted on 12.15.10 By Leah Garber
Israel is a wonderful country, and Israelis are usually happy people. On most days, things are going well. However, every once in a while we get slapped with some sort of crisis that reminds us that we live in a dangerous neighborhood.
View From Jerusalem (11.15.10)
Posted on 11.15.10 By Leah Garber
Today, thirty-two years ago on the eighth day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, Golda Meir, Israel's only female prime minister, passed away at the age of 80. Meir immigrated to Palestine in 1921, and eventually served as ambassador to the Soviet Union, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary-General of her political party, and in1969, led her party to victory and was chosen as Israel's prime minister.
View From Jerusalem
By Leah Garber
"The Land of Israel [Palestine] was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and gave to the world the eternal Book of Books.
View From Jerusalem(7.15.10)
Posted on 7.15.10 By Leah Garber
The period between the seventeenth of Tamuz and the ninth of Av (June 29 –July 20 this year) is a period traditionally set aside for mourning and reflection. The rabbis have calculated that it was during this period that we lost the first and second Temple and were exiled from the Promised Land for two thousand years. What could have caused such a harsh punishment?
View From Jerusalem(6.23.10)
Posted on 6.15.10 By Leah Garber
"What great, alas, what great bareness in the full open country, that everything it gives us, but one that it will not give - rest!"
(Bialik)
(Bialik)
JCC Association Israel Seminars
By Brett Metzger
Sun, there was sun! The rain has stopped. It was a beautiful day to see Holon and get to know its people.
JCC Association Israel Seminars
Posted on 3.16.10 By Alan Sher
As an educator, I was unceasingly impressed by the creative curriculum constructed by Sara Sless and her team, empowering each of the trip participants to grapple with the concept of Jewish space. Yes, we visited the Kotel (Western Wall) Kever Rachel (Rachel's tomb), and other places sacred to our tradition, but in Jerusalem
From the Israeli Press
Posted on 01/28/2010 By By JPOST.COM STAFF
IDF team returns from Haiti
JCC Association Israel Seminars
Posted on 07.06.09 By Sara Sless
The Israel seminars provide an opportunity for intensive personal and professional Jewish learning experiences in Israel. The idea for the project came out of the COMJEE recommendations and since 1986, over 135 seminars have brought more than 3000 JCC professionals and board members to Israel.
Thoughts on Education
Posted on 1/27/2009 By Gary Lipman
Somehow the days in Israel just seem longer than back home in Stamford…or maybe it just seems that way when traveling on a JCC Association Israel seminar. For many people, today was their first full day in Israel, and I don’t know how they made it through. From an early wake-up call at 7:00 a.m. until just now at 10:30 p.m., there hasn’t been a free moment. Of course, there also hasn’t been a 15-minute period when someone wasn’t shoving food into us.