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Israel celebrates 62 years of independence!
View From Jerusalem
By Leah Garber
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)
View From Jerusalem(5.16.10)
Posted on 5.16.10 By Leah Garber
The Talmud teaches, "Ten measures of beauty descended on the world, nine were taken by Jerusalem, one by the rest of the world." Years later, Mark Twain said, "There is no beauty like the beauty of Jerusalem."
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
Home
Posted on 2.25.10 By Leah Garber
Purim, which falls on the 14th of Adar (Sunday, February 28) celebrates Queen Esther, who saved the Jews of
Floods in the Negev & Arava Amazing Scenes & Heavy Damage
Posted on 01/31/2010
From the Israeli Press
Posted on 01/28/2010 By By JPOST.COM STAFF
IDF team returns from Haiti
View From Jerusalem (12.16.09)
Posted on 12.16.09 By Leah Garber
Is Hanukkah, a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Israelites over the Greeks in a series of battles taking place around the year 165 BC, still relevant today, almost 2200 years later?
A View from Jerusalem (11.17.09)
Posted on 11.17.09 By Leah Garber
Ten percent of Israelis have disabilities, and the percentage is increasing. War-disabled soldiers make up 50,000 of this number. Due to our experience with seven wars, many more military operations, and too many terror attacks, Israel is experienced with dealing with people with disabilities .
View From Jerusalem 10.15.09
Posted on 10.15.09 By Leah Garber
"The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way: the capital, invested in safe securities by my executors, shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind".Alfred Nobel's will, November 27, 1895, Paris.
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.
Go Eco
Posted on 07.06.09
This website gives information about ways in which to volunteer in Israel in ecology and humanitarian projects Go Eco is an organization set up in 2005 by two young Israeli's who have traveled extensively and participated in international volunteer projects. GoEco has introduced the concept of volunteer tourism in Israel and created volunteers' projects locally for participating international volunteers
Gilad Shalit
Posted on 6.25.09 By Leah Garber
For three years, Gilad Shalit has been in the dark. That's 1095 days without sunshine, without hope, without smiles.
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.