How proud we are!
Looking back to the day we have been through, we feel really proud. Why? Because the students have amazed us. This was the first time they had been doing lectures and they were really good at doing ...
A dream come true
I think still none of us have realized that we are actually in America, it feels like a dream come true. Personally, it all started as a pretty normal Monday morning. My alarm rang at 6:30 and I woke ...
Such a welcome!
Leaving Hungary, arriving in Baltimore!
What an amazing arrival. After a really exciting and smooth flight from Budapest to Washington and taking the bus to Baltimore at last we arrived at Beth Tfiloh ...
We’re almost there
Finally there are only a few days left until we can meet our American friends again. I don’t think that ...
In Conclusion – Global Education Summit 2018
Because of a relatively new heightened concern about next generation Jewish identity in the Diaspora, the Israeli Ministry of Education and Diaspora Affairs sponsored a five day Global Education Seminar ...
So much to learn
The morning began with a lecture by Dr. Alex Pomson. His topic was Israel and Hebrew Studies in Jewish Schools. He provided a statistical analysis of the pre and post effects upon teens who visit ...
The Negev not Silicon Valley
Now today’s update: There were four full day excursion options: Hashomer Hachadash Youth Movement with CEO Yoel Zilberman; An Israeli Journey (Masa Israeli) with CEO Uri Cohen; Footprints of the ...
Teaching Israel to Diaspora students
Today the program was filled with a variety of lectures and roundtable group discussions. The lectures included:
- Dvir, Kahana, Director –General, Ministry of Diaspora Affairs
- Gila Ben-Har, Director-General, Center for Educational Technology
- Simon Caplan, Director of Education, The Pincus Fund For Jewish Education
The keynote speaker was Rabbi Dr. Daniel Gordis. His topic was teaching Israel to Diaspora ...
What Israel is saying about the diaspora
Last night I attended the opening program of the Global Jewish Education Summit at the residence of the President of Israel. More than 150 representatives from 31 countries and Israel were present.
Both ...
It was worth waiting
When we heard that we were going to meet some kids from Baltimore, which is literally the other end of the word, we could hardly believe it. Everybody was so excited and happy. It was such a wonderful ...
How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard
Tears stream down my face as we stand outside the airport. I look around to all the people who became my family within four days. Crying, I continue to give everyone hugs even though I had already hugged ...
I have learned so much
We stood behind the wall and heard all the voices. Silently, I prayed that we will get along with our Hungarian peers on the other side of the wall. Little did I know, that we would become so close, ...
“I want to thank you,”
On Friday night, Rabbi Soskil shared one of his favorite shabbat stories, encouraging others to do the same. I shared the shabbat that I spent in Israel with my eighth grade class. Abel, another Hungarian, ...
“But, this is my future”
“Now what?” A Hungarian teenager questioned the American Chargé D’affaires of Hungary. Discussing the Hungarian politics, the students at Scheiber Sándor wonder what they can do to change the ...
“Don’t forget to pack your suitcases full”
“Don’t forget to pack your suitcases full” , the head of my camp calls out with a large grin on her face. At the end of camp each year, I, along with my camp friends, are told to pack our suitcases ...
Stepping out of their comfort zone
As our arms wrapped around each other’s shoulders and our bodies swayed under the candlelight to the slow tune of the Havdallah service, an onlooker could have never distinguished between the Hungarian ...
A new family
As I entered Scheiber Sandor for the first time ever, what sounded like a hundred muffled voices behind a tall blue wall filled my ears. Suddenly, it no longer mattered that I had not slept in almost ...
HASHEM MELEACH, HASHEM MALACH
“HASHEM MELEACH, HASHEM MALACH!” Daniel was screaming. Daniel and I and the rest of the boys were in the midst of a moshpit right before Havdallah on Saturday night. You see, there was much anxiety ...
“This is the saddest country to be born in”
“Nobody likes it here” she said. I was sitting across from Laura at lunch in the SSG cafeteria. Throughout the day I had been going around asking kids about their plans after they graduate. My ...
Sha-sha-shavua tov!
“Sha-sha-shavua tov! Sha-sha-shavua tov!”. I listen to the sounds and see the happy jumping of smiling faces still in shabbat clothes.
I watch this magnificent post-shabbaton scene on my phone. ...
