Category: HS Gesher Ambassadors Program
Washington DC
Today’s first program was to take one last look at the homes we were living in for this amazing past week. We said goodbye to our host’s parents and headed to Beth Tfiloh. At school we bit farewell ...
Shabbaton Divrei Torah
Aviva R and Abby O – Beth Tfiloh Students
Jews from all different backgrounds and religious practices came together on October 7th, and have remained united in the ...
Shabbat
On Friday we started our Shabbaton journey this year, too. This meant that we were able to connect to each other like never before due to the nature of Shabbat. We arrived just before sunset, therefore ...
Immersive Week Summary
Let me start with an announcement that we have just been honoured by The Maryland General Assembly for the Gesher Ambassador Program and its success. It is a success that started 9 years ago. ...
Challah baking and assembly
We woke up and had some breakfast with our host families then went to BT. After arriving we made challah together. Then we had some free time where we had some nap and ate some snacks. After that we ...
State House of Maryland, Naval Academy
We woke up at 6:50am and started getting ready with some deer outside the window.
When we got to the school, our hosts dropped us of at a different part of the school that we were slightly familiar ...
Israel Connection Day
We started the day early, it was raining heavily. We had a wonderful breakfast with our host family. We ate cereal and some hummus sandwiches.
At 8.10 we arrived at school, came to Beit Midrash ...
Jewish strength day and university (plus a baseball game)
The day started early with a nice London-like weather. As opposed to yesterday we had breakfast in the local Dunkin’ donuts. I grabbed a vanilla coffee, which was too sweet for my European taste buds. ...
Warm welcomes and getting to know Baltimore
We woke up bright and early, all our fatigue was gone, especially after getting a coffee at Dunkin’ with our amazing host, Adam. Also, American coffee is insane, having as much caffeine as a liter ...
Arriving in US
Our 12 hour-long flight to US began at the Budapest Airport, just like last year. We changed flights in Vienna where we had two and a half hours to explore the airport and grab something to eat.
After ...
New York New York
First, we gathered in the parking lot next to the school at 8 o’clock, bidding farewell to some students. We then boarded the school bus bound for New York. Along the way, we caught sight of Manhattan. ...
Shabbat for all
After Friday’s celebrations, where we showed the Americans how Shabbat is celebrated and sang together, we continued our 25-hour digital detox. We started with a kosher breakfast followed by a ...
Well being for ourselves and those affected by the war
In the morning, we provided feedback to the organizers of the entire program and then divided into morning prayers. We had the option to choose from meditation, walking, yoga, arts and crafts, and more. ...
Leadership
In the morning, we gathered at the school, and some of us shared stories about our Bat/Bar Mitzvah with younger children. Emma, Em, and Vanda actively participated in the morning tfiloh, and they did ...
Student teaching, leadership and combating antisemitism
On Wednesday, after a snow day, another day at Leffell school awaited us. First, we had the opportunity to observe classes, but several of us had to go to the school nurse instead because we were not ...
Let it snow
Tuesday morning was a snow day( closed schools) in NYC and surrounding areas. The Gesher Ambassadors visiting from Prague remained with their host families and at the end of the day they were given ...
New experiences
On Monday, we visited Leffell School. First, the local students gave us a tour of the school, and then we attended the morning prayer, which takes place every day for all school students. Afterwards, ...
Back home
Dear Friends,
Now, that we are close to Passover, let me share our special way to welcome Pesach in Scheiber Sandor Gimnázium (SSG) this year.
We had our Pesach Seder in SSG, together the entire middle ...
Shabbat in Baltimore
Our Friday started off quite bad because Amir couldn’t attend school as he was sick. Fortunately, he joined us on Shabbaton. I (Benedek) started my day off by writing the Dvar Torah with ...
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Washington DC
Today’s first program was to take one last look at the homes we were living in for this amazing past week. We said goodbye to our host’s parents and headed to Beth Tfiloh. At school we bit farewell ...
Shabbaton Divrei Torah
Aviva R and Abby O – Beth Tfiloh Students
Jews from all different backgrounds and religious practices came together on October 7th, and have remained united in the ...
Shabbat
On Friday we started our Shabbaton journey this year, too. This meant that we were able to connect to each other like never before due to the nature of Shabbat. We arrived just before sunset, therefore ...
Immersive Week Summary
Let me start with an announcement that we have just been honoured by The Maryland General Assembly for the Gesher Ambassador Program and its success. It is a success that started 9 years ago. ...
Challah baking and assembly
We woke up and had some breakfast with our host families then went to BT. After arriving we made challah together. Then we had some free time where we had some nap and ate some snacks. After that we ...
State House of Maryland, Naval Academy
We woke up at 6:50am and started getting ready with some deer outside the window.
When we got to the school, our hosts dropped us of at a different part of the school that we were slightly familiar ...
Israel Connection Day
We started the day early, it was raining heavily. We had a wonderful breakfast with our host family. We ate cereal and some hummus sandwiches.
At 8.10 we arrived at school, came to Beit Midrash ...
Jewish strength day and university (plus a baseball game)
The day started early with a nice London-like weather. As opposed to yesterday we had breakfast in the local Dunkin’ donuts. I grabbed a vanilla coffee, which was too sweet for my European taste buds. ...
Warm welcomes and getting to know Baltimore
We woke up bright and early, all our fatigue was gone, especially after getting a coffee at Dunkin’ with our amazing host, Adam. Also, American coffee is insane, having as much caffeine as a liter ...
Arriving in US
Our 12 hour-long flight to US began at the Budapest Airport, just like last year. We changed flights in Vienna where we had two and a half hours to explore the airport and grab something to eat.
After ...
New York New York
First, we gathered in the parking lot next to the school at 8 o’clock, bidding farewell to some students. We then boarded the school bus bound for New York. Along the way, we caught sight of Manhattan. ...
Shabbat for all
After Friday’s celebrations, where we showed the Americans how Shabbat is celebrated and sang together, we continued our 25-hour digital detox. We started with a kosher breakfast followed by a ...
Well being for ourselves and those affected by the war
In the morning, we provided feedback to the organizers of the entire program and then divided into morning prayers. We had the option to choose from meditation, walking, yoga, arts and crafts, and more. ...
Leadership
In the morning, we gathered at the school, and some of us shared stories about our Bat/Bar Mitzvah with younger children. Emma, Em, and Vanda actively participated in the morning tfiloh, and they did ...
Student teaching, leadership and combating antisemitism
On Wednesday, after a snow day, another day at Leffell school awaited us. First, we had the opportunity to observe classes, but several of us had to go to the school nurse instead because we were not ...
Let it snow
Tuesday morning was a snow day( closed schools) in NYC and surrounding areas. The Gesher Ambassadors visiting from Prague remained with their host families and at the end of the day they were given ...
New experiences
On Monday, we visited Leffell School. First, the local students gave us a tour of the school, and then we attended the morning prayer, which takes place every day for all school students. Afterwards, ...
Back home
Dear Friends,
Now, that we are close to Passover, let me share our special way to welcome Pesach in Scheiber Sandor Gimnázium (SSG) this year.
We had our Pesach Seder in SSG, together the entire middle ...
Shabbat in Baltimore
Our Friday started off quite bad because Amir couldn’t attend school as he was sick. Fortunately, he joined us on Shabbaton. I (Benedek) started my day off by writing the Dvar Torah with ...