“Only one hundred more days until camp!” I would run around shouting on March 15, each year. “Only one hundred more days until camp!” It was so close I could taste it.
Camp, of course, was the best four weeks of my summer: horse back riding and swimming with my best friends every day, celebrating Shabbat, sneaking out, meeting cool Israelis, and no parents in sight.
It was heaven on Earth.
"וַאֲפִילוּ כֻּלָּנוּ חֲכָמִים כֻּלָּנוּ נְבוֹנִים/ כֻּלָּנוּ יוֹדְעִים אֶת הַתּוֹרָה/ מִצְוָה עָלֵינוּ לְסַפֵּר בִּיצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם"
Spending a weekend with teens who are excited to learn about engaging with Israel is an exhilarating, and for me at least, almost a spiritual experience. I’ve just returned from The iCenter’s MZ Teen iConnect with Israel conference. Eighty teens from all over North America explored how they could make Israel more a part of their lives, brainstorming strategies to involve their peers, families and communities more deeply in the Israel idea.
Anyone who has recently visited an Israeli Purim costume store will soon realize that Purim is not just for little kids but rather, a reason or ‘excuse’ for people, of all ages and orientations, to dress up and express their inner-selves in the weirdest and most elaborate ways.
November is the month of the mustache. While many causes have been assigned a month – Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, Black History month in February – men around the world are claiming November as their own.
There’s so much in the blogosphere right now about Jewish education – how to change it, how to improve it, how to invigorate it, how to re-vision it…
This week, we met with David Kramer and Michael Lawrence, Co-Directors of the NU Campaign, about their organization. Here is what they had to say about Matisyahu and the Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma that is featured in their "nu" (pun intended!) campaign video:
