Happy 16th birthday Hallel! We started off our day with a powerful tour of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. We spent three hours learning about the hardships many of our ancestors went through. One of the most memorable moments of the experience were the few but compelling minutes of our tour through the […]
Happy August 2nd! After packing up and leaving our hotel in Tiberias, we headed to Naharayim on the Jordanian border. We learned how the hydro-electric power plant functioned before the Independence War, and about the man who envisioned it all. While there, we learned about the Kibbutz’s struggles in the War of Independence. We then headed […]
It was such a great day … and we barely have time to write! We toured the Golan Heights bunkers for a review of Israel’s military history, and by chance met two UN Peacekeepers. We cooled off on a waterfall hike of Ein Tina and danced on a cruise of the Sea of Galilee. Ending the night on a […]
In order to beat the heat, No’ar Hadash started the day off early, trekking down Mount Arbel. Not only did we climb, hike, and sing through this famous site of Crusaders and Muslims fighting, but of course danced. This path may have been tough on the knees, but even more on the heart, as there […]
This morning was relaxed; we slept in, had breakfast, and joined together for communal services. Services were led by “rabbis” Eva Nates and Yonit Slater, who made services engaging through meditation and song. After services, we began to brainstorm ideas for the No’ar Hadash t-shirt, which we will design ourselves. We jotted down certain pictures […]
Hayom yom shishi (Today is Friday) Hayom yom shishi Machar Shabbat (Tomorrow is Shabbat) Machar Shabbat Shabbat m’nucha! (Shabbat means rest!) Today began with a hotel breakfast and by 9am we were on the bus with our bags packed and stowed away, heading for Kibbutz Sasa in the Galilee. When we got there, to our […]
After a hike, the day began with an overlook of Israel’s diverse landscape, from hilltops to city to the sea and even the border with Lebanon. Another short bus ride and we were going down the world’s steepest cable car which led us to natural grottos at Rosh Hanikra. We ventured through the caves, looking […]
We went to see the Bahai Gardens and learned about the Bahai religion. We went inside the shrine and had to keep completely quiet out of respect for the holy site. We overlooked the gardens from above and saw the beautiful port city of Haifa in front of us. Next we went to the Umm […]
We departed from Tel Aviv and headed up north. The landscape was very different from the south. We were now surrounded by pine trees, olive trees and bushes instead of desert. Our first stop was the Ein Shemer Eco-existence Ecological Greenhouse where we listened to an eye-opening talk. An Arab-Israeli explained how Arab-Israelis feel in […]
We started today off by meeting with a speaker from IGY (Israeli Gay Youth), with whom we discussed how LGBTQ rights have progressed in Israel. We asked our speaker about what life in the army is like for LGBTQ youth and the strides that have been made to create a more inclusive environment. After that […]
