Matt Cohen's Profile
Brookline, MAI am an alumnus of OTZMA XXIV (2009-10) and was the founding editor of the Boston-Haifa Connection blog on this site. You can reach me by email at matt.t.cohen@gmail.com.
Matt Cohen's Voice
OTZMA: Strengthening North American Jewry
Three years after my OTZMA Fellowship, the adjectives I still use to describe my experience are clichés. But they’re all true: Amazing. Life-changing. Inspirational. When...
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A Year of Opportunities Through OTZMA
This article was first published on The Jewish Federations of North America's Federation Connection blog Amazing. Life-changing. Inspirational. I can think of a lot of...
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Israel & Overseas
Yom Yerushalayim: The Essence of Zionism
"Im eshkachech Yerushalayim, tishkach yemini"/"If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand wither."From the moment I first knew I wanted to come to...
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Israel & Overseas
Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'Atzma'ut in Israel
The Fourth of July is perhaps my favorite American holiday. So it should be no surprise that Yom Ha’atzma’ut is one of my favorite Israeli...
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Israel & Overseas
The Great Outdoors
I can't say I've gotten everywhere I wanted to during this Part 2 of Otzma (sorry southerners), but I did get up to Kiryat Shmona...
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Israel & Overseas
Purim in Tel Aviv
There’s no holiday quite like Purim. From the costumes, to sounding the graggers during megillah reading, to the Talmudic commandment to drink as a way...
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Israel & Overseas
Matty's Israel Adventures
Hi all, My name is Matt, and I'm a lifelong Bostonian spending the year living in Israel. I'm a participant on OTZMA, a volunteer-based program...
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