Goodbye from Haifa by Elizabeth Moser
This week, I'm starting to say goodbye to the people with whom I volunteer here in Haifa, which is crazy. It feels like just...
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Israel & Overseas
You Can't Get There From Here: Snow, Air Travel, and a Failed Trip to Haifa
Sometimes you really can’t get there from here. Friday’s pseudo-surprising snowpocalypse snarled air traffic up and down the Northeast for the better part of the...
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Israel & Overseas
Leaving Home, Going Home
You know that feeling when, after a long drive, the end is in sight and it’s only a few minutes until you’re back in your...
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Israel & Overseas
A Family of Service, by Jonathan Miniello
Moving to Israel from America is extremely difficult. Without much preparation I had to stop my life, get on a plane, and start...
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Israel & Overseas
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Haifa Young Leaders volunteer at "Parents at the Center"
On the tenth of December, the second day of Hanukkah, the Volunteering Subcommittee of the Boston-Haifa Connection Young Leadership Committee organized a festive event...
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Israel & Overseas
Haifa and Boston Teens from Rashi and Leo Baeck at the State House with Rep. Ruth Balser: How Jewish values drive public policy decisions
By Rabbi Sharon Clevenger, Rashi School On Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 35 Rashi students and 24 Leo Baeck Students visited with MA State Representative...
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Israel & Overseas
Otzma Blog: It's Haifa time, by Jonathan Miniello
Hummus Barrel provided by the Young Leadership So after months in Karmiel the time has finally arrived. It’s time for me to go to Haifa...
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Israel & Overseas
What do the Maccabees, MIT students, and curious four-year-olds have to do with each other? It turns out a whole lot!
In late November, 13 MIT students explored “Chanukah through Science” with three classrooms of four-year-old children at the JCC Early Learning Center in Newton....
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Social Activism
Community Mural in Haifa: Arab neighborhood of Halisa benefits from Boston’s Tova Speter art project
A young girl standing by the newly painted mural in Halisa, Haifa Tova Speter, a talented artist and CJP PresenTense fellow who created the...
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Israel & Overseas
Diary of an Ironi Hey Student, By Nadav Gezuntheit
Nadav, in the black sweatshirt, sitting next to teacher Dafna Yehudai and fellow students My name is Nadav. I am 17 years old, a student...
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Judaism & Spirituality
