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My Path to Leadership in the JCC Boston Diller Teen Fellowship
Throughout my JCC Boston Diller Teen Fellowship experience, the word “leader” has become more meaningful and relatable. In March, our Boston-Haifa Diller cohort of Fellows...
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Personal Stories
More Than A Marathon
As we ready to turn the calendar from March to April, welcoming Spring by preparing for Pesach, it’s also an indication that one of Massachusetts’...
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Israel & Overseas
Haifa and Boston Natives in Solidarity: CJP Steering Committee Conference and Hatikvah Officers Mission, by Billie Hirsch
Early Yom Rishon, I trekked up to the Dan Panorama Hotel on the Carmel Mountain in Haifa to meet some new friends. When I...
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Israel & Overseas
Vacation with Soul…but first, Breakfast
I am writing while currently in a food coma, blurred visions of freshly squeezed orange juice, homemade hommus, and shakshuka (foreigners—look it up—trust me)...
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Israel & Overseas
Vacation with Soul…but first, Breakfast (by Billie Hirsch)
I am writing while currently in a food coma, blurred visions of freshly squeezed orange juice, homemade hommus, and shakshuka (foreigners—look it up—trust me)...
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Social Activism
Discovering Haifa's Beauty, Diversity and Genuine Coexistence, by Billie Hirsch (OTZMA Volunteer)
Shalom from Haifa! My name is Billie Hirsch, and I am a participant of OTZMA, a ten-month leadership development and volunteer-oriented program sponsored by the...
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Israel & Overseas
Matt Cohen’s Aliyah to Israel
It is difficult to know where to begin to say shalom and l’hitraot to our dear friend Matt Cohen who is making Aliyah in January. Though we have known this dedicated “Otzma-nik”...
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Israel & Overseas
My Boston-Haifa-Jerusalem Connection: An Open Letter to the Boston Jewish Community
First of all - Thank You.I have called Boston home for nearly all of my 27-plus years on this planet, and there are many individuals...
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Israel & Overseas
Introducing the Boston-Haifa Connection Young Lawyers Newsletter
by Elizabeth Goldman The Boston-Haifa Connection is proud to release the inaugural issue of the Young Lawyers Newsletter, an exciting collaborative effort of attorneys in...
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Israel & Overseas
Beating Time
by Ross BloomA group of us from the Boston-Haifa Connection’s Young Leaders Committee recently went to see “Beating Time,” one of the films in this...
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Social Activism
