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
Being Welcomed by the Haifa-Boston Connection
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
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
Tu B'Shevat Celebration
I had a blast celebrating Tu B'Shevat this week! Tuesday night, we were invited to a seder at the Haifa University. It was sponsored...
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Israel & Overseas
Dayenu: Reflections on Israel and Homelessness in Haifa
A reflection wrriten by 2012 JCRC Boston-Haifa Learning Exchange participants Joe Finn, Executive Director of Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance. Reflecting upon my visit to...
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Israel & Overseas
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
Photos from a Short Tiyul; Haifa Cable Cars
Today, fellow OTZMAnikim Sarah and I decided to uncover a bit more of Haifa for ourselves, and ventured out of our apartment to see what...
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Israel & Overseas
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Visiting The Technion, the "MIT of Israel"
CJP’s Israel Advocacy is spending the week in Israel, visiting some of the success stories that make up the Start-Up Nation with academics from Harvard...
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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
