6:30 AM. I wake up, look at my phone and realize that I am waking up before most of my friends back home have even fallen asleep. I have to admit that freaked me out a little. No worries in mind though, as I knew of the great day they had planned for us. After…
Category: Summer 2016
Day 2! Do you know everyone?
Today we arrived at the Ben Gurion airport outside of Tel-Aviv. We walked off the plane to a blazing 33 Celsius! We received our delicious lunch and phones while hanging out in the beautiful front lawn of the airport. Once everything was packed we headed north, since we are staying west of the Kineret at…
THROUGH SECURITY
We are through security waiting to board!!!! We can’t wait to start our journey to Israel. See you all in a month!!! Shayna Segal social media!
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Now to round out our incredible staff, we introduce our amazing chovesh (medic) URIEL FLUSS!!! Hi everyone! My name is Uriel Fluss, I am 24 years old, from Petach Tikva. I learned in Yeshivat Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem, with a perfect view of the dead sea valley. I really like traveling our unique and beautiful…
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Are you curious about who will be showing us around Israel? Let us introduce our teriffic, talented, tour guide TAMAR COHEN!!! Hey guys (or should I say eh??) I’m Tamar, the tour guide for the best bus invented!! I’m 22 from Beit Shemesh, studying communications and Political Science, I love to travel ??, meet new…
ADVISOR SPOTLIGHT
WOW! We are only a day away! To round off our local staff we introduce our organized, odd and optimistic advisor OONA WELMAN!!! My name is Oona Welman, and I am currently a communications major at stern college for women! This is my second summer participating in NCSY summer. Fun facts: I can do the…
ADVISOR SPOTLIGHT
And now introducing the terrific, tantalizing, and talkative TZVI TABAKMAN!!! I am super excited to spend the summer with all of you. This will be my second summer advising TJJ!! We will have the most GESHMACK summer ever (feel free to ask me what that means) and yes it is my favorite word and it…
ADVISOR SPOTLIGHT
And now let us present your sweet, sagacious and sincere social media director Shayna Segal!! Hey everyone!! My name is Shayna Segal! I recently moved to Toronto for university and loving it! It is your job to guess where I am from! *hint somewhere in Canada, no cheating and asking the other advisors! I love…
Pre Shabbos in Jerusalem
Hey Everyone! It is Friday afternoon here in Jerusalem and the city is a buzz! Everyone is running around trying to ensure that they get everything done before Shabbat. The smells of chicken soup and Challah fill the air and are incredible! In just 4 short days you will be able to join us too…
ADVISOR SPOTLIGHT
And now to introduce our seasoned advisor, director of administration, the talented, trusting and ticklish TAMAR SANDLER!!! Tamar Sandler Status: ready to party in Israel (3rd times the charm…veteran TJJ advisor here) Gender: ? Age: 23 going on 18 Bio: Just graduated with the most practical degree: a BFA in Visual Art. My favourite movie…