December 21, 2020
By: Admin
By Camille Growing up as a member of Gen Z, I’ve been surrounded by the internet since birth. Unlike my grandparents, and even my parents, I don’t remember a time when I couldn’t just type, click, and be bombarded with...
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By Christina [caption id="attachment_1857" align="alignleft" width="300"] Horseshoe Bend[/caption] Page, AZ: Our drive from Springdale, UT to Page included a stop at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes near Kanab, UT. I had never seen desert sand dunes before and was...
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By Leah I just got home from a 50-day Outward Bound course, backpacking and canoeing through Big Bend Ranch State Park and Big Bend National Park. It was more complicated and exhausting and rewarding and wonderful than anything I've...
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December 15, 2020
By: James Ziemba
By Valerie I knew that 2020 was going to be different. The respite from a grueling cycle of tests, projects and competitions was something I had anticipated since the start of high school, but I never expected it to be...
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By: James Ziemba
By Amelia 1. How to scrape frost off a car 2. What it feels like to have your ears pierced 3. The best recipe for baked oats 4. How to drive through a twice-a-century fire storm 5. How to use...
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By: James Ziemba
By Sammy Self-confidence. Gratitude. Think beyond yourself. Don’t worry. Don’t be a victim. Master your mind. Over the last 5 weeks, Rabbi Dov Ber taught us these integral steps to happiness as part of his seminars. Through Seidel’s Jewish Information...
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By: James Ziemba
By Sara I live in South Carolina, where we have 47 state parks throughout the mountains, the midlands, and the coast, and visiting them is one of my mom's and my favorite pastimes. During the pandemic, we have been visiting...
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By: James Ziemba
By Sami The silence of the desert was so powerful that I could hear the blood rushing through my head. Only a single fly would occasionally steal my attention away [caption id="attachment_1812" align="alignright" width="300"] With zero light pollution, the only...
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By: James Ziemba
By Maia For the first two months of being in Israel, each week felt like a new adventure. My time in Israel wasn’t like my life back home where I had a daily routine. Instead, I spent two weeks in...
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December 10, 2020
By: Leslie
By Abby Everyone said that this year would be a new chapter in life, but it feels more like an entirely new book. At home, I was always the “mom” of the group, but here in Israel, it feels like...
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