May 26, 2021
By: Karina Casarrubias
By Maia Unexpected changes feel like the theme of this year, especially for those of us on gap years. A few weeks ago, I spent four days in an intense seminar on the Israeli - Palestinian conflict. I listened to...
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By: Karina Casarrubias
By Sami [caption id="attachment_2103" align="alignleft" width="345"] Me and my roommates in our humble abode.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2102" align="alignright" width="236"] I spent a weekend at Inbal's house where I was fed some insanely delicious Tunisian food. I loved it so...
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April 20, 2021
By: Leslie
By Sami I recently read an interesting article by Courtney Martin titled “The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems,” and one of the main messages I was left with is that foreign problems often seem much simpler and more solvable...
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April 14, 2021
By: Leslie
By Abby Since I haven’t been the most diligent about writing my blogs, I thought reflecting on my mechinah’s middle of the year seminar, designed to reflect on individual and group growth, would be appropriate. I was pleasantly surprised to...
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September 24, 2020
By: Admin
By Sami On this quiet Shabbat evening I sit alone on the couch while my new roommates nap. There’s not much else to do at the moment. Jerusalem has restrictions in place requiring American students to quarantine for two weeks,...
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November 27, 2019
By: Leslie
It's been a month since I first arrived in Israel, and the experience so far has been unbelievable. For the first week, I stayed in the small desert town of Sde Boker, which is probably best described as a desert...
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