January 11, 2021
By: Admin
By Lizzy On October 31, the French government imposed a 6-week national lockdown in an effort to slow the spread of the Coronavirus. Considering the rapidly-increasing case count, the strict measures were absolutely necessary. However, since I was living alone...
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November 15, 2020
By: Admin
By Siddharth 8th November has - at least in the last few years - witnessed a mellow birthday celebration. A family trip to the hills, a lunch with a few close friends, or (in the midst of last year’s application...
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October 25, 2020
By: Admin
By Maia The program I am on is called “Hevruta,” translating to 'partners' in Hebrew. As the only gap year program made half of North Americans and half of Israelis we are a bit of a social experiment. The Israeli...
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October 22, 2020
By: Admin
By Sammy An integral part of life is conversing with new people, making first impressions, and forming relationships. While meeting people is always exciting, after bursting out of a two-week strict quarantine into a crowd of 300 Americans, Latin Americans,...
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September 28, 2020
By: Admin
By Sammy Two weeks in a tiny room, shared with three other people. Feel free to leave the room, as long as you are okay with losing $30,000 and being kicked off the program, deported, and banned from coming back...
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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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September 21, 2020
By: Admin
By Abby [caption id="attachment_1526" align="alignright" width="229"] First step of freedom! During quarantine, we were allowed on our small porch, but not on the stairs.[/caption] A lot of people say the secret to happiness is living with low expectations, but I...
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September 20, 2020
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By Maia I’ve probably spent more time in my apartment in the last two weeks than I will spend in the next few months. Two weeks ago, I boarded a flight to Israel with a folder full of immigration documents...
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July 10, 2020
By: Leslie
By Cate I’ll admit it. My spring semester didn’t go as planned. But then again, in this crazy year of 2020, whose spring has? I thought I would still be in Ecuador during this time. I thought I would be...
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May 28, 2020
By: Admin
By Makee On the 11th week in quarantine I learned to play This Charming Man by the Smiths on the guitar, practiced doing the boxer step with a jump rope, cooked an awesome Thai basil beef dish, and started learning...
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