by Barry Geltman’s NFTY-EIE English classes, Spring 2012
It was so nice to be able to experience a real Israeli Jewish home during the holidays. It was lovely, looking up at a table full of close and loving family all bonding and enjoying the holiday, living in the Holy Land. I couldn’t help but wonder if they knew how lucky they all were to be living here, as a free and independent Jew, not as part of a minority.
By Beth Sohn, NFTY in Israel 2011 Participant
It is SO different being here. And seeing it. Not in a picture, video, image retold by an eyewitness – no – me. I am in Auschwitz. I look around me and see the endless remains of brick “housing”, chimneys that mark where wooden “houses” once stood, barbed wire-strung fences meant to intimidate and serve a purpose…
NFTY President, Forrest Yesnes has been invited to the Jewish American Heritage Month reception at the White House! http://t.co/5kRvyUmb
NFTY President, Forrest Yesnes has been invited to the Jewish American Heritage Month reception at the White House! http://t.co/U6YqzVN7 URJ Chairman Stephen Sacks shares the words of one of EIE's alumni - Elise Oshlag - in his article in this... http://t.co/O5myJmoZ Are you following our participants' blogs? They're writing amazing stories about their time in Israel! Check out... http://t.co/9tHgu0p0