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JCM DC Trip
The day kicked off with an abrupt wake up at 5:00 A.M. From there, we all stumbled outside into the cold and onto the bus, excited, but too tired to express it. What followed was our first experience...
View ArticleThursday of JCM
Today we met at the JCC to continue planning Community Week, the week we will spend with the Karmiel/Misgav cohort this summer. We are in charge of creating all of the activities and experiences for...
View ArticleApril 13, Hillel JUC
Yesterday marked a new first in the 2015-2016 Pittsburgh and Karmiel-Misgav Partnership history. Our first day of planning Community Week in Israel. Oy vey. I stumbled into the third floor workshop in...
View ArticleApril 16 - Shabbat and free day
Saturday was one of the free days we had because it was Shabbat. Adva, who is staying with me, and I had had a late night because we went to Someones house for Shabbat, so we slept in, which was...
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Sunday of JCM and closing ceremonies
We arrived at the JCC early Sunday morning and spent some time with our respective cohorts discussing what we had done over the weekend. Afterwards, we split up into two volunteer groups, with some...
View ArticleJCM Rabbi Forum
Today the Americans and Israelis joined together for a program about the different sects of Judaism in America. Four different rabbis from around the community joined together to talk with the group...
View ArticleSixth Day of JCM
On the Sixth day of the Pittsburgh/Karmiel-Misgav Jewish Community Mifgash, I arrived at the JCC at around four in the afternoon. Jason (Hertzberg) was asleep in the backseat of the car, and, upon...
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Day 2 in Israel - Ein Gedi
Today was day 2 of our summer seminar in Israel, and we explored many parts of Israel's history throughout the day. We started by waking up before the sunrise to leave bright and early for Masada, so...
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Israel Day 2 - Masada & Dead Sea
I had the privilege of being one of the two leaders of the day for our second day of Israel, July 7th. The day we had was truly an experience. We opened the day by waking up at a nice and peachy 4:30...
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Israel Day 3
In Israel, you know it’s gonna be an amazing day when you’ve got a pack of magical unicorn stickers and the glorious promise of air conditioning in your future. It was with these two facts that I...
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Day One of ISS
Hey yinz in pgh!!We've had an amazing trip thus far! It's been full of breathtaking views, meaningful discussions, and lots of laughs. Our first two days of the trip felt like one 48 hour day because...
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Beginning of community week!
We woke up and said goodbye to all of our friends from Kennes and headed out to Yad Vashem. We toured the museum with a guide who took us on a journey through the lives of all the people in the...
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Shabbat at Kennes
Saturday was a very religious day for me. I started off the morning at the games Shabbat where we played games and then explored a deeper meaning inside of them and how that meaning connected to the...
View ArticleDay 2 of community week - Diversity
Hello everyone,For Diversity Day, we started off by discussing different kinds of diversity in both the Karmiel-Misgav community and worldwide. We broke into groups and brainstormed different groups...
View ArticleNature Day
Today, the first day of community week, all of the teens participated in the Nature Day. This day was packed with fun and was a nice introduction into our time with the Israeli teens. We started off...
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IDF Day
"Ale!""KRAV!"Today was IDF day and the cohort got a taste of the life of a soldier. First thing this morning, we went to Yad Lebanim, which is a memorial center for all of the fallen soldiers of...
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Community Week - Tikkun Olam Day
Today, the fellows had the opportunity to give back to the Karmiel-Misgav community we’ve come to call home by volunteering with various local organizations. At Kishorit, we volunteered at a...
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Final Shabbat in Israel
On the 22nd, we began the day with one last breakfast at Tel Hai and a few teary goodbyes to the cohorts staying there with us. We then boarded the bus and headed to Tel Aviv. We stopped in the Karmel...
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Cohort 8's First Shabbaton
Friday was the first day of our first shabbaton so we were still a little quiet when we got on the bus, we got to Emma Kaufmann Camp a little later so we had to run in and get right into our Shabbat...
View ArticleCohort 8 December Workshop
At the December workshop, I had the privilege of exploring the basis of communication with Cohort 8. We began with a variety of activities that addressed the theme, from improv games to pantomiming. At...
View ArticleWorkshop 4 - Kehillah (Community)
Today was the fourth workshop for Cohort 8 and the first one of 2017! To start out, the Added Value team, which I am a part of, gave out candy as a little gift and did a coloring activity. The activity...
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Diller Values in Action
Hi, I’m Allie, and I was a fellow way back in Cohort 5 and a JC for Cohort 6! I’ve said this before and it sounds cheesy and a bit crazy, but I really truly believe that Diller made me the person I am...
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Days one & two of the Israel Summer Seminar
After a taxing 10 hour fight, Diller cohort 8 finally landed in Tel Aviv. We had the opportunity to travel to the border of the Gaza Strip and meet with an artist who was attempting to decorate the...
View ArticleJerusalem days 3 and 4
Today was our first day in Jerusalem. First we went to Mt. Scopus to see the city from up above. We then headed over the old city where we got to walk through the alleyways where all the different...
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Day 5 in Jerusalem
Today we visited Har Herzl and the Yad Vashem museum. We had closing ceremonies at the international shabbaton and then we drove to har herzl.At Har Herzl we visited Theodor Herzls grave and learned...
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