Category: My Thoughts

It was my first week back in Israel and it felt amazing. I LOVE Shabbat in Israel and I love beginning my week with it. To me it’s so much more meaningful and special as the entire country slows down together. We had an on-campus Shabbat and it was really nice to see my friends,…

This week was our 10 day-long Pesach break. In my last blog I talked about my long journey home traveling solo in the airport. When I finally arrived back in my own house, it felt like nothing has changed. Everything at home was pretty much the exact same as I left it. It was really…

This week was like the proverbial calm before the ‘Passover Break’ storm! Just like Spring Break, we had a 10-day break ahead of us. So, what did we do? Well, it was pretty chill mix of classes, tanning, and going to the gym. We had a really cool Tiyul to an Ethiopian Village. Talk about…

We began our 11th week by boarding the bus and heading south, to the Gaza Envelope. It was an out of body experience to see how close we were to the war. Our first stop was in a small town, a couple miles from the Gaza border called Sderot. We learned about how life is…

Week 10 has been a bit of a slower week meaning we’re spent the week on campus attending classes. When I say slower, it means we’re in school from about 8am-6pm so they’re still relatively long days. Most of our weeks we’ve had multiple Tiyulim, which means multiple trips; however with this week, we only…

We began this week by boarding the bus to head to Tel Aviv. We spent the day at the Carmel Market, similar to the Machneyuda Shuk. I ventured off with my friends and we tasted different fruits, smoothies, candies, and of course I had to get falafal. It was sooo good. I love going into…