http://www.yearcourse.org start painting your future today Sun, 13 May 2012 06:34:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/progress-produce-consume-a-musical-experience-in-the-holyland/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/progress-produce-consume-a-musical-experience-in-the-holyland/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:38:57 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6329   … Read more             In coming out of the desert and moving to Jerusalem, I knew that music would have a much stronger presence in my life. As much peace and quiet as Arad had to offer, I was more than looking forward to enhanced opportunities to get out there and really see what Israeli music]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/progress-produce-consume-a-musical-experience-in-the-holyland/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/academic-conclusion/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/academic-conclusion/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 14:59:48 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5310 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/academic-conclusion/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/masa-day-made-in-israel/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/masa-day-made-in-israel/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 15:04:43 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5303 Masa Israel Journey  … Read more, the umbrella organization of all long-term programs in Israel.  Throughout this past year, Masa has provided various experiences for both our participants and those of other]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/masa-day-made-in-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/my-land-of-israel/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/my-land-of-israel/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 13:58:18 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5275 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/my-land-of-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/comparative-religion-siyur-to-ein-rafa/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/comparative-religion-siyur-to-ein-rafa/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 14:38:45 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5257   … Read moreYesterday, Avi Rose’s Comparative Religion class took a siyur to the outskirts of Jerusalem to take a closer look at another population in Israel:  the Muslim community.  We began in one of the tastiest places in all of Israel:  Abu Gosh, an Israeli-Arab town known for its many delicious chumusiot (chumus restaurants…for those of you who are under the impression that chumus]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/comparative-religion-siyur-to-ein-rafa/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/yom-hazikaron-an-unexpected-honor/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/yom-hazikaron-an-unexpected-honor/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 14:32:07 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5235 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/yom-hazikaron-an-unexpected-honor/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/yom-hazikaron-and-yom-haatzmaut-full-wrap-up/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/yom-hazikaron-and-yom-haatzmaut-full-wrap-up/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 13:04:25 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5221 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/yom-hazikaron-and-yom-haatzmaut-full-wrap-up/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/year-course-returns/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/year-course-returns/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:49:42 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5167 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/year-course-returns/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/just-your-typical-friday-night-at-the-kotel/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/just-your-typical-friday-night-at-the-kotel/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:58:46 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5147 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/just-your-typical-friday-night-at-the-kotel/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/year-course-stands-with-gilad/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/year-course-stands-with-gilad/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:09:28 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5116 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/year-course-stands-with-gilad/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/food-festival-hits-the-old-city/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/food-festival-hits-the-old-city/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:21:14 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5079 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/food-festival-hits-the-old-city/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/jerusalem-marathon-year-course-takes-part/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/jerusalem-marathon-year-course-takes-part/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:10:48 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5074 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/jerusalem-marathon-year-course-takes-part/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/shoah-seminar-thinking-critically-about-the-holocaust/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/shoah-seminar-thinking-critically-about-the-holocaust/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:20:44 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5058 Part I  … Read more about the recent Shoah seminar from Jenna Basman.  Here is Part II. Our next speaker was a lady who works for Yad Vashem. She came to speak to us about the importance of educating ourselves about the Holocaust because of the danger and threat of current Holocaust revisionists.  These people do not blatantly deny that the Holocaust happened, but]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/shoah-seminar-thinking-critically-about-the-holocaust/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/shoah-seminar-a-survivor-speaks/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/shoah-seminar-a-survivor-speaks/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:50:31 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5053 Yad Vashem  … Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/shoah-seminar-a-survivor-speaks/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/advocacy-for-israel/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/advocacy-for-israel/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:48:00 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5039 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/advocacy-for-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/ynet-article-volunteering-with-the-blind/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/ynet-article-volunteering-with-the-blind/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:06:32 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4984 blog post about Section 1 chanich Sam Forman  … Read more of Waban, Massachusetts and his volunteering in the Eliya school?  We just found a translation to the Hebrew Ynet article.  Here is an excerpt. From my very first day at the kindergarten, I was fully welcomed as a staff member. Together with three teachers and one chief kindergartener, I worked in a combined classroom of]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/ynet-article-volunteering-with-the-blind/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/a-few-words-of-advice/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/a-few-words-of-advice/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:06:00 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4916 changeover  … Read more in Beit She’an, our head of video Omer]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/a-few-words-of-advice/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/fun-week-in-transition/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/fun-week-in-transition/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:16:53 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4904 Kuma or in Masa’s Building Future Leadership  … Read more (BFL) conference in Jerusalem.  With some sections more affected than others, they’ve each been doing some slightly different programming. Bat Yam:
The majority of the]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/fun-week-in-transition/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/off-to-poland/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/off-to-poland/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:23:58 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4896 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/off-to-poland/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/settling-into-third-semester/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/settling-into-third-semester/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:31:09 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4887 here  … Read more a few days ago, Semester 3 has officially begun and we saw the transition happen beautifully over the last week. The changeover, as expected, was a time for everyone to see familiar faces and just have a great time catching up, laughing, and sharing stories.  Several activities were available simultaneously at the Beit She’an youth hostel:  a]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/settling-into-third-semester/feed/ 0