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/participant-stories/my-day-with-aipac-leadership/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/my-day-with-aipac-leadership/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:19:22 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6208   … Read more               There’s some things I don’t know, like how much an elephant weighs or where I’m going to college, but something I do know is that I will be involved in AIPAC my whole life. AIPAC stands for American Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC’s purpose is to lobby elected officials on issues]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/my-day-with-aipac-leadership/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/drawing-inspiration/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/drawing-inspiration/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:44:30 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5388 Michael Levin story for Yom Hazikaron.  Here is an account about the experience of meeting Michael’s family members as written by Nathan Monsein of Section 3.   … Read more
A few days before Yom Hazikaron, Manhigut was honored with a visit from Michael Levin’s mother and sister. They spoke to us at Michael’s grave site located in Israel’s honorary military cemetery. Michael’s]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/drawing-inspiration/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/goodbye-from-the-israeli-scouts/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/goodbye-from-the-israeli-scouts/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:24:29 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5375 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/goodbye-from-the-israeli-scouts/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/my-year-in-israel-rose-thompson-2/ http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/my-year-in-israel-rose-thompson-2/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:14:24 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5361 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/my-year-in-israel-rose-thompson-2/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/thank-you-mel/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/thank-you-mel/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:38:45 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5364 tekes writeup  … Read more last week, we included mention of the honoring of Young Judaea legend Mel Reisfield.  Young Judaea goes back now more than one hundred years and has given the world a pool of distinguished alumni, leaders, and visionaries.  However, if you assembled a group of them from the last fifty or more years and asked them to choose the most well-known or]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/thank-you-mel/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/year-course-video-recap/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/year-course-video-recap/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:38:53 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5349 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/year-course-video-recap/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/year-course-sikkum-part-ii/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/year-course-sikkum-part-ii/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:51:53 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5337 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/year-course-sikkum-part-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/year-course-sikkum-part-i/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/year-course-sikkum-part-i/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 13:51:30 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5332 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/year-course-sikkum-part-i/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/bat-yam/starting-to-wrap-up/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/starting-to-wrap-up/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 14:23:30 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5300 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/starting-to-wrap-up/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/mark-regev-spokesman-for-israel/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/mark-regev-spokesman-for-israel/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 13:35:59 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5293 Mark Regev  … Read more, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s spokesman to the English-speaking world. He spoke to us for about an hour, telling us the story of the path he took to reach his current position. Regev was a youth movement kid just like us, a]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/mark-regev-spokesman-for-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/yom-hashoah/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/yom-hashoah/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 12:55:39 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5193 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/yom-hashoah/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/best-year-of-your-life/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/best-year-of-your-life/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:41:01 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5161 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/best-year-of-your-life/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/gilad-shalit-and-our-impact/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/gilad-shalit-and-our-impact/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:43:25 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5139 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/gilad-shalit-and-our-impact/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/bat-yam/manhigut-shabbaton-in-modiin/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/manhigut-shabbaton-in-modiin/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:30:50 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5088 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/manhigut-shabbaton-in-modiin/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/purim-update/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/purim-update/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:45:50 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4970 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/purim-update/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/chag-purim-sameach/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/chag-purim-sameach/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:17:06 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4962 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/video/chag-purim-sameach/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/chanichim-take-part-in-jerusalem-think-tank/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/chanichim-take-part-in-jerusalem-think-tank/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:28:47 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4955 recent article  … Read more from the Portland Jewish newspaper about a section 3 chanicha who recently volunteered at a think tank in Jerusalem.  Keep up the great work, Tova! Portland Teen Interns at Jerusalem Think Tank During Year Course Lincoln High School graduate Tova Cohen spent last semester as an]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/chanichim-take-part-in-jerusalem-think-tank/feed/ 0