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/2011-2012/arad-2011-2012/getting-our-hands-dirty-in-arad/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/arad-2011-2012/getting-our-hands-dirty-in-arad/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:05:14 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6311   … Read more During Operation Cast Lead, an Israeli military operation in Gaza in December 2008, an Israeli officer named Omer Rabinovich died in an ambush.  In his honor, his parents decided to create an observation point next to Arad, not far from the Dead Sea.  Eli]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/arad-2011-2012/getting-our-hands-dirty-in-arad/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-2-2011-2012/what-is-there-to-do-in-arad/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-2-2011-2012/what-is-there-to-do-in-arad/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:51:49 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6204   … Read more                     The question is always asked:  what is there to do in Arad?  Truthfully, Arad is a small town with a limited amount of activities but a lot of spirit and opportunity. A few weeks ago my friends and I decided we wanted to go on a hike]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-2-2011-2012/what-is-there-to-do-in-arad/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/participant-stories-2011-2012/just-your-typical-rosh-hashana-religious-experience/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/participant-stories-2011-2012/just-your-typical-rosh-hashana-religious-experience/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:40:32 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5699   … Read more           Although I was in Israel during Rosh Hashana two years ago with Alexander Muss High School in Israel, I only had the secular Israeli experience of going to the beach.  This year, I decided to make the trip to Jerusalem for the new year. I got on a bus with two friends from]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/participant-stories-2011-2012/just-your-typical-rosh-hashana-religious-experience/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-3-2011-2012/who-woulda-thunk-it-i-love-arad/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-3-2011-2012/who-woulda-thunk-it-i-love-arad/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:55:22 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5618   … Read more When I found out I would be starting my year in Arad, I wasn’t exactly thrilled. I knew absolutely nothing about the city besides that it was very, very small. When I was still home in the US, I even decided to use Google Earth to see what it is close to, which didn’t raise my expectations at]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-3-2011-2012/who-woulda-thunk-it-i-love-arad/feed/ 0