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/section-3-2011-2012/year-course-its-not-just-meaningful-for-the-chanichim/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-3-2011-2012/year-course-its-not-just-meaningful-for-the-chanichim/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 14:23:23 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6390   … Read more           When asked to write a blog post about being a madricha on Young Judaea/FZY Year Course, I immediately said yes and that I would have it ready as soon as possible. That was over a month ago. My job is absolutely incredible.  Fun, rewarding, special, and extremely unique. In theory I could have written about]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-3-2011-2012/year-course-its-not-just-meaningful-for-the-chanichim/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/rwanda-our-final-week/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/rwanda-our-final-week/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:56:33 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6276 Tikkun Olam track  … Read more‘s one-month visit to the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village. Dear Parents, Our final week at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village was a busy one. Our challot came out extra delicious on Friday thanks to Alex Lyon, Rachel Frenkel, Julie Cohen and Sammy Schwartz.]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/rwanda-our-final-week/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/rwanda-adventures-week-3/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/rwanda-adventures-week-3/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:51:39 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6261 Tikkun Olam track  … Read more‘s one-month visit to the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village. Dear Parents,
Our third week at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village started out with a trip to the Western town of Gisenyi. Gisenyi borders Lake Kivu, Rwanda’s largest lake and home to many fishermen. We arrived at]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/rwanda-adventures-week-3/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/week-two-in-rwanda-exploring-our-surroundings/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/week-two-in-rwanda-exploring-our-surroundings/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:52:48 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6248 Tikkun Olam track  … Read more‘s one-month visit to the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village. Our second week at ASYV has been filled with adventure and action. On Saturday morning we woke up bright and early to join the entire village for “muchaka muchaka” (jogging). We enjoyed]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/week-two-in-rwanda-exploring-our-surroundings/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/the-art-of-judaism/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/the-art-of-judaism/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:06:07 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6171 Kol HaOt  … Read more seeks to showcase Jewish history, values, and texts through a synthesis of the performing, visual and culinary arts. The class’s curriculum]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/staff-contributions-2011-2012/the-art-of-judaism/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-1-2011-2012/negevtiyul/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-1-2011-2012/negevtiyul/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:35:04 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5930 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-1-2011-2012/negevtiyul/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-3-2011-2012/hiking-shvil-yisrael/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-3-2011-2012/hiking-shvil-yisrael/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:34:17 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5868 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-3-2011-2012/hiking-shvil-yisrael/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-1-2011-2012/gilad-shalit-where-were-you-when-you-heard-the-news/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-1-2011-2012/gilad-shalit-where-were-you-when-you-heard-the-news/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:36:15 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5671   … Read more History was never my favorite subject. When my teachers used to say enthusiastically “history happens around us all the time,” I never really understood what they meant. History happens? History is history, it’s in the past, how can it happen in the present? At least that is what I used to think until this week, when for the first]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-1-2011-2012/gilad-shalit-where-were-you-when-you-heard-the-news/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-1-2011-2012/the-power-of-the-kotel/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-1-2011-2012/the-power-of-the-kotel/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:27:20 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5570   … Read more         Just as the first week of Young Judaea/FZY Year Course can be a bit nerve-wracking for most of the chanichim (participants), it evokes similar emotions for the madrichim (counselors) as well.  At 3:30 am on September 5th, our alarm clocks sounded with a few extra minutes to spare in order to insure that we would not]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2011-2012/section-1-2011-2012/the-power-of-the-kotel/feed/ 0