http://www.yearcourse.org start painting your future today Tue, 21 May 2013 12:27:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/what-magen-david-adom-has-done-for-me/ http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/what-magen-david-adom-has-done-for-me/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 12:27:31 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7260 Here is a great piece  … Read more written by Adi Genosar about her volunteer placement, Magen David Adom (Israel’s Red Cross). Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine doing the things I’ve done in the past two months. My name is Adi Genosar, and I am]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/what-magen-david-adom-has-done-for-me/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/kuma-2012-2013/how-to-save-a-life-heroism-in-auschwitz/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/kuma-2012-2013/how-to-save-a-life-heroism-in-auschwitz/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:23:26 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7252 This article recently appeared in TCJewfolk, an online Jewish publication based in Minnesota. Jesse Abelson, St. Louis Park, MN; Section 1 chanich   … Read more In wake of the recent tragedies in Boston, it feels like the perfect time to share a recent experience I had on Young Judaea Year Course, my nine-month Masa program in Israel. Last month I, along with 50 other Year Course participants, traveled]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/kuma-2012-2013/how-to-save-a-life-heroism-in-auschwitz/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/activism-track/tzeva-kachol-brings-activism-to-kibbutz-in-need/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/activism-track/tzeva-kachol-brings-activism-to-kibbutz-in-need/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:53:33 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7247 Activism Track  … Read more, they were raising over $2600 in tzedaka over Purim.  More recently, Tzeva Kachol visited Kibbutz Nir Am located near the city of Sderot, a place unfortunately most known for its close proximity to Gaza which has fired rockets over the city for the past ten years.  Some of the rockets have fallen into]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/activism-track/tzeva-kachol-brings-activism-to-kibbutz-in-need/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/marva-2012-2013/my-rides-with-magen-david-adom/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/marva-2012-2013/my-rides-with-magen-david-adom/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:56:52 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7171 This article recently appeared in TCJewfolk, an online Jewish publication based in Minnesota. Jesse Abelson, St. Louis Park, MN; Section 1 chanich   … Read more It’s been three months since I started volunteering with Magen David Adom (MDA), the national ambulance service in Israel. Sitting outside the station now, in the middle of another slow overnight shift, I can’t help but reflect on my time here. I’ve seen]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/marva-2012-2013/my-rides-with-magen-david-adom/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/marva-army-training-not-only-meaningful-for-americans/ http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/marva-army-training-not-only-meaningful-for-americans/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:33:41 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7163   … Read more               I am writing to you now from Young Judaea Year Course as an official graduate of Course Marva 123 (קורס מרווה קכ״ג). With this experience comes a multiplex of emotions. My opinions concerning Marva change with almost every day that passes. When I look back to what I thought the course]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/marva-army-training-not-only-meaningful-for-americans/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/activism-track/young-judaea-year-courses-tzeva-kachol-raises-2600-for-tzedaka/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/activism-track/young-judaea-year-courses-tzeva-kachol-raises-2600-for-tzedaka/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:26:29 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7108   … Read more In the spirit of Young Judaea’s storied history of tikkun olam and social action, the students on Year Course’s Activism Track]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/activism-track/young-judaea-year-courses-tzeva-kachol-raises-2600-for-tzedaka/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-3-2012-2013/one-memorable-weekend/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-3-2012-2013/one-memorable-weekend/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:29:44 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7103 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-3-2012-2013/one-memorable-weekend/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/final-updates-from-rwanda/ http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/final-updates-from-rwanda/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:56:58 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7095 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/final-updates-from-rwanda/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/mud-and-animals/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/mud-and-animals/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:24:45 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7091 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/mud-and-animals/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/meeting-our-communitys-leaders-at-asyv/ http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/meeting-our-communitys-leaders-at-asyv/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:20:27 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7083 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/meeting-our-communitys-leaders-at-asyv/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/finding-meaning-in-hard-work/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/finding-meaning-in-hard-work/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:27:00 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7072   … Read more First off, I’m exhausted. It’s almost 11 pm, and I’ve been up since 6:30 am working non-stop. Truthfully the last thing I want to do is write this blog but it’s days like this that make me think about some really important advice I learned growing up. Harry Chapin used to say that there are two kinds of]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/finding-meaning-in-hard-work/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/more-adventures-from-rwanda/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/more-adventures-from-rwanda/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:13 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7066 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/more-adventures-from-rwanda/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/tikkun-olam-our-new-lives-in-rwanda/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/tikkun-olam-our-new-lives-in-rwanda/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:43:05 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7058 Tikkun Olam track‘s one-month visit to the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, written by Adam Goldstein (London, England) of FZY, Section 1.   … Read more I have now been in Rwanda since late Monday night and am in the process of integrating myself within the community of the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village. In Rwanda the language most commonly spoken]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/rwanda-2012-2013/tikkun-olam-our-new-lives-in-rwanda/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-1-2012-2013/year-course-makes-a-difference-in-bat-yam/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-1-2012-2013/year-course-makes-a-difference-in-bat-yam/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:30:16 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=7053 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-1-2012-2013/year-course-makes-a-difference-in-bat-yam/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/announcements/incredible-deal-for-year-course-referrals/ http://www.yearcourse.org/announcements/incredible-deal-for-year-course-referrals/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:00:44 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6887 here  … Read more.  We will send you all the details once you’ve registered. Also, to those of you in New Jersey, our director Adam Jenshil is in]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/announcements/incredible-deal-for-year-course-referrals/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/young-judaea-year-course-in-the-detroit-jewish-news-2/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/young-judaea-year-course-in-the-detroit-jewish-news-2/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:31:13 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6876 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/young-judaea-year-course-in-the-detroit-jewish-news-2/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/a-life-changing-experience/ http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/a-life-changing-experience/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:50:08 +0000 matanmedia http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6850 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/a-life-changing-experience/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-2-2012-2013/doing-good-in-bat-yam/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-2-2012-2013/doing-good-in-bat-yam/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:01:27 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6841 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-2-2012-2013/doing-good-in-bat-yam/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/business-track/business-track-meets-israelis-movers-and-shakers/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/business-track/business-track-meets-israelis-movers-and-shakers/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:32:19 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6798 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/business-track/business-track-meets-israelis-movers-and-shakers/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-1-2012-2013/changeover-wrap-up-semester-two-here-we-come/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-1-2012-2013/changeover-wrap-up-semester-two-here-we-come/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:14:51 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6790 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2012-2013/section-1-2012-2013/changeover-wrap-up-semester-two-here-we-come/feed/ 0