San Juan Teen’s Latin Touch Brings Win to Iron Chef Team

Posted in Testimonials on 06. Sep, 2010

This article originally appeared in the Hadassah/JTA Daily Briefing  … Read more in January 2010.
Monique Benzaquen of San Juan, Puerto Rico wants to be a pastry chef when she grows up. So she combined her love of Israel with her love of cooking and signed up for the Culinary Track of Hadassah’s Young Judaea Year Course. Benzaquen has just finished three months of the year course, and

“We loved being able to view the webcast…!”

Posted in Testimonials on 06. Sep, 2010

We loved being able to view the webcast and participate in the opening ceremonies via the webcast!  I saw my daughter in the crowd 8 times! That experience made me feel connected to her and helped fight off my blues from the previous day.
Thanks so much!
Elizabeth Thompson  … Read more

WOW – it was such an awesome, moving and inspirational experience…

Posted in Testimonials on 05. Sep, 2010

WOW…I just finished watching( participating) in the opening ceremonies and it was such an awesome, moving and inspirational experience; thank you for allowing us to join all of you on your journey of a lifetime!!! It is surreal as my vat of chicken soup is boiling in the other room…I had to wake myself up and remember that I wasn’t in Israel!!!
Hamon todah v’shana  … Read more

Webcast of the Opening Ceremony…

Posted in Testimonials on 05. Sep, 2010

… I want to take a moment to thank you for all the thoughtful and helpful things you have done (and continue to do) on behalf of the 2010-11 Year Course participants.  Today’s webcast of the Opening Ceremony (where we spotted my daughter, Marisa, in the front row) was a wonderful glimpse into the many exciting times yet to come.  An excellent program like this  … Read more

Helping The Needy, One Vegetable at a Time

Posted in Testimonials on 05. Sep, 2010

This article originally appeared in the Hadassah/JTA daily briefing in November 2009 from Ben Klein of Poughkeepsie, NY.
Ben Klein starts his days by cutting tomatoes lettuce, cucumbers and peppers into Israeli salad. “I was slow at first, but now I can make a huge salad in no time,” says the teen from of Poughkeepsie, NY. Klein, 18, is one of 300 recent high school  … Read more

Just Another Year Course Success Story (Hebrew)

Posted in Testimonials on 04. Sep, 2010

This article originally appeared on the website Eonline.co.il  … Read more in 2009 about Hanoch Budin.

הסוכנות היהודית ממש גאה בחנוך בודין

אם עד עכשיו נשארתם אדישים כלפי השורד הכי שורד בפיליפינים, אז האייטם הזה בטוח ישנה את דעתכם

מאת: איתי א. גורביץ

05.11.09

חנוך בודין, האיש שלימד אותנו שבאמת אין דבר העומד בפני הרצון, נפגש השבוע עם קבוצת חניכים יהודה הצעיר, המשתייכת לנשות הדסה, שהגיעו לביקור ציוני

Shoshana Spencer Looks Back on Kuma (Hebrew)

Posted in Testimonials on 03. Sep, 2010

This article originally appeared in Ynet  … Read more (Yediot Achronot online) in April 2009 after Shoshana Spencer returned from Kuma, Year Course’s visit to Poland.
בית בפולין, בית בישראל
“עבור הילדים הפולנים זהו גן משחקים, אבל בשבילי זה בית משפחתי. השער היה נעול, לא יכולתי להיכנס”. שושנה ספנסר, אמריקנית ששוהה בישראל במסגרת הקורס השנתי של יהודה הצעיר, חזרה עם תובנות מביקור בפולין
שושנה ספנסר
עמדתי בקדמת הבית

Oregonian Reflects on Year Course

Posted in Testimonials on 02. Sep, 2010

This article originally appeared in March 2010 in the Jewish Review  … Read more, the newspaper of the Oregon Jewish community.
Diana Blatt of Corvallis is in Israel participating in Young Judaea’s Year Course and has written the following essay about her experiences.
Blatt is a member of Beit Am in Corvallis. Her parents are David and Myra Blatt. She grew up in Corvallis and graduated from

We never hesitate to recommend YJ/FZY gap year to anyone…

Posted in Testimonials on 30. Jun, 2010

Thank you so much for the lovely email – so sorry for not responding sooner – I am not sure where the weeks have gone since Nikki came home – almost a month now!
She had an amazing gap year and of course continues to bring out snippets of her experiences that we have not heard about before!
As a result of all she did  … Read more

Chuck says thanks…

Posted in Testimonials on 17. Jun, 2010

Our thanks are to you for doing such a great job. With all of the trials and challenges (Arad…Marva…need I say more?), you and Ayana and others kept your cool, and Chip is much the better for it. He has settled well back home. He had his first summer school college biology class yesterday (and likes the professor, who is from Iran). He has started  … Read more