Former Year Course Chanich Looks Back

Posted in Uncategorized on 30. Apr, 2012

Seth Finkelstein, a Young Judaea Year Course alumnus (2007-2008) and former National President of Young Judaea, recently staffed Masa Israel’s Building Future Leadership  … Read more Conference in Jerusalem.  I caught up with him to reflect on his experiences.
Looking back a few years later, how would you summarize your Year Course experience?
Year Course was an incredibly meaningful and defining experience towards my growth in to adulthood.

Year Course Plants Our Future

Posted in Press, Uncategorized, Volunteering on 18. Mar, 2012

Last month, members of Year Course joined members of the Israeli border patrol on the Michmas army base to plant flowers.  In what has become an annual tradition, our chanichim helped beautify the Negev Desert, contribute to the environment, and develop stronger ties to their Israeli peers not so much older than them, as expressed by director Adam Jenshil:   ”Many of our past participants have continued  … Read more

Staff Orientation is in Full Swing!

Posted in Uncategorized on 31. Aug, 2011

Welcome, all of our new readers, to the Young Judaea Year Course in Israel 2011-2012 blog!  We’re thrilled that you’ve chosen to send your children to Israel for the next nine months and we’re happy to be able to give you an inside look into what they’re doing through these online updates.
With just a handful of days remaining until more than 250 chanichim arrive  … Read more

“My Year in Israel,” by Rachel Dickert

Posted in Uncategorized on 15. Jun, 2011

My Year in Israel
Rachel Dickert, Montville, NJ; Section 1 chanicha
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Change. Our world is built on changes. From the environment, to politics, to our individual personalities. We grow and develop over time and in response to our experiences – both the spectacular and mundane. Being in Israel for nine months, I have had all of these and more.
I have gone to see the

Yom Hazikaron: An Incredible Honor

Posted in Press, Uncategorized on 11. May, 2011

Monday night, as Yom Hazikaron turned into Yom Ha’atzmaut, the annual transition ceremony took place on Har Herzl.  Barbara Goldstein, a high-ranking Hadassah member who has played a major role in Young Judaea over the years, was given the distinguished honor of lighting one of the ceremonial torches.  The following article  … Read more, written in the English-edition of the Haaretz newspaper, describes Barbara’s story in

Tough Images Outside Our Village

Posted in Rwanda, Uncategorized on 15. Feb, 2011

Talya Curtis, London, England
The Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda prides itself in installing in the children the idea that they, orphans of the genocide, are worthy of helping those less fortunate than themselves. This concept of going outside the village to help others is not only to help them recognize how lucky they are to be in ASYV, but also to teach them  … Read more

Olami in South Africa: The New Week Begins!

Posted in Uncategorized on 31. Jan, 2011

Ayana Adler, Director of Specialty Programs

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Sunday, January 30
Dear Olami and Business Track parents and friends,
I hope you had a good and relaxing Shabbat as our group did. It was reported they all had a great time with their host families: the weather was lovely and warm, and even our two sick kids got much better! They all went out Saturday night accompanied