TRY’s Best Break: A Weekend at Kibbutz Ketura
Nora Roth For me, Kibbutz Ketura was really a turning point of TRY. From the second we arrived, I could tell this would be nothing like what we have done previously in Jerusalem. The first few weeks of the program brought new ideas and opportunities regarding an Israeli lifestyle that we could have never imagined. […]
My Experience at Kikar Hatufim
Eliora Estrin On Tuesday, February 4th TRY went to Kikar Hatufim (Hostages Square). It was an incredibly powerful experience that I will never forget. Before we went into the square itself, our ICC teacher, Betsalel, prepared us for what we were going to walk into. He told us some of the history behind why the […]
Fulfilling a Promise: Pesach in Israel While at War
Avraham Haas וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ. שֶׁלֹּא אֶחָד בִּלְבַד עָמַד עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ, אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלוֹתֵנוּ, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם. וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה AND THIS [promise] is what has stood by our ancestors and us; for it was not only one man who rose up to destroy us: in every single generation […]
