Sorry it’s been so long! I’ve been busy—in the past two months we’ve done so much.  We spent a week at a kibbutz in the South learning about kibbutz life and solar energy, participated in Gadna (army training), and went on a three day sea-to-sea hike—though it really ended up only being mountain to mountain. […]

I am not a deeply religious person, and I never have been.  I’m not entirely sure what to believe when it comes to God.  When it comes to Judaism, I connect to the cultural side as opposed to the religious side.  I love the culture of Judaism.  Coming on this program, I knew I’d be […]

We arrived in Israel on Monday at 2 p.m., exhausted but exhilarated.  The 14-hour nonstop flight from LA had seven kids, and we landed about 2 hours before the group flight from New York.  The trip was off to an interesting start when my friends Marcia and Paige, who I know from camp, lost the […]

It’s been three-and-a-half years since I was screaming and crying at LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal. I threw the most outrageous tantrum ever—and I had no shame. I probably looked and sounded like a spoiled little brat. I remember going through security (though I tried to resist), and a TSA employee said to my face: […]