Monthly Archive: May 2016

• Our final day – Mt. Herzl and Jaffa 

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• I will always remember 

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  This journey has left me speechless. I am in awe. I’m in awe of the lack of humanity during the Shoah. The millions of people dehumanized, worked to death, starved to death, and murdered in the most inhumane ways suffocated me as I walked through labor, concentration, and extermination camps. The blue stained walls from the Zyklon B and…

• Magical morning in Jerusalem 

  Posted by Mayerson JCC on May 13, 2016 | Share

  Today was an adventurous day in Jerusalem! We went to the old city and explored the Jewish Quarter. Before that though, we ventured off into the Hezikiah Tunnel. This tunnel was unlike any other tunnel. It was pitch black, water up to our knees, narrow walls, and very low ceiling. The tunnel took about 45 minutes and was around…

• Tenacity 

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  It was my second time visiting the Kotel. I had felt a deep connection when I first visited in 2014 during the Israeli-Gaza War. This second time, I also felt connected, but in a different way. After I inserted the note I had written for myself, I began to feel that my reason for being there was not for…

• Jerusalem – City of David, Jewish Quarter, Western Wall, Machane Yehuda, Ben Yehuda, and Shabbat 

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