Winter VT Birthright Day 2: Jerusalem and the Old City
Today was our first official full day in Israel. We woke up bright and early and had a strangely healthy breakfast of salad at Hotel...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Dec 27, 20181 min read
Winter VT Birthright 18- We Made It!
Today was a long day. It was full of long flights and meeting new people. My people. Flying over Tel Aviv was so special because many of...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Oct 5, 20182 min read
D'var Torah | Bereshit (In the beginning...)
Shalom/Hello team! After celebrating the completion of the formal reading of the Torah (Five books of Moses/Old Testament) last week (the...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Jun 2, 20182 min read
Summer '18: Birthright Day 10
While preparing for my Birthright trip, I wasn’t completely sure what to expect. Although I had heard from several friends that the ten...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Jun 1, 20182 min read
Summer '18: Birthright Day 9
When I woke up today, it was still extremely dark inside the Bedouin camp. The sun had yet to come up but we had an early start at 6:00,...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
May 31, 20182 min read
Summer '18: Birthright Day 7
Jordan Birnholz On Wednesday, May 30th, we visited an IDF base. The base was for the special and prestigious IDF dog handlers. It was...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
May 30, 20183 min read
Summer '18: Birthright Day 6
Tuesday was a wonderful adventure-filled day with an array of emotions. We started the day off with a celebration of Jerusalem. We drove...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
May 30, 20181 min read
Summer '18: Birthright Day 5
Today was our bus’s turn to participate in Taglit Tel Aviv Day, where a ton of birthright groups came to Tel Aviv, explored, and...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
May 29, 20181 min read
Summer '18: Birthright Day 4
Today, we dove into the heating topic of middle eastern geopolitics. Joey, from the university in Zefat, highlighted the shift in land...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
May 25, 20181 min read
Summer '18: Birthright Day 2
When we first got to Mount Bental, I was shocked by how close we were to Syria and Lebanon. It made me realize how important it was to...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
May 24, 20181 min read
Summer '18 Birthright: Day 1
My day started at 6 AM est time, when I flew out of Dulles to JFK, from JFK to Zurich, Switzerland, and then finally to Israel. Our...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Mar 12, 20181 min read
N'Awlins 2018! Day 1
As I reflect on our first day, I am so excited for what the rest of the week will hold! Even though I experienced this trip last spring...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Mar 12, 20182 min read
N'Awlins 2018! Day 2
It’s wild to believe that we’ve only been in New Orleans for a just few short days. So many deep personal connections have been formed...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Mar 12, 20181 min read
N'Awlins 2018! Day 3
On Wednesday we worked on the Rebuilding Together site at Betty Johnson's home in the 7th Ward, glazing and painting the exterior of her...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Mar 12, 20181 min read
N'Awlins 2018! Day 5
Today was a bittersweet day. We spent our last day working with Rebuilding Together, working towards repairing a New Orleans residents...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Feb 9, 20181 min read
Student Spotlight: Jackie Abramson
J ackie leads her social justice team by demonstration, from getting down and dirty in New Orleans, bringing families out of Katrina...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Jan 12, 20181 min read
Ecuador Extravaganza: Dia Siete
Here is a little haiku to start us off: Hot springs in the valley The water was renewing Balance in the world After saying goodbye to our...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Jan 11, 20183 min read
Ecuador Extravaganza: Dia Seis
Our day started out just the same as yesterday: wake up, help our host mom make and eat breakfast, and book it to the community center to...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Jan 10, 20182 min read
Ecuador Extravaganza: Dia Cinco
Today was our first day of reforestation work and after 2 days of hiking, we decided to explore some alternate methods of transportation...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
Jan 8, 20183 min read
Ecuador Extravaganza: Dia Tres
Two truths and a lie: figure out which one is not true 8 college students voluntarily woke up before 5:00AM We hiked a volcano that was...
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