Today (or was it yesterday?!) we got onto the bus at 4.15am and left for the kotel. we got there and prayed the Shacharit prayer together (the boys on the men’s side of the barrier were right next to the girls on the girls side, so we could hear each other). After Shacharit, we left…
Today we had a chilled-out shopping day! We woke up and had breakfast and tefillah chaburah’s. After those we went to do some shopping in Geulah. We then went to a cool place called the ‘time elevator’. Following that we went to the Malcha Mall and had some time to shop and buy ourselves some…
By Edan (Edna) Kamara After an amazing, exciting Yom NCSY which involved lots of sweat and dancing the night away, we woke up fairly early to head out on our last jam-packed, swagalicious, awesome day of TJJ Bus 4, 2013. First, we headed out to Ein Gedi, the breathtaking desert oasis that King David drank…
By Nicole Swerdloff and Michele Goldhirsch Today, we experienced an emotionally filled day. First, we visited Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum where we split into two tour groups. We were taken from room to room to look around and read quotes and stories, as well as listen to our tour guide of course. We heard…
Hey guys it’s your neighborhood friendly advisor Shalom Zharnest. Today began the last exciting week of TJJ. The day began a bit easier than it has over the past few weeks. Today began with a riveting presentation by Neil Lazarus, the famed Israel Advocacy speaker. Mr. Lazarus explained the political spectrum the Islamic world and…
After getting ready for Shabbat, we went up to the rooftop of our hotel in Bayit Vegan to pray Kabbalat Shabbat. The view from there was really really beautiful as we felt the Jerusalem wind blowing on us.. We all got into a circle and Rabbi Glaser (the new Jersey regional director for NCSY) spoke…
Today we woke up and left the hotel early – we arrived at the Southern excavations of the old city by 8.30am and were shown presentations and a movie about where the temple stands in Jerusalem and what exactly the Western Wall is! In fact, the Western Wall that we pray to today is only…