Our first full day on Nesiya - what a ride! We woke up early this morning and hiked הר גמל (Har Gamal) to a great overlook into מכתש רמון (the Ramon Crater). There, we discussed the landscape and did our daily Shaar activity - where we spend some morning time meditating on the day ahead [...]
Shalom, Nesiya 2016! Our North American chanichim have arrived, and we in Israel were so excited to meet them! After a brief greeting and check-in at the airport, the group is now beginning their activities and heading down to the Negev. Stay tuned for more updates!
We are on our way! Our North American participants have successfully arrived and met at JFK Airport, and are about to head through security. The Israeli participants and staff are eagerly awaiting tomorrow, when we get to greet everyone at the airport and begin our excellent summer of programming. Stay tuned for more updates~ לילה טוב [...]
Hey Nesiya Alumni and Friends! שלום חברי נסיעה! It's that time of year again! הגיע הזמן למפגש בוגרים! We would love to see everyone for the Nesiya 2nd Annual Alumni Picnic, this year taking place in Jerusalem at Gan HaVradim (The Wohl Rose Park). נשמח לראות בוגרי תכנית נסיעה לפיקניק שנתי השני בירושלים בגן הורדים. [...]
Yesterday, on Monday evening, the Israeli participants came to the Nesiya office in Jerusalem to participate in a preparatory meeting before meeting and embarking on the trip next week with the American participants. They started with eating some pizza and doing a short text study on Martin Buber about the meaning of speaking to one [...]
We're getting ready for Nesiya Summer 2016 at the Nesiya office in Jerusalem! The Madrichim (counselors), Fivel, and the rest of the staff is busy in Jerusalem planning the summer. We're working on programming, getting together binders with details about flights, medical information, a conference call with the American families today, etc. as well as [...]
Our third member of the Summer Staff for Nesiya 2016 and newest member to the Nesiya family is Rachel "Bluth" Rosenbluth! Rachel “Bluth” Rosenbluth is a Jewish experiential educator and talmida (student) of Torah, dedicated to building meaningful, spiritual and sustainable Jewish communities. Bluth lives in Israel, devoting her time to learning Torah in the [...]
Our second introduction is to our returning Alumnus - Gal Asaf (Nesiya 2007)! Born in small town in the Negev, Gal is an alumnus of Nesiya from Summer 2007 and The Bronfman Youth Fellowships program Summer 2008. Gal also participated in the Nesiya year-round Israeli program. He spent most of his high school years hiking [...]
It's time to meet the wonderful Nesiya Staff who will be leading the group this summer on Nesiya 2016! Over the next couple of days, we will be posting about our talented staff members that are working hard at the Nesiya office - they are programming, training, and learning about the participants in order to [...]
Be sure to check out this month's Nesiya Alumni Newsletter for Mazal Tov announcements within the Nesiya community, Save-the-Date for the Alumni Picnic in Jerusalem this summer, as well as our spotlights on this month's featured Alumni! Follow this link or see it on our Alumni Newsletter page: Nesiya Alumni Newsletter June 2016
