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Israel Programs

Year Course Closing Speech: Isadora Wachter

Closing Ceremony speech of Year Course ’23-’24 Participant, Isadora Wachter July 8th, 2022. Location, Mount Hertzl: I think I need to live in Israel for a bit longer. There’s something […]

Israel Programs

Year Course Closing Speech: Ana Susskind

Closing Ceremony Remarks of Ana Susskind, Year Course 2023-2024 How was Year Course everyone? My parents have always said that there is no true answer to that question. We have […]

Alumni

Celebrate Israel Parade 2024

On June 2, 2024 nearly 100 Young Judaeans of all ages representing YJ Camps, Year Course, Israel programs and clubs came together in unity with thousands of people at the […]

YJ Teens

A complicated time to be a teen

By Erica Cohen, Director of Teen Education “We have to take back Zionism…don’t let anyone else tell you what Zionism means to you.” “It was so meaningful to put my […]

Year Course

Take a Gap Year to Israel Now? Convince me!

By Adina Frydman, CEO Young Judaea Global There are great reasons to consider taking a gap year to Israel right now. Consider these as you and your teen contemplate how […]

Alumni

YJ Supplement for the Pesach Haggadah

Given the war in Israel, we acknowledge that this Passover is radically different from all other Passovers. To add meaning and conversation to your seder this year, Young Judaea Central […]