Stories - Young Judaea

Alumni

A Pioneer of YJ: Remembering Yocheved Herschlag Muffs

Reposted from the Jewish Women’s Archive by Diane M. Sharon. After illegally immigrating to Palestine, Yocheved Herschlag Muffs began her career of Zionist activism managing a kibbutz kitchen and serving […]

Alumni

Year Course 1971 Reunites 50 Years Later

By Fanny Korman, Cyndi Schoenbrun, and Steven Rubinstein Year Course 1971 On September 22, 1971, over 70 Young Judaeans boarded an El Al charter plane with one carry-on and one […]

Camp

Montana Torah Finds a New Home at CYJ-Texas

Camp Young Judaea-Texas is now in possession of their very own Torah, and it’s from Butte, Montana! Thanks to the Jewish Community Legacy Project, an organization that among many things, […]

Year Course

Year Course ’21-’22 Update!

Year Course 2021-2022 has been in Israel for a little over the month and they’ve been busy! Check out what the group has been up to:

Israel Programs

We Were All Once Refugees, My Gesher Reflections

Written by Liberty Lebos, 2021 Leaders of Tomorrow for Young Women Award Winner. This award is issued by Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America It was in the gift […]

Israel Programs

Reinvigorated with a New Sense of Self on Gesher

Written by Sabrina Skolnick, 2021 Leaders of Tomorrow for Young Women Award Winner. This award is issued by Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America My first trip to Israel […]