YACHAD Blog

Red Wood Forest: I have never been to Red Wood Forest before. I enjoyed looking at the very tall trees, some of us even hugged the trees . Amazing how many years the trees are and how strong they are. Just as time may pass after we are on Yad B’Yad but inside we are strong […]

Our first day on the West Coast! What a day! First of all, THE FAIRMONT…woah. Then we started off today with a baseball game, and although we got there a little bit late (YBY time), we enjoyed watching the game. A few innings in, we decided we’d rather go swimming at the Fairmont, so we […]

Travel day! All the participants were split up into five groups and flights were scattered sporadically throughout the day starting at 6:30 am and going until 3:20 pm. People on the 6:30 am flight had to wake up at around 3 am for their flight. Everyone was really hyper and on the early flights dance […]

On Sunday, we had a ton of fun going to Six Flags Amusement park in New England. We started the day with a hearty breakfast of bagels, eggs, and an assortment of cereals which energized us for our exciting day. When we arrived at the park, we split into groups based on what type of […]

This past Shabbat on Yad B’Yad is a Shabbat we will never forget. First, on Friday, we headed to Stamford, Connecticut, stopping at Mystic Seaport on the way, where we got to see all kinds of cool boats and stuff. Once we go to the hotel, the celebrations started off strong with the Bart Mitzvah […]

If you have hung around anyone from our trip long enough you may want to ask, how could one city be so engrained in the hearts of a group and how could that city possibly be Albany?! It all started when we realized that Israel was not going to be the destination of Yad B’Yad […]

This spontaneous day began at the quite luxurious Hudson Valley Resort, where we played line-up, Ultimate Frisbee, jump rope, and some other sports.  After lunch, we loaded the busses and headed to bowling! “LET’S GET THESE BUSSES ROLLING, ‘CUZ WE ARE GOING BOWLING!” This was a very crucial event in our YBY history. Why, might […]

‘Twas the morning we would leave the Powell House we love so dearly We wish we could visit and go back yearly Although we learned that in Israel we would lack We knew that in fun we would not slack. So we danced in the morning and ventured to the mall. And then went to […]