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Hey this is Neima and Gila writing from Yad B’Yad Trip 2 aka the best trip ever!!!!  We started off an amazing day with tefillah and breakfast in the Highland Park Community!! Afterwards, we headed off to the Liberty Science Center where we experienced a breathtaking planetarium exhibit followed by time to explore the museum […]

Hey it’s Daphna and Lea!  We started off our Shabbat day by going to shul together and davening. Afterwards, we played a learning game where we discussed what we value as a group and as individuals. We had lunch in random table groups named for different stories in Sefer Bereishit, as that was  the theme […]

Hello friends, Daniella and Shoshana here!!! Today was the first day of Yad B’Yad Trip 2 Summer 2019! After meeting everyone and eating lunch, we heard the rules and headed out to go bowling! Playing in our attendance groups, we were able to meet everyone and form great bonds! After that we headed to our […]

    Before this summer, I didn’t fully understand what inclusion meant. I thought I did- I was involved in Yachad in my school and community, and considered myself a generally open and friendly person. The month and a half I spent on Yad b’Yad this summer taught me that inclusion is much more than a value; […]

Our last day of Yad B’Yad is unfortunately here, Thinking about leaving everyone makes me shed a tear. After davening and breakfast we began the day, We went to the Kotel and started it in the right way. We davened and thanked Hashem for an amazing summer, Then we sang “leshana haba”, it could not […]

Thank you Alex Fuchs for putting this awesome video together!!!

YBY SONG By: Julia Mann, Aliza Shloush & Miri Granik To the time of fireflies:   you would not believe your eyes if 4 whole weeks went by on Yad B’Yad time really flies   we learned so much about how to include everyone so now nobody will ever feel left out   i’d like […]

We all woke up so excited for our second to last day in Israel! After davening and breakfast we loaded the buses to go to Pat Bamelach, which is a bakery started by Harry’s dad’s old friend. We made hot pretzels made only from flour water and salt! We topped them off with some cinnamon […]

This Shabbos was sadly the very last Shabbos of Yad B’Yad. However, it was not at all the last Yachad experience that we’ll have. The day started off with davening and a sweet double kiddish. Kyra then led a wonderful learning program about seeing the whole picture of a person. She had us vote people […]

We were woken up bright and early for a day in Jerusalem. After davening and breakfast we boarded the buses and went to Ammunition Hill. We saw the location of the fighting during the Six Day War where a few participants put on a skit about the war. People ran through the bunkers and explored […]

The day started off with an early wake up. We davened, had breakfast, and then loaded the buses to head to Tel Aviv. After a long (and rainy!) bus ride we finally arrived! We had a graffiti tour around the city, and even got to spray paint on vinyl records and a wall ourselves. We […]

Thank you Chaviva and Batya for putting this together!!

Thank you Shifra and Rachel G for putting this together!!

Hello everyone! My name is Shlomo (Lawrence) Netzer and I am from Lawrence, New York and I go to Lawrence High School! This summer I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to return to Yad B’Yad for the second time. To be honest, I didn’t think it was possible for me to have a […]

OK so I’m really nervous but I have a limited amount of time so I’ll try this out. So right now I’m going to talk about how Yad B’Yad is the best program and how it changed my relationships with others, but in truth, it’s crazy to try and understand how much of an impact […]