YACHAD Blog

After a night full of packing, we woke up early and departed from Tel- Hai heading to the Shulman Chocolate Factory. We split up into two groups. While half of us had a meaningful learning group led by Ellie Blanchard, the other half enjoyed tons of chocolate which was literally poured into our hands (Israeli […]

Friday was amazing. None of us have ever felt cooler than when we were riding on those donkeys at Kfar Kedem dressed up as our ancient ancient ancestors. Our couture outfits included robes complete with rope belts, as well as of course white shmatas to keep the sun off of our heads. After riding on […]

We started off our amazing day with a nutritious breakfast and uplifting davening. We went to Groovster where we tie-dyed shirts for Yom Yachad. A delicious buffet lunch of schnitzel, falafel, grilled chicken and shwarma was served. After lunch, we split up by bus. One group went Jeeping in the Golan heights near the Syrian […]

We started the day with a wake up at 7:15, Then made our way to the kineret to make rafts as a team! The rescuing of our friends was harder than it seemed, We raced to the finish line where some got creamed.   We had burgers and fries for lunch, Then we went to […]

Today was an amazing first day in Israel! After a great Israeli breakfast we played a get to know you game with our new Israeli staff. We then went on a water hike to the freezing waters of the Tel-Dan river and had a massive water fight. We played shake and pop in the water […]

This morning, we went to OT to daven and have breakfast. After eating, we packed our suitcases and scrambled to make them meet the 50 lb weight limit. Once the buses were packed, we went to the Liberty Science Center near Newark. In the museum, we ate lunch and divided to explore the exhibits. We […]

YBY started in Edison on Friday! We played a bunch of different ice breakers and had pizza for lunch. We then got into our attendance groups and went bowling which was super fun and a great way to meet new people! After bowling we had a fun bus ride back to shul, then went to […]

Monday morning we woke up after a long night of hanging out. We davened and then after breakfast we headed to the shuk! It was a really cool experience and there were so many awesome things to buy! I got dried pineapple that was really good!!! It was packed with all different types of people. […]

Hey Y’all!!! So today was an extremely fun day! We started off the day by going on a long bus ride (yay nap time) to the Weitzman Science Center where we learned all about physics and gravity on earth versus in space. There were some really cool rides to stimulate space like a pendulum swing, […]

Hey Parents! On Friday, we visited an old age home where we sang and connected with many of the residents. We performed our flash mob dance from Yom Yachad and the people there loved it! After reluctantly leaving the old age home, we ate lunch in a park, followed by a trip to Ben Yehuda. […]

Hi Parents! For our first day back in Jerusalem, we went to the Biblical Zoo and the Kotel tunnel tours. At the Biblical Zoo, we began with learning groups where we discussed the power of names and how a name can affect a person. Afterwards, we got to bond with our learning groups while seeing […]

Today we had a blast!! We woke up early this morning to daven right outside the tents where we slept and then we had an enjoyable Bedouin breakfast. Then we headed over to our next activity, camel riding. After watching a short safety video about camel riding and how it’s used in Bedouin culture we […]

Dear Families, Today we started off packing the buses! Woohoo! It was a hot day in Eilat but we were excited to see what the day would bring. First we went to the aquarium. We saw all different types of sharks and lots of fish. It was very fun! Then we left Eilat and headed […]