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Dear YBY Journal, After an early wake up and a sweltering davening in 110 degrees weather, we hit the beach to do some of the coolest water sports including: tubing, banana boating, kayaking and paddle boating. The water was beautiful and the scenery was breathtaking! We then had a delicious pizza lunch and walked to […]

Dear Journal, We started off our day by leaving Jerusalem and making our way down to Eilat. We stopped at a grocery store (iced coffee yay!) and then visited an eco- ranch where we learned about a family who left their comfortable life in Tel Aviv to build up communities in the Negev (and yes, […]

After another early wake Up we traveled to Kever Rachel where we said tehillim in the merit of Rachel. From there we moved on to the Gush! We started our adventures there by visiting an inclusive kibbutz. We split in 2 groups to explore the kibbutz. We visited some of the animals, planted trees and […]

We started off our third week of Yad B’Yad today (that’s crazy!) with a jam packed day. Our first activity was to an assisted living facility in Jerusalem. We sang, danced, played, did art projects and brought smiles to the residents’ faces. We then got on the buses and went to Tel Aviv where we […]

Today we started out with bright and early wake up and breakfast because we had an exciting day ahead! We had a sponsored trip by Coby Cohen’s parents to fly over Masada in a small airplane. We went in groups of 3 to 5 over Masada and the view was very cool, frightening, and exhilarating […]

Good evening everyone, As some of you might know by now, my name is Simcha Rosenbaum. I have been affiliated with Yachad for 3 going into 4 years. Without yachad I would not know most of you. The staff at yachad are amazing and without them I wouldn’t know as many things as I know […]

Hi, my name is Avigail Orlofsky. I want to tell you a little bit about why I chose YBY. When I was three years old my little sister Elana was born. She is a adorable, sassy little red head who loves swimming and gymnastics. She also happens to have DS. From a very young age […]

We started our first day in Jerusalem (wahoo!!!) with a bus ride to the Tayelet. There we enjoyed a stunning view of the old city. We then made our way to the old city and split up into four lunch groups. We had the option of Burgers Bar, Mozerella, Coffix, and BBQ. After lunch we […]

Today started off by having our last breakfast in Kfar Etzion and packing up the buses. Our first stop was at Caesaria where we learned a bit of history on Caesaria and looked at glamorous views of the ocean and sang with some other tour groups. We then went to the Baron Gardens where we […]

Dear Yad B’Yad Journal, The day started out bright and early with a 6:45AM wake up and an hour and a half bus ride to Arosim Beteva. From then, we went zip lining, rappelling, shooting B.B. guns, and archery (bow & arrow – Katniss style.) Some of us, Ariella & Chloe, overcame our fears and […]

Today was an action packed today. Definitely top 8. It started off relatively average, but then it skyrocketed towards awesomeness, when we went to the absorption center. Then we met Ethiopians and heard about their Aliyah story and how the state of Israel helps them with their acclimation process. We then got to play soccer […]

Today was Sh’vah Asar B’Tamuz, we started off the day with late wake up and a fast day davening. We then all went back to our rooms to pack up our bags since this was our last day in Kfar Giladi. We continued the day with learning programs and then we watched Remember the Titans […]

Friday started off with a late wake up because of our late return from Yom NSCY. We then headed to Meron to Kever Rashbi and after an explanation of who exactly Rashbi was, we went and prayed at his Kever (gravesite). We then left Meron and traveled to Tzfat where we had lunch in a […]

After a fun filled packed day on Wednesday, we were all very excited to see what Thursday would bring. The day started early when we traveled to the Golan Heights. The two buses split up, one went jeeping, where we saw a stunning view of the Syrian border through the trenches that the IDF used. […]

Dear Yad B’Yad Journal, Day 4 began by us touring the border of Lebanon while overlooking Syria and Israel. We learned about life on the Kibbutz of Misgav Am and what it’s like living on the border of Lebanon. We continued by traveling to the Dan river, where we took a beautiful nature hike while […]