How I Spent My Passover Vacation in Israel
By JLNJ Staff | April 08, 2021
NJ students in Israel organize “day of sports” for youth at risk in Jerusalem.
(Courtesy of Aish) Every year, students at the Yeshiva Aish HaTorah’s Aish Gesher program in Jerusalem bring joy to the children of Sandhedria, a residential treatment center for youth at risk. Every year, that is, except for 2020. Coronavirus restrictions canceled the usual celebrations, including the much-anticipated Chanukah party, disappointing both the Aish Gesher students and the kids at Sanhedria.
For Aish Gesher student Avi Kroll, the experience he had the previous year with the kids was a memorable one. He befriended program director Miriam Braun and they stayed in touch. When she learned that he was back for shana bet, the second-year learning program, Braun invited him to see whether his Aish Gesher friends would like to find a different opportunity, now that the students have been vaccinated or recovered from coronavirus.