Israelis Halelle Gaon and Liad Raybi are completing their national service by working at Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh and with local youth through Bnei Akiva of Pittsburgh.
Over 400 members of the Ramaz community gather together in Ir David for a celebration and to hear a message from Ramaz graduate President Isaac Herzog. (Courtesy of The Ramaz School) The Ramaz School, a co-educational, Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in Manhattan, has taken five of its grades, over 400 students, on an unprecedented once-in-a-lifetime mission to Israel to show support for the land and people, and demonstrate that the Jewish people will not be destroyed by resurgent antisemitism in New York and around the world. “After living through a global pandemic, we want our students to act on their Zionism and Judaism by reconnecting with their homeland.