“All the times we were here as tourists were a lot of fun, but you don’t know what it’s like until you put your skin in here. Once you do that jump of hope, you start seeing life in a new way, through Israeli glasses,” says Shira Denise Kilemnic Mac.
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Jewish National Fund-USA Brings Leading Zionist Movements Together Inspiring Teen Travel to Israel
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(March 17, 2021, JNS Wire)
New York, NY: March 10, 2021 – A new and exciting era in long term teen travel to Israel has begun with the launch of Jewish National Fund-USA’s (JNF-USA) DREAM ISRAEL: Teen Travel Initiative.
JNF-USA’s DREAM ISRAEL will make grants of up to $7,500 available per teen on selected programs.
The initiative will reignite long-term Jewish teen travel to Israel, bringing leading Zionist movements, the Conservative and Reform movements together with JNF-USA.
Supported by JNF-USA’s Boruchin Center, DREAM ISRAEL will enable students to access various levels of grant funding toward their travel to Israel while learning about the act of
Milken Students to Study Abroad in Israel Despite COVID-19
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will likely keep most Los Angeles high school students home over the next several months, but nearly 70 sophomores from Milken Community School will enjoy a unique, transformative experience because of a longstanding partnership between their school and a study abroad program in Israel.
In the first week of March 2021, 66 tenth-grade students from Milken, a pluralistic high school, will travel to Israel and spend their spring semester at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Alexander Muss High School in Israel.
“We are super excited that this is going to happen,” Limor Dankner, associate head of school for academic affairs and strategic partnerships at Milken Community School, said in an interview. “Kids are going to have a sense of normalcy in a time when they have not had it all year. Parents are willing to overcome their own fears, and it takes a lot of courage to do that, but it speaks to ho