By Susan Alexander, OSRUI Associate Director The other day I had a conversation with George. George is a forester and a person who knows a lot about gardening. I told him about the greenhouse (khah-mah-Mah), and he told me many things about starting plants from...
By Liora L., a current NFTY-EIE student, OSRUI staff member and former camper, and NFTY-CAR One of the reasons I wanted to come to Israel this semester was to witness Israel’s elections. They were exciting, and I am thrilled that I had the chance to experience them...
By Simon M., OSRUI Alum and NFTY-CAR participant Last week, our group spent four days on a program called Gadna. (It should have been five days but it snowed…..go figure.) Gadna is an army orientation program led by soldiers. We spent our time there being treated as...
by Shore (aka Daniel Shore), OSRUI Alum and OSRUI Birthright trip staff The flight is so much f…wait, we’re off the plane already. Oh, well there’s one quick story I should recount. With 30 minutes left until landing in Israel, the pilot or someone announced,...
by Shore (aka Daniel Shore), OSRUI Alum and OSRUI Birthright Trip Staff How often do you arrive at the airport and within minutes have seen FOUR people you know? Okay, so maybe I set myself up for success when I agreed to staff a Birthright trip with a bunch of OSRUI...
