Discovering My Home on Birthright by Amber Ricks ’16

Discovering My Home on Birthright By Amber Ricks, Class of 2016 “What are you crazy?” “You shouldn’t go, it’s so dangerous.” “Aren’t you scared?” “Can’t you go another time?” These are just a small sampling of the statements and questions that I had to respond to when...

Life Under Fire by Jordan Davis ’16

Life Under Fire By Jordan Davis, Class of 2016   For the past two and a half months, I was blessed with the opportunity to live in Israel. Unless you’re actively avoiding the news, you know that Israel is under fire (#IsraelUnderFire). It’s true. It’s...

Israel: A Home Like No Other by Galina Eilyuk ’16

Israel: A Home Like No Other By Galina Eilyuk, Class of 2016 Growing up in a Modern Orthodox community, I was constantly exposed to Judaism, religion, Israel, etc. As I grew up, I fled away from my roots and decided I wanted to be a part of a more secular world; I...

How Israel Inspires Empowered Me by Rahel Bayar ’04

How Israel Inspires Empowered Me By Rahel Bayar ’04 Living on campus during the start of the second intifada could have been categorized as terrifying.  Rutgers University was a hotbed of anti-Israeli and anti-semitic sentiment.  We were a student body dominated...