Florida Tekes
Elanit Berkower | Rosh Snif, Florida Along with Young Israel of Hollywood and Bnai Sephardim, Bnei Akiva hosted a very moving and uplifting Tekes Yom Hazicaron and yom haatzmaut. It was the first ever zoom ceremony (and hopefully the last because we would much rather celebrate in person). Senior roshim, shinshinim, Avi Frier, and Rav […]
Tekes Maavar!
Elisheva Raskas | New Rochelle Upon transitioning from Yom Hazikaron to Yom Ha’atzmaut, the snif tzevet of New Rochelle organized a Tekes Ma’avar. Due to evident constraints, the tekes took place using Zoom as its medium. Each staff member had a role, whether it was reading a poem in Hebrew, a paragraph in English, or […]
Midwest Yom Haatzmaut
Max Miller | Rosh Pirsum, Chicago As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives, one thing has remained the same, and will continue to remain the same forever- our love for Israel, the Jewish homeland. Chicago’s festivities looked a bit different this year- although we usually host a large event with music and food to […]
Personal Yom Haatzmaut
Tekes Maavar! Elisheva Raskas | New Rochelle Upon transitioning from Yom Hazikaron to Yom Ha’atzmaut, the snif tzevet of New Rochelle organized a Tekes Ma’avar. Due to evident constraints, the tekes took place using Zoom as its medium. Each staff member had a role, whether it was reading a poem in Hebrew, a paragraph in […]
Tekes for Yom Haatzmaut
Yom Haatzaut in the Midwest Max Miller | Rosh Pirsum, Chicago As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives, one thing has remained the same, and will continue to remain the same forever- our love for Israel, the Jewish homeland. Chicago’s festivities looked a bit different this year- although we usually host a large event […]
BaBayit Tekes for Yom Haatzmaut
Akiva Marder | Babayit Over 1,000 people tuned in “babayit” to celebrate Israel at this year’s virtual Yom HaZikaron & Yom HaAtzmaut Tekes Ma’avar! Featuring renowned Torah educator Rachelle Fraenkel, Bnei Akiva Executive Director Rav Shaul Feldman, as well as community leaders and young professionals from the Upper West Side, the Tekes was both powerful […]
Rav Shaul Feldman on Yom Ha’atzmaut
For as long as I can remember every Yom Ha’atzmaut I go back to the prophecy of Jeremiah with tremendous excitement. ירמיהו פרק לג פסוקים י-יא כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עוֹד֮ יִשָּׁמַ֣ע בַּמָּקוֹם־הַזֶּה֒ אֲשֶׁר֙ אַתֶּ֣ם אֹֽמְרִ֔ים חָרֵ֣ב ה֔וּא מֵאֵ֥ין אָדָ֖ם וּמֵאֵ֣ין בְּהֵמָ֑ה בְּעָרֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְחֻצ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם הַֽנְשַׁמּ֗וֹת מֵאֵ֥ין אָדָ֛ם וּמֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵׁ֖ב וּמֵאֵ֥ין בְּהֵמָֽה׃ Thus said […]
Chag BaBayit
Uriel Williams | Efrat I was so excited when I sat at the Seder table for Chag and saw that my parents had printed a choveret for the chag that was made by Bnei Akiva. It was so much fun to get to read all of the divrei torah and do all the quizzes at […]
Moshava Bair Online!
By: Robyn Adams, Programming Whether it was movin and grovin’ or on a hunt in your PJs, you were bound to have a good time at one of our virtual peulot run by some of MBNJ’s finest tzevet! The week started with a fantastic dance and music session wrapped around the theme of Pesach. Later, […]
Camp Moshava IO Update!
Ivy Tirosh | Moshava IO This week we have slowed down a bit since all are back “at school”. Thank G-d! We had our Cocoa Club on Sunday at 9:30 AM, which we have every Sunday. Learning and hot cocoa. Bring your own hot cocoa. Come and Join! During Chol HaMoed we had many incredible […]