Diller Teen Fellows check in from Israel

Baltimore Diller Teen Fellows at Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights Shortly After Arriving in Israel

Diller Teen Fellows cohorts from six North American partner communities have  arrived in Israel for their Israel Summer Seminar. Over the three weeks of the Seminar, the fellows will travel in Israel, participate in a 5-day Diller International Teen Leadership Congress (a meeting of Diller participants from all communities), and experience a week of community service and home hospitality by the families of Israeli Diller Teen Fellows.

The Israel Summer Seminar was recently featured in the Jerusalem Post, the New Jersey Jewish News, and Arutz Sheva.

The cohorts will be blogging throughout their time in Israel. We’ll be updating this post to highlight the best blogs of the summer, so check back often!

Baltimore
Highlights from Ryan Berg and Noah Sakin
Ryan Berg and Noah Sakin, July 14, 2011
Update from Alex Kadish
Alex Kadish, July 26, 2011

Los Angeles
We’re So Excited!
Max Davis, June 21, 2011
The Beginning of a New Experience
Shoshana Hirsch (Coordinator), July 21, 2011
Israeli Culture!?
Racheli Schuraytz, August 1, 2011

MetroWest New Jersey
Day 1
Ben Stern, July 12, 2011
Forget Jet Lag… Hey!! We’re in ISRAEL!
Adam Friedman, July 13, 2011
Day 4: Home Is Where Your Heart Is
Arielle Kaden, July 16, 2011
Day 9 :Rak Po (Only Here)
Carmelle Bargad, July 21, 2011
Day 11: Why I am thankful
Molly Dickman, July 23, 2011
It’s Almost Over…
Ari Bernstein, July 31, 2011
The Closing Speech – Ari and Mor
Ari Bernstein and Mor Filo, August 2, 2011
The Final Post
Yael Shapiro, August 3, 2011

Montreal
Our Pre-Israel Summer Seminar Meeting
Isaac Ballas, June 21, 2011
Our First FULL day of the ISS!
Alexa Burak and Lara Hubermann, July 13, 2011
Jerusalem, Here I Am… Jerusalem… Je T’aime!
Jackie Abramowicz, July 14, 2011
Home Hospitality Week is off to a great start!
July 27, 2011

Pittsburgh
Masada Camp
Eli Gelernter, July 18, 2011
Reflections on the Diller International Congress
Lizzie Shackney and Alex Josowitz, July 24, 2011
Learning About the Israel-Arab Conflict
Hannah Busis and Felicia Tissenbaum, July 25, 2011
Interacting with the I.D.F
July 26, 2011

San Francisco
The Old-New City: Tel Aviv
Sam Maller and Ilana Crankshaw, July 13, 2011
Moving on Up to Jerusalem
Tzvi Miller and Rachel Prensky-Pomeranz, July 14, 2011
The Peoplehood Experience: Kennes
Taylor Salberg and Eliana Rosenthal, July 19, 2011
Kiryat Shmonah
Dani Roof and Eliana Rosenthal, July 28, 2011

The San Francisco Diller Teens in Bat Yam on the Mediterranean

Montreal Diller Teen Fellows volunteering with the Jaffa Institute

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The Diller Teen Initiatives are funded by the Helen Diller Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund.

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