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Two yeshiva students head north for a
different kind of winter break.

DEBRA ISAACS
Special to the Jewish News

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oni Sherizen considers
dogs a nuisance. His
brother, Ari, is down-
right canine-phobic.
So why did they choose to
spend their winter break yelling
commands at the four-legged crea-
tures in bone-chilling tempera-
tures? For the adventure, naturally.
While their kid brother, Dani,
took off to Ft. Lauderdale with
the annual crush of spring break-

ers seeking sun and shore in
to sign up after hearing friends
Florida, the older Sherizen broth-
talk about Chocpaw Expeditions
ers, students at Yeshiva University
in South River, near Algonquin
in New York, were headed to
Park. Two friends from YU and
northern
another from
Ontario for
Philadelphia
two days of
joined the broth-
dog sledding.
ers in Toronto,
Ari and
and they drove
Yoni Sherizen,
an additional
whose parents
three hours to
Yeshiva University brothers
Esther and
reach the camp.
Dov Sherizen
doggedly sled their way
Their trip provi-
live in Oak
sions included
through
the
great
outdoors.
Park, decided
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Randy Modell and Yoni
Sherizen, Yeshiva
University students, daven
in the morning in their
rustic tent.

Digging for water during
the Algonquin adventure.

meat and wool clothing.
On Jan. 16, the group got a
quick lesson in the commands
they'd be using over the next few
days to direct their Alaskan
huskies. They learned how to con-
trol their sleds and what to expect
at the end of each cold and gruel-
ing day. Chopping ice to get
water? Gulp. Chopping wood to
cook food and keep their tents
warm? Give 'em an axe.
For the next two days, the
group covered over 20 miles daily
by sled, much of it uphill. They

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