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i- /e)/ (whoever they are say its the best form of advertising. So, rather than

us (the sponsors of this trip) teeing you (you

now who you are) what a fan-

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tastic experience this is, we II let some of the people who ve actually gone on

one of. these trips speak for us.

I touched ancient artifacts and studied historical ruins. We climbed Masada at 5 a.m.,

floated in die Dead Sea, danced our butts off on a boat cruise, visited the Holocaust

museum, san g with Friends outside a kibbutz, prayed at the Western Wall, partied till

dawn and took a clip in the Mediterranean Sea at 2 a.m. I was so lucky to have traveled

to such an extraordinary place with such g reat people. il?ei'oe

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my Jewish identity and my bond with the Jewish community. It was a

and didn't know a lot of people. The trip

hi g hly spiritua „ I e du
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rewar di n g

was incredible! Walkin g clown the street

F r un experience. In fact, it

was as much fun as an y vacation could be. von 0( i)xin

in Israel amon g more Jews than non-Jews

g ave me a feelin g of inclusion not found

anywhere else. Two years after returnin g ,

some of the people

I met have become

close friends. The org anizers of the trip

plan eve m g ...all you need to do is

show up.

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I thou g ht this would be a

with my g ood friend

Stacey.

For more infomation, or for an application,

call Josh Cohen at (2148) 203-1471,

or icohen©ifmd.or g .

It was, but it was so much more. There is somethin g to be said about spend-

in g 24/7 with a g roup of youn g people from your hometown. I discovered parts of

myself and my heritag e, did thin gs I never thou g ht I would do and said thin gs

I never

imag ined sayin g . It was a fabulous time of fun, adventure and bondin g .

If needed, scholarship dollars are available.

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YAD
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ADULT
DIVISION

T his is p_eceration

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