11/07/2024
As we do each year, our Summer at YU Israel students are spending their time helping the people and State of Israel. They have been assisting with agricultural farming, and renovating homes in "Otef Aza" (gaza belt communities) to enable evacuated families to return as soon as possible. Many are also interning at Israeli companies and organizations to fill in for some of our workforce that has been so significantly impacted by the war since October 7. Yeshiva UniversityYeshiva University students have made multiple trips to Israel over the past 9 months to support and stand with Israel, to stengthen and be strengthened by our amazing nation. This week they were treated to an educational and moving visit to the national institutions. Hosted by my dear friends at the World Zionist Organization - ההסתדרות ×”×¦×™×•× ×™×Ş העולמית, Chairman Yaakov Hagoel and Eitan Behar, the students learned about Theodor Herzl's dream and vision and the history of the building, literally the birthplace of the government of our sovereign State of Israel. Chairman Hagoel reminded them all that no matter where they find themselves, Israel and the WZO are the home of every Jew throughout the world. We charged them to be our best ambassadors and to lead with lives of meaning and the values they learned at YU.
We thank our partners at the WZO for hosting us and for their support in making the summer Counterpoint Israel program a reality.
