by mrollins | Dec 2, 2021 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Israel, Youth & Family
Tonight’s Hanukkah blog post was written by Aya Margalit, a long-time GFC Shaliach and staff member, and the Summer 2021 Rosh Mishlachat. A miracle is an anomaly in nature, something that seems impossible. Reality shows us time and again that our perception of what is...
by mrollins | Sep 24, 2019 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Israel, Youth & Family
Greene Family Camp Family, Shalom, First, I want to wish the entire GFC family a happy and healthy New Year, Shana Tova. It has been nearly two months since Session Two ended and I returned home to Kibbutz Yahel in Israel. It was an incredible summer of fun,...
by mozer | Dec 17, 2018 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Israel
Rona Ramon died today and the Jewish people lost a beloved member of our community. I was introduced to Rona and her husband Ilan in 2002 by Ellen and Louis Krinsky. Ilan, Israel’s first astronaut, was stationed in Houston in preparation for a flight aboard Space...
by mozer | Jul 3, 2018 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Israel, World Jewry, Youth & Family
by Rabbi Adrienne P. Scott, Associate Rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, TX and a member of our GFC faculty. On a recent congregational trip to Israel, I heard from Rabbi Gilad Kariv. Rabbi Kariv is the President and CEO of the Israel Movement for Reform...
by mozer | Aug 11, 2017 | From the Blog, Israel
Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to participate in the URJ Leadership Mission to Israel. This trip was a jam-packed, whirlwind schedule crammed into six days filled by meetings with Israeli and Palestinian Authority politicians, leaders in the Reform...
by mozer | Apr 28, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Israel
In honor of Israeli Independence Day, we’re looking back at all the ways we celebrate Israel in a year at GFC – whether through travel, the friendships we make at camp, or through year-long engagement, Israel is an important part of Greene Family Camp all...
