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Onward Israel 2017: Week 2

Welcome back! As you may have guessed, the Cincinnati group has been very busy in Tel Aviv since the last blog post. Some of our recent activities include touring the Old City of Jerusalem, getting to know other Americans interning in Israel, jelly-fishing at the beach (any Spongebob…

Onward Israel 2017: Tryna Grub SZN

By Jared Witt & the Tryna Grubb Team
Originally posted on the Tryna Grub Blog

Jared Witt is a senior at Miami University studying marketing with a co-major in business analytics, and is a proud alumnus of Loveland High School. Jared is currently participating in the Onward Israel pr…

Onward Israel 2017: Week 1

Shalom Cincinnati!

Our names are Andrea Goldstein and Yael Friedstrom, and for the next 8 weeks we will be sharing our experiences on Onward Israel with all of you. Each week, we will share a different aspect of our personal journeys, but we decided to write our first post together. Yael is…

Living on Kibbutz Harduf Changed my Life

By Rachael Kartal Rachael Kartal went to Israel when she was in high school, then returned in 2012 as a nanny for a Cincinnati family. Violence during Operation Pillar of Defense necessitated her return to Cincinnati but that did not deter her from wanting to go back, and to live on a…

Guest Post: Onward Israel Receives $8 Million to Expand Israel Experiences

Onward Israel, which has engaged more than 4,200 young adults in multi-week, immersive, resumé-building experiences in Israel, has received an $8 million investment from the San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation to expand its programs and engage even more participants. A portion of the…