SHARE: Your Israel Experience

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We want to know WHY you care about Israel. This part of the site is designed for you, the reader, to share your story. It can be anything, from an experience you had visiting the Kotel to simply how great the hummus and shwarma are. The important thing is that they are your experiences. You will be “changing the brand” of Israel so we want to hear your voice! Why does Israel matter to you?

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91 responses to “SHARE: Your Israel Experience”

  1. My favorite part of Israel was when I had my Bar Mitzvah. All of my cousins from Israel came to see me read Torah at the Kotel. It was a great experience.

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  2. When I think about Israel, I think about a place that has a lot of history behind it. From ancient days until 1948, when Israel got its land. I also think of how people care about each other, even if they don’t know each other. Israel is a country that is brave and kind.

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  3. My favorite part of Israel is the food. I went to a small falafel place on Ben Yehudah street and it is still one of the best food I’ve ever had.

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  5. Even though I’ve never been to Israel, I feel vfery connecteed to it. I have a lot of family in Israel, and as a Jew I feel very connected.

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  6. When I went to Israel, I was 8. My favorite moement was walking up to the Western Walls. I reemember that I felt connected to Israel at that moement. It was incredible.

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  8. I remember going to a great falafel place in Tel Aviv in 2006 and then again in 2009. I remeber the falafel shop as being delicious and have a fountain next to it.

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  12. My favorite experience in Israel was when my grade went to Israel and went to the Western Wall. We danced in groups from all over the world who only had one thing in common; we were Jewish. Yet we had surely a bond and were just happy to be there.

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  13. On a school trip to Israel we went to the Western Wall. We all walked up to the wall quietly. Then we all put our heads against the wall and prayed,saying our own silent prayers. I looked around and I could see all my friends against the wall with their eyes closed, even the friends who usually don’t feel the presence of God in their normal lives. I was amazed to see this.

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  16. Two years ago I visited Israel to celebrate my Bar Mitzvah. While at the Kotel it was amazing to realize my ancestors were doing the same thing thousands of years before.

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  17. In my Bar Mitzvah, I put on t’fillin for the first time. It was very spiritual and I felt connected to Israel and God.

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  18. When I was 0 I went to the Kotel for the first time and I felt a connection to Israel at that moment.

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  19. I was at the Kotel at 6 am and I saw a bird on the wall up above and I was there later at 7 pm for Shabbat services and the bird was still there. I felt as if G-d was inside the bird watching us to ensure our safety.

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  20. My favorite Israel story is when I visited the Kotel. I felt very connected to Israel, every Jew’s homeland.

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  22. My favorite story in Israel was that one time when the alarm went off. All the people who didn’t know one another got into the same shelter like a big family.

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  23. I am connected to Israel since I feel like its one of the only places I can express my feelings to Jews openly.

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  24. I am connected to Israel because it is a great place of spirit and I know that the first time I go will be amazing.

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