In June 2008 I was in Israel on a birthright trip (after my first trip in 2000 with a Zionist youth group called Young Judaea). I signed up for Torah learning with a program called jewpiter- the initial attraction to signing up was a cute canvas tote that reads "medium jewish bag" which I still have today :)
Months later I began learning over the phone with a young lady named Chava who lives in Maryland. Every time we learned together I logged my "miles" on the jewpiter website. A few months ago I reached 5000 points and have now been sponsored by jewpiter with Partners in Torah to study in Jerusalem. The program is called Jewel- for young women ages 19-30 for 3 weeks in an area called Ramat Eshkol- learning a wide range of Jewish topics...
After this part of the journey I will spend time with the Abrams family, cousins of my mother, in Efrat- so looking forward to meeting some of my second cousins- I think thats what we are :) I am also hoping to visit some other places to see friends and sites around the country.
My next post will be from Jerusalem!
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