Local Students Just Returned from Israel to Discuss Experiences

Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF) today announced that four local teens will discuss their recent personal experiences abroad in Israel this Friday, Dec. 1 at 5:30 pm at Temple Emanuel, 2100 Highland Avenue, Birmingham, AL.

The students, Aaron Weil, (10th grade) at Mountain Brook High School; John Cohn, (10th grade) at Hoover High School; and Hayden and Rebecca Robinson, (10th grade and 12th grade respectively) at Vestavia High School, all attended the Alexander Muss High School in Israel for an 8-week mini-semester that ran from September 5 through Nov. 3. Each of the sophomores attended the school on the “Birmingham Genesis Fellowship,” a gift from Stephen Muss, and made available to five area teens.

In a blog post from Israel in late September, Cohn (in photo above) shared “Learning about something and then it being right in front of you means way more than a textbook, it creates a living memory that grows and ages like you and all the people you shared it with.”

All the teens and their families are members of Temple Emanuel in Birmingham, and have attended programming at the local Jewish Community Center and are active in area youth organizations.

For more details contact Alicia Press, Director of Admissions, at 954-817-7108 or at apress@amhsi.org

Since 1972 Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI-JNF) has provided a unique study abroad program for high school students where the land of Israel becomes a living classroom. All AMHSI sessions include our Israel Studies curriculum of 4,000 years of Jewish and Israeli history. Students from North America and around the world come together on our campus in Hod HaSharon, just twenty minutes from Tel Aviv, for an immersive Israel experience. Through informal encounters with Israelis, students are exposed to Hebrew language and local culture. Additionally students enjoy independence while gaining life skills and forming friendships and memories that last a lifetime.

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (JNF) began in 1901 as a dream and vision to reestablish a homeland in Israel for Jewish people everywhere. Jews the world over collected coins in iconic JNF Blue Boxes, purchasing land and planting trees until ultimately, their dream of a Jewish homeland was a reality. JNF gives all generations of Jews a unique voice in building a prosperous future for the land of Israel and its people. JNF is a registered 501(c) (3) organization and United Nations NGO, which continuously earns top ratings from charity overseers.