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Video: I Believe in Friendship
My name is Miranda, and I believe in friendship. No, not the cliché, over exaggerated movie recreation of what a friendship should be, but rather a pure, honest form of the word.
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NFTY Goes to Netzer Veida: The Dead Sea!
A day into the trip and living on very little sleep, I was dozing off by the time we reached Ein Bokek. Best known as a resort district home to the Dead Sea, it was precisely what Austin and I needed to jolt us back into full attentiveness.
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Follow the NFTY Board at Netzer Veida!
Follow along as NFTY President Forrest Yesnes and NFTY Religious and Cultural Vice President Austin Zoot travel to Israel for the Netzer Veida!.
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NFTY’s SAVP Visits NFTY-NE’s December Institute
Last week, I traveled to NFTY Northeast’s December Institute at URJ Eisner Camp, where I once again found myself thinking: “This is what it’s all about.”.
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Happy New Year!
New Year’s Eve is one of my favorite nights of the entire year. I love watching the ball drop in Times Square, hearing the fireworks booming in the night sky, and wearing the crazy glasses and hats to ring in the New Year.
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This is My Campaign: The NFTY President Reflects on his Biennial Experiences
After having the unbelievable privilege of meeting and speaking with President Obama about 30 minutes before he spoke to the URJ Biennial participants, I had a feeling he was going to say something about NFTY.
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Campaign for Youth Engagement: This is My Campaign
The last Biennial I attended was in 2007 in San Diego. I did not know what to expect of Biennial and could not imagine just what thousands of Reform Jews looked like.
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President Obama at Biennial: A NFTY View
Imagine yourself in a room, dressed up in business clothes, surrounded by 200 teens. Imagine that you are waiting to see the President of the United States speak.
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Biennial Greetings from National Harbor!
Greetings from National Harbor, Maryland. NFTY is here in force at the Gaylord Hotel, where this afternoon over 220 teens are arriving for the NFTY Leaders Assembly at the 2011 URJ Biennial.
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NFTY at Biennial by the numbers!
We’re so excited to be on the ground at the URJ Biennial, the largest ever in history. This week is actually a return trip for NFTY to National Harbor, MD and the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center.
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