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Where Am I?

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Alex Baskin
October 2008

Living in a fourth-floor walk-up with no air conditioning didn’t discourage Alex. Check out the details of our newest Year Course correspondent’s arrival in the Holy Land.

My new family and I made our way down the cracked sidewalks of Bat Yam, heading toward our new home. Our madricha (female counselor) was telling us about our apartment. “It’s on the fourth floor,” she said. My longtime friend and now roommate, Jonathan, blurted out, “That’s going to be so annoying to get to on Shabbat when we can’t take the elevator.” She paused and then said: “It’s going to be so annoying every day.

The Road Not Taken

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Ari Fine
July 2008

While Josh’s friends head to college in the fall, this American will begin his own journey—as a volunteer soldier for the Israel Defense Forces. Find out why he chose this dangerous path instead.

Are you fearful of the challenges that lay ahead of you in college or worried about the stress you’ll face in the coming school year? While these and many other feelings are rational and normal concerns for a teenager to have, consider this: Toward the end of September, 18-year-old Josh Pankin will be traveling to Israel to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), committing himself to three years of service to protect the Jewish homeland.



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