Planning a Sabbatical Year in Israel? Lamdeni provides families on a Sabbatical year with teachers familiar with the US elementary and high school curriculum. Our teachers help motivate your child to keep up with his/her US course requirements while enjoying his/her time here in Israel. We remain in contact with your child's school in America to coordinate the material that his/her class is learning for the year. We also remain in contact with you weekly to discuss the students progress and to get your input and feedback. For more information, visit: lamdeni.co.il, or contact acutler@lamdeni.co.il, or: 609 448 9478. (posted 8/7) Send to a friend

1 photoESSAY - Where Synagogues Once Stood: A Tisha B'Av Exploration One Tisha B'Av afternoon in the late-80s, photographer and filmmaker Judah S. Harris took a walk in Harlem in search of some of the synagogues that once existed in this former Jewish NYC neighborhood. Join Judah as he explores the places where synagogues once stood, both in New York City and also in Jerusalem, where the grandest of synagogues once welcomed an entire people. "Visiting the places where synagogues once stood, where Jewish communities once thrived... can be one way of internalizing the meaning of Tisha B'Av, especially if the structures - their exterior architecture and Hebrew inscriptions - still remain visible but the life within them does not." Read the original essay at http://www.judahsharris.com/tishabav newslet... (posted 8/3) Send to a friend

1 photoPHOTO ESSAY - Nefesh B'Nefesh Welcoming Ceremony for new Olim 2000 new olim arrive in Israel this summer on charter and group flights coordinated by Nefesh B'Nefesh, a still-young organization committed to "revitalizing" aliyah from the US, Canada and the UK. Read Judah S. Harris' firsthand account and view his series of photographs that portray summer 2008's inaugural NBN Welcoming Ceremony that took place on July 10th at Ben Gurion Airport. Celebrate aliyah! http://www.judahsharris.com/letters/new-olim (posted 7/31) Send to a friend