Shabbat shalom from Jerusalem, Last Friday morning we started the day by attending a ‘slut walk’. We marched in solidarity with women through Jerusalem, to protest about rape culture and violence against women. “We are going back out to the streets, to remind everyone that the public space is ours. That we have a voice. That we are not silent and we are not to blame for the violence directed at us,” said the Jerusalem SlutWalk organization. It was an emotional morning, marchi

This past weekend we split up a bit. Some of us went to Tel Aviv from Haifa and others either went back to Jerusalem or visited family. I went to my great aunt and looked after her tiny, tiny three week old kittens. Most of us returned to Kiryat Moriah on Saturday evening, and Jules arrived on Sunday morning. On Monday, we had a laomek (an in-depth session) where we met with two Palestinians from different backgrounds. They talked to us about their views of the future of Isra

Shabbat Shalom. I cannot believe it has been a full 8 weeks on Shnat Netzer and I am writing my second Shnupdate already, time has truly flown by. This week has been a very busy and exhausting one, yet it has continued to be engaging, exciting and enjoyable for all of us! Our week began in Jerusalem. We had several classes on Thursday morning, including Hadracha with Colin Bulker (which is my favourite lesson of the week)! Throughout the session, we spent time discussing “Ide

שלום לכולם! It's been another busy week on Machon. As usual, Thursday was a packed day, starting off with an early morning session on Dugma Ishit and ending with an afternoon of Hadracha elective sessions. My personal favourite was a philosophy session on Socratic Circles, where we debated the ethics of cheating. That evening, there was a mass Exodus of almost the entire Machon from Kiryat Moriah to Tel Aviv. This was the first weekend most of us had been able to get away fro