We are incredibly blessed to have the sponsorship of a local Jewish non-profit The Jewish Encounter! Two of PunkTorah’s community members had amazing experiences on their trip to Israel with tour leader Mitch. Read more below…

Fresh Memories

It is about three weeks now since I have returned from my trip to Israel. The memories are still very fresh but some of the details have begun to fade as the routine of daily life reasserts itself. For the first two weeks after my return I would dream, wakefully and in my sleep, that I was back in Israel. The dreams were very vivid; the smells in the markets, the swishing sounds of the Hebrew being spoken, the feel of the stones beneath my feet as I walked the streets, the crispness of the sun and the fullness of the air amidst every possible growing plant that you could imagine. Hassidim no longer seemed [Read more…]