tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48294515036969792532024-03-13T08:51:27.738-07:00Montreal Diller Teen FellowsDiller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-20966840600973161412017-08-07T08:54:00.000-07:002017-08-07T08:54:11.533-07:00Summing Up the Summer by Britney Slimovitch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the past 10 months, I have had the opportunity to be
a part of an amazing Jewish leadership program called Diller Teen Fellows. My
cohort of this program started in the fall of 2016 with leadership workshops
and volunteer opportunities that continued throughout the year. In July 2017,
me and 16 other Montreal Jewish fellows boarded the plane to Israel for the
experience of a lifetime: Diller's Israel Summer Seminar. The trip started and
ended with a week of touring and volunteer opportunities while always keeping
in mind our goal of exploring the Many Faces of Israel. From our visits to Save
A Child's Heart, to the Children's Museum’s “Invitation to Silence” interactive
exhibit on deafness, to the Western Wall, I can truly say that we got a good
first hand glimpse of how beautiful this country is. Our week of touring ended
with an International Shabbaton bringing together all of the teens from the
English speaking partnerships (San Francisco, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New
Jersey, Boston, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Miami, Chicago, Johannesburg,
Cape Town, Brooklyn, Buenos Aires and London). After this was our Community Week
where we lived with our Israeli partners and took part in the activities that
we had worked so hard to plan throughout the entire year. Next, was our
International Congress where all of the communities from the Shabbaton joined
their Israeli communities for a week that brought together over 600 Jewish
teens from around the globe.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It still baffles me to think that just two weeks ago, all
of these people that I now consider friends, if not family, were all strangers
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I am so grateful for all of the people that I have had
the chance to have enter my life and hopefully remain there forever. We came
together from almost every continent seeking leadership opportunities, a visit
to our homeland, and a chance to repair the world. Over the past three weeks I
have made memories that I will never forget, and have lived experiences have
helped to shape me, not only as a young person, but as the Young Jewish leader
that I want to be and for that I am forever grateful. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Over the course of this experience, I have learned that
family does not have to be though blood. It is more so, the people who want you
in their life and that you want in yours. Family are the people that accept you
no matter what, and will do anything to see you smile. It is people whose names
you can learn and with whom you can talk about G*d - all in the same
conversation. They will learn to love you unconditionally no matter how many
times you mess up. Diller 2017 has become my extended new family and I could
not be happier. I am grateful for this incredible opportunity and all of the
amazing people that I have met along the way. Honestly, the only down side to
this wonderful adventure is its future impact on my parents’ bank account –
they will now have to help me travel all over the world to visit my new friends
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I wish to conclude by saying a huge thank you to the
Diller Montreal staff and in particular, Sarah Benmergui for allowing me to
have the opportunity to meet a group of young people that have made saying
goodbye so ridiculously hard.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-29744319171944953232017-07-16T00:18:00.003-07:002017-07-16T00:18:29.767-07:00ISS July 8&9 by Jarred and Malka<div style="color: #454545; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;">On July 9, we went to the military cemetery on mount Herzl, then toured the museum Yad Vashem. On Mount Herzl, we visited the graves of Max Steinberg, Michael Levine and and Jason Friedberg. We recounted the stories of their lives and paid our respects to these fallen soldiers by placing rocks upon their graves. At Yad Vashem, we thoroughly learned about the sufferings of the Jews in the holocaust, and established the importance of remembering the names of the victims. We visited the children's memorial, a dark room lit up by candles, reciting the names of the 1.5 million children who perished during the holocaust. This day we explored the sacrifices made to protect our Jewish state, as well as the importance of Israel to serve as refuge for Jews around the world. Our love for Israel has multiplied tenfold, and we are incredibly grateful for the courage of the soldiers in the Israeli army. </span></div>
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-25870058984689153992017-07-16T00:01:00.001-07:002017-07-16T00:01:54.746-07:00ISS July 7 by Josh<div style="color: #454545; font-family: '.SF UI Text'; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: '.SFUIText'; font-size: 17pt;">We had opening ceremony at 10:30 at the venue where we all cheered for our cities and watched the Diller commercials that each community made. After. That we listened to a funny and interesting speech by Avraham Infeld about his theory of Peoplehood - the 5-legged table. Then we had lunch dates with Melbourne where we did icebreakers and also discussed Avraham Infeld's speech. Then we had break till like 5, then we had white parade. At 6 was Oneg Shabbat, where everyone else went to go do fun activities. After that was dinner with a speech from a guy from San Francisco, then we had a blur of activities then break for a little bit and finally Maagal Laila at 10:30.</span></div>
Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-65227064195721235232017-07-09T11:07:00.001-07:002017-07-09T11:07:42.281-07:00ISS July 6 by Hilla<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 17pt;">Soon, our cohort arrived to its first destination: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This specific church is considered to be he holiest place in Christianity, as it is said to house the tomb of Jesus Christ. As soon as we entered the church, we took in the marvel of our surroundings: a gorgeous domed ceiling decorated with detailed artwork of Christian figures, twinkling multicoloured light fixtures, and various people praying to their Christian messiah. This, too, is a face of Israel. This country is also a place in which believers of many religions, including Christianity, come to in order to connect with their G-d. And, of course, many religions, including Judaism. So, after concise and engaging information from our incredible tour guide Sam, our cohort made its way towards the Western Wall. This was a beautiful moment for everyone in the diller group. Each member went up, put their wish in the walls of the Kotel, and stood next to the wall for a moment of prayer. </span></div>
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-758620161707632272017-07-09T11:07:00.000-07:002017-07-09T11:07:30.085-07:00ISS July 5 vlog by Leah P and Zach A<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-76548090139763423892017-07-04T16:01:00.001-07:002017-07-04T16:01:04.266-07:00ISS July 4 VLOG! By Loucie and Britney<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/utytCBvDw7w" width="480"></iframe>Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-6702068933787404622017-07-04T15:24:00.003-07:002017-07-04T15:24:58.487-07:00Israel Summer Seminar 2017 Begins! July 2&3<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">July 2: The Journey Begins.....
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Yesterday, we started off the day with a rude awakening of wheels on the tel Aviv runway. We are finally in Israel! After going through customs and picking up our luggage, we made our way to the old city of Yafo. There, we admired and learned about history of the Jerusalem gate, the sea mosque, and the harbour as well as many other places. We took a short break for frozen confection to combat the heat. After, we had a relaxing session of acro-balance in a beautiful, shady park. We soon came to the hotel and unpacked our belongings. we finished up the day with dinner, ma'agal laila, and a soothing meditation. Day 2, here we come!</span><br />
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-39793768158094730832016-12-02T08:09:00.002-08:002016-12-02T08:09:39.808-08:00Workshop 3 by Ishai Cohen<div class="MsoNormal">
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Sunday November 13th was Cohort 9's 3rd workshop. For the beginning of the
workshop we were with Cohort 8. We started off with some icebreaker, to you
know... Break the ice. Then our wonderful JC Jared Boretsky started off the
tikoun olam discussion. He spoke about what tikoun olam is and that it's one
of the four pillars of diller. We were then split up into groups, with a mix of Cohort 8 and 9 kids. We then continued our discussion on tikoun olam in
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the leader game, where one person would go out of the room and then inside the
room we picked one leader who would start up different patterns (clapping
snapping etc.) and everyone else had to do the same, the person who went
outside had to figure out who started the pattern. After that we did a quieter
activity where everyone read questions. Every answer was highlighted in a
different color and each color corresponded to the same color bead. We would
put the colored beads on a piece of rope. We sat down and each color
corresponded to a different type of leadership. So we got to see more or less what
type of leadership everyone preferred. Once we knew more about our leadership styles, we did a discussion where Sarah made a statement about leadership qualities and we stood along a spectrum from Disagree to Agree. It was interesting to see how people's views differed and to argue our points. We wrapped up the program by considering some quotes about leadership from Yitzchak Rabin, Dr. Seuss, Rabbi Sacks, etc and discussing their significance. We then filled an endless survey and that
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-6506661356565013962016-10-27T11:38:00.003-07:002016-10-27T11:38:29.981-07:00Workshop 2 - Names and Identities by Eli RubineauOn Sunday, October 23rd, Diller Montreal cohort 9 had a workshop
about names and personal identities. Before we got into it, we started with a check in and caught each other up on what has been happening since last workshop. Then, some committees presented: The Israel update committee did a news report and we discussed the UNESCO controversy about the Temple Mount, and the Parsha committee did a quiz about sukkot since there was no parsha this week, and we learned about the holiday's customs.<br />
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call him; another, by which he is known to the outside world; and a third, the
name which his own deeds have procured for him</b>." We discussed in small groups
what we thought it meant to have multiple names, and some examples of them.<br />
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came together as a whole to talk about how a name can affect the way someone
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The last activity was to make a collage of magazine clippings that represents our identity. We used the collages to explain a little more about ourselves to the group and talk about our personalities and preferences.<br />
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ourselves in the time it took to tie a ribbon around one of our fingers. Then
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teamwork and leadership skills, by playing a bunch of games that were pretty
fun. The first game we played was rock, paper or scissors, and we had to all
battle each other until there was one victor.The second game we played was one
where we had to make two lines, one team for each line and flip a bunch of
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-7239840861907718692016-08-03T14:09:00.002-07:002016-08-03T14:09:25.381-07:00ISS July 22 by Hannah Bicher<div class="p1">
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-17627457440866768732016-07-24T00:13:00.001-07:002016-07-24T00:19:23.084-07:00Congress day 3 by Naomi Spiegelman<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After a relatively sleepless night, my room woke up and got ready for our third day at congress. I "woke" everyone up because breakfast was from 7:15-8:00 am. After breakfast, we all got on our bus to go to Kfar Giladi to start the day. On the bus ride, I explained what it means to me to be a leader, with the help of Peru's recent elections. It ended with my giving everyone cute llama key chains. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xHuIrBi-scI/V5Rr-cHnjUI/AAAAAAAAA_M/y5hNZwKczUk/s640/blogger-image--2034096726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xHuIrBi-scI/V5Rr-cHnjUI/AAAAAAAAA_M/y5hNZwKczUk/s640/blogger-image--2034096726.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Upon arrival to Kfar Giladi, in front of the majestic Roaring Lion statue, we were split up into our tribes to start our tour tracks to experience Israel in a different way.</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1x-_dY4fg6g/V5Rr6rEglMI/AAAAAAAAA_I/NoWB4e6wg8o/s640/blogger-image--1838176956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1x-_dY4fg6g/V5Rr6rEglMI/AAAAAAAAA_I/NoWB4e6wg8o/s640/blogger-image--1838176956.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On my track, we first went to this beautifully constructed memorial site to commemorate the seventy-three soldiers that were killed in Lebanon. Our tour guide, whose son was one of seventy-three, explained to us about what happened and showed me the importance of living every day to the fullest, taking advantage of opportunities to help out. Afterwards, we did a mini hike and then lunch. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After lunch, we had an interesting unit about Israel run by the Junior Staff. This tribe unit allowed us to learn different points of view, as well as to think about the responsibility of Jews in the diaspora to Israel and vice-versa. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After our content unit and break, we each went to different discussions. I had the luck of listening to Yaniv Rivlin from the Schusterman Foundation. He takes people that are questioning/confused about Israel on journeys, because the only way to see Israel properly is in your own eyes. He also stressed to continue doing what you are doing, get a global perspective, explore, don't be afraid to do what you believe in. This was definitely the highlight of my day. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After this, we had group photos and dinner on the tel hai campus. Once we finished eating we went back to our hostels. We had a really nice ma'agal la'ila where we sculpted something we missed from home, so that we could put that thought aside and focus on our last week of the Israel Summer Seminar. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By Naomi Spiegelman </span></p>Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-76804510984928594242016-07-18T15:52:00.001-07:002016-07-20T05:29:11.446-07:00ISS July 7 by Jami Dorfman<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thursday July 7 we toured Tel Aviv and experienced a few things that were fun and others that were more serious subjects. In the morning we went to Rabin Square where Yitzhak Rabin, an Israeli politician, was assassinated in 1995. While we were there we had a mission to go around the area of the square and ask strangers their thoughts on the assassination and how it shaped Israel today.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fORXJ3C8tyY/V49ueuubAII/AAAAAAAAA-0/WNLZD93oflE/s640/blogger-image--1280995784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fORXJ3C8tyY/V49ueuubAII/AAAAAAAAA-0/WNLZD93oflE/s640/blogger-image--1280995784.jpg"></a></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After an educational experience at the Rabin museum, where we learned about Yitzhak Rabin's life, as well as Operation Entebbe, we went on to the Mediterranean Sea for a couple hours. Even though I've been to many beaches, being in Israel and having so much fun outside was amazing. We really had a good time in the water and after that we returned to the hotel to get ready for our night outing. When we arrived at the Azrieli mall, I was mesmerized to see the number of similar store names. Many fellows met up with family and had a nice dinner while others hung out with their friends and shopped a bit.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pHdoFbFV-U4/V49uf4b046I/AAAAAAAAA-4/cwbF1FmNezk/s640/blogger-image-1680894406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pHdoFbFV-U4/V49uf4b046I/AAAAAAAAA-4/cwbF1FmNezk/s640/blogger-image-1680894406.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Overall, it was a successful day and one that I will always remember</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By Jami Dorfman</span></div>Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-59162997169462711872016-07-18T15:47:00.001-07:002016-07-18T15:54:41.709-07:00ISS: Kennes Shabbat by Jordan Silver<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Our Shabbat morning at kennes opened up to a great start! We were given several options of different kinds of Shabbat services ranging from camp style to traditional orthodox. Each service was fun and uplifting! Afterwards we had a bit of free time before lunch where we able to schmooze with our new friends from all across the globe and create lasting friendships. We all then sat down for delicious Shabbat lunch.</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Where all the cohorts sang Shabbat cheers together! Afterwards we then went to our respective colour groups where we were given challenging topics and questions on the parsha which we debated thoroughly. Later in the day we all prepared for our long walk to to the kotel and had a nice picnic in a park along the way! Once we got to the kotel we were given some free time to look around and truly connect and look at one of the most significant places in Judaism that was standing before us. </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Afterwards we sang havdalah together as a cohort and then traveled to Ben yehuda for some free time to shop around. My favourite part of the day was being able meet so many different and amazing people all united under one roof, each individual different in his own way but yet alike in another. Being able to meet and speak with teens your age from around the world but still being able to relate to and connect with each other is absolutely amazing. </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By Jordan Silver</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5FrWJZGo3lg/V41cheoJCLI/AAAAAAAAA-k/US0Z1CRLjsE/s640/blogger-image-720647154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5FrWJZGo3lg/V41cheoJCLI/AAAAAAAAA-k/US0Z1CRLjsE/s640/blogger-image-720647154.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p>Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-16174809978511676482016-07-18T15:40:00.001-07:002016-07-18T15:54:52.775-07:00ISS: Kennes Ends and Community Week Begins by Amanda Marciano<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> On Monday July 11, we had yet another great day in Israel. The day started off emotionally and ended with such energy and lots of excitement. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> We sadly left Kennes with lots of hugs and goodbyes. We began the day by visiting the Hertzl museum, followed by a tour of Mount Hertzl. At the Hertzl museum we saw a play and learned about Hertzl and his future vision for Israel. This was very interesting and inspiring to learn about. We then continued our day by visiting Mount Hertzl, where we were taken on a tour and learned about many important and memorable people that have sadly passed away. Their memory will stay with us forever.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3SPibBWsnYs/V41aw2fDbMI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/w8k9E8yKv_M/s640/blogger-image-2015229540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3SPibBWsnYs/V41aw2fDbMI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/w8k9E8yKv_M/s640/blogger-image-2015229540.jpg"></a></div> </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> The day then continued with a sad and emotional visit to Yad Vashem, a Holocaust Museum. It was a very sad and emotional visit. It was interesting to learn about the Holocaust in details. The thing that I liked most about the museum was that the museum doesn't just focus on the people in the Holocaust as a whole, but it focused on the individuals in the Holocaust. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Although it was a very emotional time, the day soon turned exciting as we made our way to Be'er Sheva to reunite with our Israeli pen pals and for opening ceremony. The opening ceremony committee did a wonderful job getting everyone excited for community week with fun filled activities as well as sharing with us our community week schedule. The day was filled with fun activities. The first day of community week was a big success. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> I can't wait to experience the rest of community week and see what the rest of our Israel trip awaits.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZRJmynP_P7M/V41avAYoz9I/AAAAAAAAA-U/vxE1HYvMHQo/s640/blogger-image-1183600564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZRJmynP_P7M/V41avAYoz9I/AAAAAAAAA-U/vxE1HYvMHQo/s640/blogger-image-1183600564.jpg"></a></div>By Amanda Marciano </span></div>Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-29456374412074284602016-07-12T08:47:00.001-07:002016-07-12T08:53:40.001-07:00ISS July 6 by Emily Cohen<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When we got off the plane, there was a buzz of excitement rushing through us all. While groggy and feeling the side effects of a long plane ride, we could smell Israel and that was fantastic. In the airport, I was thinking, “we’re finally here… I'm finally going to see this magical place that everyone is talking about all the time. I'm finally going to feel that connection to this piece of land and I'm going to learn what's so special about it” and then I thought “what if that doesn't happen? What if it's just another piece of land like any other to me?”. I can't speak for everyone but those thoughts rushed through my mind as we collected our bags. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PhHyTDxvsM4/V4URCpm4xPI/AAAAAAAAA9w/0xEEaBVm2H4/s640/blogger-image-809143834.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PhHyTDxvsM4/V4URCpm4xPI/AAAAAAAAA9w/0xEEaBVm2H4/s640/blogger-image-809143834.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We walked out the doors of the airport to be greeted by Rebecca and Spencer who were so happy to see us. We then met our British tour guide Sam (</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">www.instagram.com/myisraeliguide/)</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> and dove head first into our adventure.</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Our first site to visit was Independence hall. After lunch in the park (featuring the music of Israeli traffic), jet lag kicked in as we entered the museum with the Toronto cohort. As much as we wanted to befriend our fellow Canadians, we were being shushed by the museum and trying not to fall asleep simultaneously. Unfortunately that was not one of our most proud moments. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rKZLg4zNokI/V4USg1YvZPI/AAAAAAAAA-E/yK6pdyKk430/s640/blogger-image--691680205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rKZLg4zNokI/V4USg1YvZPI/AAAAAAAAA-E/yK6pdyKk430/s640/blogger-image--691680205.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Next we went to listen to an inspirational speaker named Ziv Shilon. He was an IDF commander and on his last day before being promoted, he got seriously injured. During a dangerous mission, he told his soldiers to stay far behind as he went up ahead and there was a small explosion that took his left arm and the functionality of his right. He then managed to run back to safety before bleeding out and was saved by amazing doctors and a bit of a miracle. Months of rehabilitation coupled with strength of mind, serious determination and a sparkle of inspiration allowed him to regain independence once again. He's now in law school, training for marathons (and has his eyes on an Iron Man triathlon in the future), giving inspirational speeches and raising a baby girl with his wife. He says his biggest accomplishment is his newborn daughter. Ziv was a huge inspiration and a magnificent motivator. So much so that our jet lagged cohort stayed awake the entire time. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lastly we met up with another Brit named Ashley and his guiding partner (who is American) also named Sam. They gave us a graffiti tour of Tel Aviv where we walked through the side streets looking at all the street art. From the quote “if I forget you Jerusalem, it's because of tel aviv” to the tree with a million and one meanings, to the ducks and sandwiches, the graffiti tour had us in awe. The art captured our attention and the different interpretations and perspectives consistently surprised and challenged us. Ashley was brilliant in how he guided us through analyzing the different walls and showing us the little things we would have missed otherwise. Most of it was about the little things: the smaller paintings under the big ones, the details and the corners. As a photographer himself, he showed us how to take cool pictures which was really nice of him. Overall, it was absolutely extraordinary. </span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yw23p5xFETQ/V4URGfFJOqI/AAAAAAAAA94/yDiVA1KYG5k/s640/blogger-image-211734931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yw23p5xFETQ/V4URGfFJOqI/AAAAAAAAA94/yDiVA1KYG5k/s640/blogger-image-211734931.jpg"></a></div></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To end off our first day memorably, Ashley took us up to the rooftop of his apartment where we ate pizza and watched the sunset. No wonder he loves Tel Aviv so much, it was beautiful…</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By Emily Cohen leader of day 2</span></p>Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-56488800918276466052016-07-12T08:27:00.001-07:002016-07-12T08:27:43.809-07:00ISS July 5 by Madison Gold<p dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bfLphPtoHd8/V4UMYFJHHfI/AAAAAAAAA9c/0QTPf_2lrKI/s640/blogger-image--1730633153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bfLphPtoHd8/V4UMYFJHHfI/AAAAAAAAA9c/0QTPf_2lrKI/s640/blogger-image--1730633153.jpg"></a></div></div><br><p></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Diller Montreal Israel Summer Seminar began on Tuesday July 5th. After we left the Y we headed straight for the airport. Everyone was so excited but we all behaved so well as we checked in few by few. After check in we all got in line to go through security. Not that many issues at security other than some water, Gatorade and NUTELLA being taken away. But who cares it is all fun and games! What we didn't know was that one of our fellows was unable to check in, but we didn't know what was happening so we just continued on. We were then given some free time in the Montreal airport to buy some food before setting out on our long journey to Israel. On time, actually even early, we all met at the gate so we could all get on the flight together. At the gate we all patiently awaited Sarah hoping everything would be ok with the last fellow's check in. When Sarah finally came through security alone, we all happily surrounded her and showed her how much we appreciated what she goes through for us and does for us. Thank You Sarah! </span></p><p dir="ltr"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mXwB8ee84Do/V4UMbHh3SiI/AAAAAAAAA9k/ztTWoTUTxT4/s640/blogger-image-1382802492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mXwB8ee84Do/V4UMbHh3SiI/AAAAAAAAA9k/ztTWoTUTxT4/s640/blogger-image-1382802492.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Once in the air flying to Toronto we were able to feel the excitement in the air. That flight flew by and juat made the actual excitement even better. We landed in Toronto </span><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">at 2:30</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> and our flight to Israel started boarding </span><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">at 3:45</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">. So we first went to the gate and then we sat in a circle. This circle gave me the opportunity to run a short program about Tefilat HaDerech with the group. I summarized what the prayer was about, why we say it, and what the customs of saying the prayer were. After that we all read the prayer together in Hebrew and then in English so everyone could understand what we were saying. I thought it was really interesting to see everyone learn about this important prayer. Once again we were given a little bit of time to get some food in the area before entering the secure area in the airport for our flight to Israel. Once in there we all gathered together for a count off. Then finally the time had come and we were off to Israel. The excitement at the back of the plane was and still is amazing. Nobody can wait till we land as this flight is getting a bit long but it is completely worth it. </span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Since this isn't my first time going to Israel it was really interesting to see how excited everyone was who had never been before. It was seriously an amazing, warming feeling. Also since I don't sleep on planes it has been a ton of fun to look around and see what the rest of the group has been up to and maybe even take a few pictures of those sleeping fellows and maybe even staff!! </span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RyGWZXqpU84/V4UMZhdYeOI/AAAAAAAAA9g/8Z0iqMSB2_U/s640/blogger-image-913939960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RyGWZXqpU84/V4UMZhdYeOI/AAAAAAAAA9g/8Z0iqMSB2_U/s640/blogger-image-913939960.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>So this first day has been fantastic and we can't wait for even better ones to come once we've landed.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Madison, Leader of the Day day 1 </span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">PS don't worry if you don't hear for your kids a lot we will be off having too much fun to have time to talk to you!</span></p>Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-71523117606805748902016-05-06T07:13:00.001-07:002016-05-06T07:13:59.412-07:00Workshop 8: Why you should apply for Diller by Madison Gold<div class="Body">
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wonderful workshop has passed us. The theme of this weeks work shop was marketing and recruitment. This is really important in Diller since this is how cohorts are
formed. The reason for this workshop being this week is that we are in prime
time for recruitment. There is an information session being held on <b>Wednesday
the 4th</b> and applications are due on <b>May 15th</b>. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> The workshop was split into two
components. The first part was a guest speaker talking about how to promote
something we are passionate about in this case, Diller. The second part we
worked on possible ways to get someone's attention to recruit them for Diller. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Our lovely guest speakers name is
Tanya Toledano. She spoke about how she got involved in marketing. It was
really interesting to hear her story and take in the advice she had for us. She
told us some good ways that she used to get herself known and get her message
out to the people. One of the techniques she spoke about is called an
"elevator pitch" this means pretend you are in an elevator and you
only have the time that it takes to get to the floor you are heading for to get
your point across. If you didn't realize this is around 30 seconds, not much
time. This technique is great to use to be short and sweet in getting your
message across. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> During the second part of the
workshop, we focused on how to make a pitch. As a group we made two lists. One
explaining what Diller is, what to expect from the program and what you can
gain. The second one was about what kind of people we are looking for to apply.
We made these lists as it would help us with brainstorming ideas for an amazing
pitch. After that activity we were given time to try and write our own pitches
to use while recruiting. Lastly, we did a little activity where we had to role
play and pretend our staff were thinking about Diller and we needed to convince
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<span lang="EN-US"> <b> Diller, what a life changing
experience! This is an experience of a life time, you will learn leadership
skills while exploring your Judaism, learning about Israel and partaking in the
Jewish idea of Tikun Olam. My name is Madison Gold and I am currently a Diller
Teen Fellow in Montreal Cohort 8. Diller is an international program involving
26 communities including 13 from Israel, 2 from South Africa and 1 from
Australia. To participate in this program you need to be going into either
grades 10 or 11. This program is one of a kind. This is not an ordinary Israel
summer program, it isn't even just an Israel summer program. It is a 15 month teen
leadership program that has a 10 day hosting opportunity for you and a 3 week
trip to Israel during summer vacation. I have had such an amazing time in
Diller. I have made new friends and some of whom have become my best friends.
The group has also become my family along with my new friendships and family in
Israel that was formed during JCM. Other than these new amazing friendships I
have also gained so many new qualities. I have learnt to become a leader and
break out of my shell. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me. </b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-58813069862665064322016-04-19T14:42:00.002-07:002016-04-19T14:42:31.420-07:00JCM Shabbaton by Joy Malorni and Jared Boretsky<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For our third Shabbaton we were headed to Camp Bnai Brith of Montreal. Since this one was a little different, we had to make a stop first, at the airport to pick up twenty new friends who were going to be joining us for the next 10 days!</span><br />
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-26362678589966217922016-03-24T08:48:00.001-07:002016-03-24T08:48:47.303-07:00Workshop 7: Purim Party and the Last Meeting Before JCM! by Emily Cohen<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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synagogue, unlike the other workshops so far which were held at the Y, so that
we could spend the first half volunteering at the Purim party. Most of us
dressed up for the occasion. Us girls had planned a group costume: we were the
rainbow and I had the honour of being pink.</div>
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Avital, who recently came back from her visit home to Israel, gave us a
talk about culture gaps between Israel and Canada, seeing as we are going to
meet the Israelis very soon. It started off where we had papers on which we wrote
phrases that represented ways to describe people and made two columns, one for Israel and one for Canada. We wrote
things along the lines of “always says sorry”, “never apologizes”, “sleeps a
lot”, “doesn’t sleep a lot”, “always on time”, “never on time”. After having
made two long columns, we went over them and realized that, omitting “hockey”,
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Avital then told us about a study conducted with IBM employees around the world, including Canadians and Israelis, that looked at how people were different
in certain ways that are often overlooked. We learned that the study looked at
many aspects including Power Distance in the different countries. Power Distance means the extent to which lower ranking individuals accept and expect that power is distributed unequally<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">.</span> Canada
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of “always on time”, while Israelis had a very low Power Distance percentage which is why they might be stereotyped as "pushy". Another big discrepancy was found in the Individualism percentages - where Canada was much higher than Israel. From this we understood that Israelis are more likely to think about what is best for the group then for themselves individually when making decisions. We discussed the impact that these qualities could have on Diller cohorts. What she had to say was very interesting and we hope to
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After that program we took some time to
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and everyone was working hard. The excitement is brewing and we cannot wait to
meet the Israelis. We’re counting down the days to April 7<sup>th</sup>… <o:p></o:p></div>
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-87480124014035864842016-03-11T09:00:00.008-08:002016-03-11T09:00:59.323-08:00Workshop 6: BDS and Preparing for JCM by Ian Langleben<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">The workshop we had last Sunday was both very
interesting and a lot of fun. Two McGill students came in to
speak to us about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and what happened in recent weeks at McGill -- a motion to support BDS passed at the most recent Students' Society of McGill University General Assembly, but did not subsequently pass after the online student vote. Unfortunately there was also a rise in anti-semitic statements and sentiments during this time.</span></div>
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underlying principles of BDS – equal rights and support to the Palestinian
people – were commendable from a moral standpoint, the BDS movement in fact has
more a negative effect on them, as it causes industries that supply the
Palestinians with jobs to close (e.g. Sodastream). Additionally, our guest speakers explained that the BDS movement does not promote discussion or peace, and
rather aims to wipe Israel off the map completely. After discussing an article about BDS at McGill, we spent time in small groups coming up with ways that we would create campaigns to fight this movement. Overall, the discussion was
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<span lang="EN-US">After a break, we made creamy perfect hummus dip. Or, at
least, we tried! We followed a recipe that Moriel had provided. However, after
following it and putting the right amount of each ingredient into the blender,
we found that it didn’t quite match our standards for taste. Oh, well. Either
way, we had a lot of fun making it, and it will only be a few months before we can get the real thing in Israel!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-35433417156402726722016-02-19T08:42:00.000-08:002016-02-19T08:42:17.506-08:002nd Shabbaton: 50% Self-Management Part 2 by Noah Rocklin<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For dinner on the Saturday night of our shabbaton, we were split into small groups and given a sheet full of questions for us to answer and discuss together, as we made our own pizzas. This really helped us bond and become closer as a group.
After dinner, we were split into groups of 3 or 4, and sent on a scavenger hunt throughout the main floor of the Retreat Centre in pursuit of a prize. Our hunt included riddles, trivia, and a puzzle, which led us to our Diller sweatshirts!</span><br />
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-78245339911994457172016-02-03T12:38:00.000-08:002016-02-03T12:38:11.186-08:00Workshop 5: Tu B'shevat By Gita Margolese<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;">
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and educational wokshop. The theme of this workshop was Tu B’shevat. We
discussed what trees symbolize and the importance of appreciating nature.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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describing their roses, thorns and buds of the week. Roses represent something
good that happened during the week, thorns represent something bad that
happened and buds represent something we are looking forward to in the near
future. Many of us said that our bud was the upcoming Shabbaton which I know I
can’t wait for!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Next, we had a Tu B’shevat Seder led
by our amazing JCs, Rebecca Gotteiner and Spencer Albert. In the Tu B’shevat
seder we drank four glasses of grape juice, each glass darker than the previous
one, starting with white grape juice and ending with red grape juice. We also
ate three different fruits, the first one with a hard outer shell (oranges or
grapefruit), the next one with a hard middle or pit (olives or dates) and
finally, the last one being completely edible throughout (raisins and
blueberries). Each of these represent different level of purity, holiness and
potential. During the seder, we also had a five minute meditation session where
we were able to relax and unwind and simply focus on our breathing which really
helped refresh us after a tiring and long week.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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an old man planting a carob tree, a tree that takes 70 years to grow. He asked the man why he was planting the tree and the man told him that he was planting
the tree, not for himself but for future generations. The old man then fell
asleep and when he woke up, 70 years had passed and he was able to benefit from
the carob tree that he had planted many years earlier. We reflected on being grateful for what nature provides for us, as well as the importance of ensuring that future generations get to benefit as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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short break for lunch where we made delicious falafel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After lunch, we had an amazing
program run by Avital Beller, our shinshinit. The group was split into two teams. Each team wrote
down words related to Tu B’shevat on individul pieces of paper and put them on a
plate. Each team then acted out charades with the words written by the other
team. The next part of Avital’s program involved spliting into four groups.
Each group was given an article relating to either Tu B’shevat or trees and we
discusses our articles in our groups.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally, Sarah, our awesome coordinator
explained what the Jewish Community Mifgash with the Israelis would be like. We
brainstormed as a group some fun activities that we could do when our fellows
from Be’er Sheva arrive. We all had an amazing time at the workshop and can’t
wait to see each other again soon at our Shabbaton! I would lastly like to
thank Sarah, Rebecca, Spencer and the whole Diller team for all the time and
devotion that they put into making each aspect of Diller run smoothly. We
really appreciate you!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Diller Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306685280588825051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829451503696979253.post-54716888688660596562016-01-11T09:07:00.001-08:002016-01-11T09:07:19.974-08:00Workshop 4: Montreal Jewish Community and Self-Management by Naomi Spiegelman<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">
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self-management topic. Sarah presented to us the Journey of Bread and Water
(also known as Milk and Cookies). We learnt about the importance of creating a mission,
a vision, goals and objectives. This session was also an introduction to our
next project. We have a Shabbaton coming up relatively soon and different
committees in our Diller Group are responsible for planning different sections
of the Shabbaton. My committee is in charge of “Rituals”. We brainstormed in
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