We are entering the month of Shvat. On the 15th of Shvat (Monday, February 10th) is the holiday of Tu BiShvat, the new year of trees. Jewish tradition tells us that even though we might be in the deepest winter, still, under the surface, Spring is budding. It is during […]
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Students, Snow and Shabbat at Ascent 150 students from universities across Israel spent a long weekend at Ascent on January 16-18. The students began their retreat with a visit to the snowy summit of Mount Hermon where they enjoyed the breathtaking white view and the snow, that many of them […]
What’s been happening this month at Ascent
THE ISRAEL HOPE PROJECT, initiated by President Rivlin 30 years ago the majority of grade one students in Israel were non-observant Jews. Today they are no longer the majority. Israeli society is no longer a majority with a few minorities but, over the last decades, has been evolving into four […]