By Samantha Sokol

As a New Jerseyan, I consider myself an honorary New Yorker – so I was thrilled when we pulled out of Clarion, PA and headed towards the great New York City. We stopped along the way for a traditional Pennsylvania lunch at the local WaWa. The New …

By Jamie Bircoll

We began our rainy day in Ohio by an early morning drive up to Kent State University near Akron, OH. A great tragedy happened at the college on May 4, 1970, when 4 students were killed by the National Guard in an attempt to control and disperse …

By Harrison Small

As I awoke and rushed to the door at 7:45 AM to acknowledge that my roommates and I were actually up and getting ready (a harmless lie), feelings of optimism about the day ahead started to overcome me. After a hearty continental breakfast, we boarded the bus …

By Hayley Perlis

Today we woke up in Chicago and went to the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. Our meeting was to be about poverty. Unfortunately, another speaker got assigned to us who spoke to us about Judaism’s connection to social justice. He also told us about a program that …

By Richard Schuller

We began our last day as a group of 44 in San Francisco. Since it was our last day before the 22-day kids left, it was decided to be a leisurely day to end our stay on the West Coast.

We began the day with a late …

By Matt Olstein

On Thursday we drove up the coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco. We stopped to have lunch in a Danish town called Solvang and then again at a beach in San Luis Obispo. We then made it to San Francisco in time for dinner, and after that …

By Josh Braude

We started off our nice warm day in Los Angeles with a trip to South Central. As we learned, South Central is a gang-ridden troubled neighborhood that to the eye looks pleasant but if you look beneath the surface it still has its troubles. We heard from …

By Mica Baevsky

We started off the day by visiting the world famous Las Vegas sign on our way out of town. We then headed to Los Angeles. We stopped for lunch at Peggy Sue’s Diner, a 1950’s style restaurant. We made it to Los Angeles and headed to our …

By Madison Fishman

Today was our second day in Las Vegas and it was just as amazing as the first. We started the day by waking up late, which put everyone is a great mood. We left the hotel and headed to our first meeting. We met with the Culinary …

By Michelle Cohen

What a long, but amazing, day! We left Utah in the morning to go on a two hour drive to Las Vegas. We checked in to our hotel called The Orleans. It is by far the best hotel we have stayed in so far. The hotel’s theme …