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By Talia Marcus

Billy plans our trip months in advance, and every day we follow the schedule telling us where to go and when. But sometimes events aren’t planned. The theme of today, (in addition to the overarching New York themes of Home and …

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By Ben Chasan

We woke up today in The City That Never Sleeps and caught the subway out to Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights. Obviously, there are some stereotypes associated with Crown Heights; even my mother texted me, “What are you going to do in …

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By Katie Levy

As we woke up to 100 degree weather we made our way to Battery Park to ride the ferry to Ellis Island. On the boat, Billy took a plethora of pictures of the twenty-eight of us as we passed the Statue of …

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By Leigha Hinds

Today began at 8:00 am as a typical Etgar 36 day with sitting on the bus heading to a new city. As we approached New York City, we watched Keeping the Faith to introduce us to the life of New York.  In …

By Jonah Schumer

Only a week left, and we arrived in my hometown of Boston. Unfortunately, we spent more time than planned on the bus due to a flat tire. We started the morning off still in the Big Apple where we went to the campus of Columbia University and …

By Bradley Schwartz

Today was a great day in New York City. We started off in the morning by going to H&H bagels which is talked about a lot. We continued by meeting with Billy’s friend Scott Fried. Scott spoke about HIV/AIDS and gave us an informative lecture on sexual …

By Joe Kallman

One place that really touched me was Ellis Island.  Walking and seeing where the first wave of European immigrants came through got me questioning. Do I have ancestors who passed through Ellis Island? I remember coming here before but never thought of this before.

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By Luna Manela

Today we woke up in Pennsylvania and continued our drive to New York. For lunch we had a one of a kind experience at a Wawa gas station and convenience store. After a couple more hours of cruising, Frank Sinatra’s famous “New York, New York” boomed through …

By Jordan Taffet

To start off our last day in New York, we woke up nice and early. We headed towards the subway and made our way to the famous H&H bagel shop. Just standing outside you could smell the intoxicating aroma of authentic New York bagels. It was hard …

By Danielle Kerker

Today, after a long subway ride, the group arrived in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Out of all the areas of the city we have visited in the past couple of days, Crown Heights was by far the most “segregated”. The community is comprised of many minorities, the most …