Balfour Declaration Today, 99 years ago, on the 2.11.1917, Arthur James Balfour, the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, signed the Balfour Declaration. This letter showed the United Kingdom’s support for “a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine”. The declaration Read more…
The night before last, at the age of 93, Shimon Peres ninth President of Israel, and a Nobel peace prize laureate, passed away. Peres was one of the most standout politicians in Israel being a big supporter of the peace Read more…
What is Europe? I self-define as a European Jew. Like many Jews, my ancestry spans the length and breadth of Europe, from Spain and Holland to Austria, to the UK. My Jewish Read more…
I grew up in Brussels. It’s a small city with not that many Jews and, unlike Antwerp Jews, most of them are secular. Which means that, for most Jews in Brussels, Jewish life doesn’t revolve around the synagogue, but Read more…
A JEW IN POLAND, FROM DESTRUCTION TO REVIVAL by Tom Mor The first question I was always asked, after I told someone that I lived in Poland, is “Why?”. It never changes, maybe the way they ask the question, adding Read more…
Kayitz-Netzer is an experience unlike any other for young Jews. It was my privilege to lead the event in August 2015, and I cannot recommend it highly enough to anyone eligible to take part. The tour is jointly hosted by Read more…
I am writing this after submitting a plan for a University essay on the way that Germany remembers the holocaust. I mention this because it serves as an indication of the way in which Kayitz has influenced me in my Read more…
This year four year 11s from BPS went on the LJY Netzer Israel tour. For three and a half weeks we travelled round the country with 33 other sixteen year olds and a few university aged leaders trying to get Read more…
Disco FundraiserDisco Fundraiser Sign up at: tinyurl.com/LJYrefugeefundraiser All of the money raised (including ticket cost) will go towards World Jewish Relief’s Refugee Appeal. At LJY-Netzer , we feel it is important to do what we can to support those who need Read more…
Hannah Sanderson went on Israel Tour with LJY-Netzer in 2011. Israel tour was one of those experiences that I knew I wanted to go on, but didn’t know who to go with. My friend, who had been on LJY-Netzer events Read more…
We are really excited that LJY-Netzer has just been approved as a vAward provider. The vInspired awards are a recognition scheme for young volunteers. They have been designed to celebrate the efforts and achievements of volunteers aged 14-25 in England Read more…
LJY-Netzer has a launched a new initiative, getting Rabbis, Student Rabbis and experts to talk about the Parsha of that week! Here is LJY-Netzer Midbar & Student Rabbi Anna Posner talking about Bereshit. In the future you will be able Read more…
We have a new member of staff here at LJY-Netzer. His name is Tom and he is a Shinshin. Here he is and a bit about him! ‘Hi my name is Tom Mor, 18, from Israel. I’m from a Read more…
This year all three LJY-Netzer Movement Workers decided to take part in Live Below the Line, in order to raise money for Tzedek and raise awareness that 1.2 Billion around our planet in extreme poverty. Live Below the Line challenges Read more…
1. You’ll make amazing friends for evs and evs 2. Time flies when you’re having fun and on Kadimah it does more than fly! 3. Become an incredibly cool Jew! 4. Be amazed at the joys of the Kadimah site! 5.Where Read more…
This chinuch article was written by our bogeret Daisy Bogod. It does not necessarily represent the views of LJY-Netzer. I can tell you what I did over the past week. I can tell you where I went. But you will Read more…
Vashti – The Forgotten Feminist When every year we retell the story of Purim we focus on one woman, Esther. She, with a bit of support from her brother, is a brave and powerful woman who convinced a King of Read more…
On the fifteenth of January, representatives from thirteen sniffim of Netzer Olami, the worldwide reform youth movement, met in Jerusalem for the annual Veidah. The six days were spent hearing from various speakers on the subject of Zionism, including Read more…
This chinuch article is by Gabriel Webber. It expresses his personal views and not those of the movement. There was a short discussion on Veidah about LJY-Netzer and protest – specifically whether it is appropriate to wear movement clothing on Read more…
This article is written by MoWo Gabriel Webber. It does not necessarily represent the views of LJY-Netzer. In 1957, C Northcote Parkinson wrote about a committee meeting with three items on the agenda: (1) approving the construction of a nuclear Read more…