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 life. I am not suggesting that everyone who goes on Kayitz will become a history student, and study the topics which we discussed, or in any way that Kayitz is only for people who intend to this. Kayitz kindled in me a new engagement with my identity as a diasporic Jew. It provides the essential partner to Tour, which investigates Jews in Israel, investigating Judaism in Europe.
This all makes it sound very intellectual and with not very much kef. This is not true. There is so much kef. Kayitz was also a fantastic experience to spend time with and bond with my shikvah, play classic LJY games and pray. Our Kayitz, involved games of parliament, scavenger hunts round cities and following a monk. If you enjoyed tour than you shall enjoy Kayitz. I would view Kayitz as one of the best fortnights of my life. If you do not go on Kayitz than you are missing out.
Joshua Alston