Friends and family gathered on Sunday, Jan. 23, at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills to bury 19-year-old Eric Siegel, who died last week at a yeshiva in Israel after he overdosed on heroin.
Two drug-related incidents occurred in the American yeshiva community in Israel last week, which may give all parents pause.
\”I\’d love to tell you I\’m some brilliant mastermind that chartered this treaty, but the reality is that week by week, we\’re still working the streets,\” William \”Blinky\” Rodriguez said about the gang treaty he helped broker to bring rival groups together to talk. \”We\’d be out until 2, 3, 4 in the morning.\”
Anne-Marie Baila Asner decided that she was going to reinvigorate Yiddish by writing and illustrating cute, brightly colored children\’s books that would help people develop an affinity for the language.
For Rena, missing weeks of dance rehearsal was unthinkable, but so was missing out on the quintessential Jewish youth experience of summer camp.
This summer, Rena hopes to have that conflict resolved for her for at least two weeks when she attends T\’hila, a new program at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Simi Valley that integrates a Jewish camping experience with an arts experience molded for young, talented artists who are as serious about their craft as Rena.
Thinking about doing something for Israel but don\’t have time or inclination to go there and volunteer in person?
Since the program began, it has brought some 60,000 Diaspora youth between the ages of 18 and 26 to Israel for free 10-day guided trips of the country. For many, it is their first trip to Israel. Only youth who never before have been on a peer tour of the country are eligible to participate.
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