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Today, ICJA students from Israel and with connections to Israel, and members of the ICJA Israel Advocacy Club, organized a meaningful all-school Yom Iyun, focusing on the concept of Gevurah, especially during Israel’s current war.

In the morning, students ran programs on Wounded Soldiers, Volunteerism, Soldiers, Children and Teens in War, as well as learning lessons about Jewish views of heroism.

Students listened to their peers’ stories, learned about Israeli life over the past fifteen months, were challenged to ask themselves what they can do to strengthen Klal Yisrael, and expanded their Jewish learning. Thank you to students Avi Chen, Yair Elbaz, Jacob Friedman, Hailey Horowitz, Naama Horowitz, Emily Itzhaki, Ella Kakon, Devorah Kaplowitz, Ronit Kinar, Maya Lavi, Shira Lavi, Michael Metveyev, Jessica Michaeli, Zehava Piltz, Aliza Shyovitz, Hadar Simkovitch, Amalia Strosberg, Tali Weiss, and Yakira Wittlin, and to teachers Mrs. Lizi Martin and Mrs. Noa Nussbaum for organizing this meaningful event.

Following the morning’s activities, students came together in the gym to hear from Mr. Micha Brief about his brother Yona Brief, H”YD, who was seriously wounded on October 7, 2023 while fighting in Kfar Azza and who passed way two months ago.

Mr. Brief described how his brother stayed strong while he was in the hospital for 14 months and, no matter what, how he kept learning new things and reaching out to connect with other people. It was an inspirational and powerful lesson in gevurah – heroism – and a fitting conclusion to our Yom Iyun.

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