JCC MACCABI ISRAEL PLANS HANUKKAH TRIP TO JEWISH STATE
BASKETBALL LINKS AMERICAN AND
ISRAELI TEENS
A defining sense of place is pretty hard to
come by these days. In this rapidly changing world, people
are finding it more difficult to feel connected. It is in
response to this trend that JCC Maccabi Israel has organized
its first-ever basketball trip to Israel. “We want kids
to feel connected to Israel,” said Adinah East, JCC
Maccabi Israel continental coordinator. “We want them
to think of it as their second home, and the best way to do
that is to let them experience it firsthand--the similarities,
the likenesses.”
Basketball can most definitely be counted
among those similarities. Vying with soccer for the title
of national sport, basketball inspires the same sort of rabid
enthusiasm in Israel as it does in America. No wonder, then,
that JCC Maccabi Israel decided to build a trip around it.
“It’s all about making a connection,” said
JCC Maccabi Games Senior Olympics Advisor Kenny Silverboard,
“and it’s the basketball aspect of the trip that
will get them there.”
As with all JCC Maccabi Israel trips,
the primary focus will be on Israel: its people, its history,
and its culture, of which basketball is now a part. The trip
will also take place over Hanukkah, giving teens ages 15-17
the unique opportunity to experience Hanukkah in Israel. For
more information, call 1-800-732-1266, or send an e-mail to
info@jccmaccabiisrael.org.
To register, visit www.jccmaccabiisrael.org/BBALL
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