Category Archives: Newsletters

Throughout this past year, chanichim on all sections of Year Course have heard about Gilad Shalit through seminars, stories, lectures, by visiting the protest tent in Jerusalem, and simply by being present in Israeli society where the entire nation prays … Continue reading →

Great Britain currently have their first Jewish ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould.  He is young and dynamic and was kind enough to invite the Year Coursers round to his residence for a reception.  Apart from serving fantastic food, he enthralled … Continue reading →

Purim is behind us and to absolutely no one’s surprise, it was a great time!  The FZY group celebrated by enjoying their community and surroundings and getting involved in a real Israel Purim.

Year Course may be the most intense and long-term programme which FZY runs, however possibly the most well known is the one-month Israel Tour.  The Manhigut programme aims to train up the future leaders for FZY and the Jewish community … Continue reading →

One of the values that we as a programme try to instill in the Year Coursers throughout the year is that of being charitable.  The group have taken this upon themselves and on Friday morning they are all participating in … Continue reading →

This year the FZY Year Coursers have had the opportunity to meet with some really interesting people.  A new semester has begun but this policy has not changed as the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth came to … Continue reading →

The changeover is complete!  As we speak, our chanichim have settled into their new homes and have taken care of the beginning logistics:  unpacking, inventory in their apartments, receiving their bus passes, and more.  It is an exciting time as they … Continue reading →

Just like the first day, the last day of each semester is mostly logistical.  To the dismay of the chanichim, they have to leave their accommodations in the same state as they were upon entering.  Or in other words, they … Continue reading →

Over the final few weeks of the Jerusalem semester the group were involved in many great and exciting activities and trips: Manhigut learnt the skills required to put together a Summer Camp from scratch and made calls to PR companies, … Continue reading →

For the past two months in the FZWhy? class we have been looking at FZY’s ideology in more detail.  This past week we touched on the different streams of Judaism and the issue of pluralism.  We invited a representative for … Continue reading →