I’m so excited to share that I’ve been accepted to URJ Heller High for the Spring 2026 semester, a four-month study-abroad experience in Israel for Jewish high school students. I’ll have the chance to live and learn in Israel — studying Jewish history where it happened, improving my Hebrew, and deepening my connection to the Jewish people and the land of Israel.

As part of this journey, I’m participating in the Dream Israel Teen Initiative through Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF). Dream Israel helps teens like me make our Israel experience possible while also supporting life-changing projects across Israel. I plan to study education in college, with a particular interest in special education, so these programs are especially meaningful to me.

✨ The funds I raise will benefit several incredible JNF initiatives, including:
• Special in Uniform – integrating young Israelis with special needs into the IDF, empowering them with purpose, dignity, and belonging.
• ALEH-Negev – providing Israelis with severe disabilities the resources to live rich, meaningful, and productive lives in a supportive, inclusive community.
• LOTEM – Making Nature Accessible – ensuring that people with physical, sensory, and cognitive disabilities can experience Israel’s natural beauty through accessible trails and outdoor education.
• Red Mountain Therapeutic Riding Center – helping children and adults with physical and emotional disabilities heal and grow through the power of horseback riding therapy.

🎥 You can see these inspiring programs in action in this short video:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVlRj0JUyqg&t=219s

If I reach my $5,000 fundraising goal, JNF will award me a grant toward my Heller High tuition — making this incredible educational opportunity possible.

Please consider supporting this important initiative and helping me meet my goal. Every donation — big or small — brings me one step closer!