I am excited to share some big news: this coming spring, from January through May 2027, I will be spending a semester studying at the Alexander Muss High School in Israel (https://www.muss.org/). To help make this experience possible, I am participating in Jewish National Fund-USA's Dream Israel Teen Initiative. Through this program, teens raise funds for vital projects across Israel, and when I reach my fundraising goal, JNF-USA will provide me with a grant toward my semester abroad.

I am dedicating my fundraising to the Sderot Indoor Recreation Center (https://www.jnf.org/travel/attraction/index/sderot-indoor-recreation-center), a safe, joyful space where children in Sderot can play, learn, and just be kids. Supporting this center means so much to me because it connects directly to what I love most—working with young children through babysitting, volunteering at the Aleph Preschool at Beth El Synagogue, and pursuing my passion for elementary education, which I plan to study in college.

Thank you so much for cheering me on and helping turn this dream into a reality!