By Kirstyn Brendlen Staff Writer Amy Walsleben, director of Residential Services, and Allen Siegel, director of Day Services, greet staff and residents by name as they move through the Day Program...

By Kirstyn Brendlen staff writer At 7:45 a.m., Izzy came over the mic from the front of the bus and said, “Okay guys, time to wake up.” We left Haifa at 6 a.m. after I had hauled myself...

By Kirstyn Brendlen staff writer Akko is just visible from Mount Carmel – a little outcropping of white buildings an hour up the coast on Haifa Bay, double walled to protect from invasion after...

By Kirstyn Brendlen staff writer The 333 bus to Nazareth left the University of Haifa at 3 p.m. – enough time after class to change into a dress that covered my knees and wad a scarf into my bag...

By Kirstyn Brendlen STAFF WRITER Hofstra health professions professor, David Hymowitz, out of the classroom on a Monday evening at Farmingdale High School unzipped a small blue pouch. “The problem...

By Kirstyn Brendlen STAFF WRITER We stood next to a line of old Israeli tanks in the Golan Heights – lined up along the Syrian border in a false show of force, creating the illusion of troops...

By Kirstyn Brendlen STAFF WRITER Gate 38 to Tel Aviv at Newark Liberty Airport has a particleboard wall around it. It’s the first time I’ve ever flown by myself, and I’m standing on...