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Reflections on my time at Hebrew U
By Bonny Reichert, Toronto
I had a friend from BBYO who had done the year study abroad program at Hebrew U and couldn’t stop talking about what a fantastic time she had. Back then it wasn’t so common for people to do a year abroad and I was amazed when my parents gave me the green light to go. So off I went to study at Hebrew U in 1987-88 having no real sense of what was to become.
In addition to the One Year Program I was also allowed to take a film studies and English course in the regular school, which added even more dimension to the experience.
How did going to Hebrew U impact my life? Wow so many ways. I made friendships to last a lifetime, I developed a permanent love and attachment to Israel and, ta da! I met Michael Gelfand, the man who eventually became my husband was also on the one-year program that year too.
I am so honoured to be included in this list and to imagine that I had even a fraction of the impact on the program that it had on me. It was a totally life-altering experience.
- Bonny is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist. She is also a trained chef, a freelance content creator and a past Globe and Mail columnist.