Episode 43: From New York to Boston

Our Eighth Graders are back from their nine-day excursion to New York and Boston where they explored iconic Jewish sights, toured historical monuments and museums, and got to learn more about each other and the chaperones that traveled with them.In this week's episode, Dr. Weiss speaks with four Bornblum Eighth Graders—Mollie, Nava, Kenny, and Ross—about their class trip that fostered the creation of unforgettable memories.They talk about a Broadway show about the Women's Suffrage movement, throwing fake tea in the Griffith's Wharf in Boston, seeing a clumsy proposal in Central Park, a Kosher food crisis at Fenway Park, their unique Shabbat hosts, challah shaped into the Star of David, hearing personal stories during a Yom Hazikaron ceremony, seeing sand art inspired by the October 7 attacks, learning about family on Ellis Island, seeing a $3 million Torah at a Spanish/Portuguese synagogue, and hilarious stories about the quirks of their chaperones.