Writings by Bronfman Bogrim & Amitim

Noa Bellavita (Amitei Bronfman ’18)

Posted on January 21, 2024

My name is Noa Bellavita, and I am 23 years old. I grew up on Kibbutz Magen in the Gaza envelope. Later, I moved with my family to Kibbutz Sede Nehemia in the north, next to Kiryat Shmona. Since the war broke out, most of the kibbutzim around us in the Hula Valley have been Continue Reading »

Alma Klemes (Amitei Bronfman ’16)

Posted on January 12, 2024

My name is Alma Klemes. I am 25 years old, and I am a student at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, studying visual communication. I was born in Moshav Mata and grew up in Jerusalem, where I still live now. The truth is that something happened that I never imagined would happen to me. Continue Reading »

Shachar Witzrabin (Amitei Bronfman ’18)

Posted on January 12, 2024

On October 6th, I flew alone, away from Israel, for the first time. I landed in Greece that evening, and the next morning I woke up to the beginning of the war. At first, I tried to disconnect from the news because I was scared to find out what happened, but slowly, I found out Continue Reading »

Naama Verter (Amitei Bronfman ’23)

Posted on January 5, 2024

From the start of the war on the seventh of October, my home, like many homes in Israel, went through a change. Both my parents were enlisted to reserve service in the army, and at home remained the small group of just my two young brothers and I, who were not enlisted. We are very Continue Reading »

Nurit Barkan-Bocarsly (Amitei Bronfman ’13)

Posted on January 5, 2024

Hello, my name is Nurit; I am 27 years old and I live in Jerusalem. I am a facilitator for Amitei Bronfman and a history teacher at a high school, which is partially a boarding school, in Jerusalem. I am also doing a master’s degree in sociology and anthropology. I was a Bronfman Fellow in Continue Reading »

Alon Jeager (Amitei Bronfman ’23)

Posted on December 29, 2023

Hi, my name is Alon Jeager, and I live in Jerusalem. When the war started, and we began to hear stories about what happened, I was really in shock, and it was difficult to come to terms with this new reality. I felt like it was not right to continue living normally, and it was Continue Reading »

Ayala Ait (Amitei Bronfman ’23)

Posted on December 29, 2023

For the last few weeks, there has been a sense of routine, at least in a technical sense, although everything is still uncertain. I arrange driving lessons, placement tests for the army, and even regular private lessons, and just hope that they will happen, because it is impossible to know what restrictions there will be Continue Reading »

Sagi Feldman (Amitei Bronfman ’23)

Posted on December 29, 2023

These days, I am doing my best to build a new routine for myself. It is new, because of the war that continues to rage in this land and all the changes the war brings, but it is still a routine, an attempt to get back to normal life and to do what I am Continue Reading »

Rona Gerzon (Amitei Bronfman ’19)

Posted on December 15, 2023

In the last month and a half, since October 7th, I have had feelings and experiences that are new to me. I never thought I would hear about such horrors. I never imagined that these kinds of events would be etched in my heart at such a young age. I could not have imagined I Continue Reading »

Or Dembitz (Amitei Bronfman ’22)

Posted on December 15, 2023

My name is Or Dembitz. I am 18 years old, from Jerusalem. This year, I am learning in the Beit Midrash for women, Migdal Oz. Some of the women who learn here just finished high school, some are learning following national service or the army, and some are married. I will be enlisted to the Continue Reading »