Rochester was so thrilled and fortunate to have Modi'in Partnership Co-chair Hilla Hadas (holding the banner at far right, next to Rochester Co-chair Beth Bruner) and Modi'in Mayor Moshe Spector at their celebration of Israel @ 60! Please view photos.  more

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Residents of the Rochester Jewish community are hoping that Chef Rubie Cordovi, of Modi’in, makes a return visit – and soon! During his six-day visit to Rochester, Rubie delighted audiences with his entertaining and informative demonstrations.  more

Listen to this beautiful poem put to music - a direct outcome of the partnership between Modi'in's Idanim School and Rochester's Temple Sinai religious school. Maya, a fifth grader at Idanim, wrote a beautiful poem after Susan Krasner, leader of Temple Sinai's Sasson choir and a member of the last educators' delegation to Modi'in, led a workshop for Maya's class. Susan then wrote music for the poem and her class sang and recorded the song at a professional sound studio! Just click here.

Read reflections and thank-yous from Rochester educators who traveled to Modi'in as part of the Education Bridge, March 2008. More

Read a day-to-day digest of the trip, including photos, by Jan Katz, director of Jewish Education Services of the Rochester Federation.