One of the main staples of USY on Wheels is, of course, the bus! Every summer, we pride ourselves on being able to transform a Coach USA charter bus into a place of worship, a food pantry, a storage unit, a programming space, and a home for our participants. Today, we spent nearly 8 hours Continue Reading »
Happy Fourth of July from Bus C! We started our morning with a meditation Shacharit and lunch making before a long bus drive from Chicago to Minneapolis. We decked the bus in red, white, and blue, and our teens sang their hearts out at our bus party. We visited our first Love’s truck stop before Continue Reading »
HAPPY BELATED JULY 4TH!! Monday started off with morning prayers and breakfast. We then headed to the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. At this museum we learned about the history of wearing shoes and saw different exhibits about different types of shoes. We went on an initial tour and then the teens had some time Continue Reading »
We enjoyed a lovely first Shabbat together as a bus. We started the morning with a late wake-up and breakfast in bed provided by the staff. We began morning services with Shacharit and took a break before services to break into Sicha — discussion — groups with Abi, Miranda, Jack, and Eytan, during which the Continue Reading »
Wheels East (or as we have been calling ourselves, Wheast), had a lovely first Shabbat together in Syracuse, NY. During Shabbat, we had great food, spent time to relax, prayed, and celebrated two birthdays. Happy belated to Sarah and Charley!! On Sunday, we went to the Jell-O museum. We learned about the history of Jell-O. Continue Reading »
Have you ever seen a waterfall while driving on the highway? Well…if not…your child just did! This trip is a tour of a Pacific Northwest, which is characterized by its mountainous landscapes, breathtaking scenery, and naturalistic miracles. This week, we will begin to see the PNW as it truly is: outrageously cool. Thus far, we have Continue Reading »
Bus C wishes you a happy Sunday from the Windy City! We started our morning at Sip of Hope, a coffee shop focused on de-stigmatizing mental health. Next, we headed over to Millenium Park to visit the famous Bean. Over at Navy Pier, we rode the Ferris Wheel, ate delicious donuts from Bus C Staff Continue Reading »
Both a Shabbat Shalom and a Shavua Tov are in order! Friday morning, Bus C went Shabbat shopping at Walmart for the first time. We traveled through Indiana and into Illinois where we experienced our first time zone change. In Chicago, our teens braided challah and prepared for Shabbat. We celebrated with Kabbalat Shabbat, dinner, Continue Reading »
Our first Shabbat as a kehillah (community) was one for the story books! After a few long days, it was amazing to finally take our feet off the gas in order to unplug, unwind, and connect. We left Seattle early Friday morning to cross the border into Canada and of course, it just so happened to be Continue Reading »
Today was a meaningful and reflective day. We davened Mincha at the University of Virginia at the location of the unite the right rally in August of 2017. Micah did a talk about rising anti-semitism in America and the significance of being able to pray there as Jews after such a horrific event. After that Continue Reading »
