After four days of wandering around NYC and studying the values of community, the environment, and social action, the students produced an amazing slideshow of their work.

1. NYC Photo Expedition
By the Campers of Tel Yehudah

2. Alex G. – ”WE RECYCLE”
“Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and
that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty
of nature. ”
-- Anne Frank
This picture represents that we all need to keep the world that
we live in beautiful and we all need to care for the world by

3. Noah R. – ”Everlasting Bridge”
“Whoever teachers his son teaches not only his son, but also his son’s son.” – Talmud
Kiddushim 30a
The “everlasting bridge” is a metaphor for the continuous passing on of knowledge thru
generations.

4. Ben V. – ”Happy Lock”
“In Your love, our God, You gave us holidays for happiness, festivals and occasions for joy.”
—Kiddush for festival evenings
Good advice for a happy life, and holidays and festivals are happy.

5. Jackie W. – ”Common Humanity”
“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals because they seem so absurd and
impossible to carry out. Yet I believe them because in spite of everything I still believe that
people are really good at heart.” - Anne Frank
I was walking around Battery Park and I saw a man feeding the pigeons when another man
sat down on the bench next to him. They didn’t know each other but they seem to have made
a connection. The man didn’t see a homeless man, but a friend; someone to talk to.

6. Mikaela I. – ”Will it be Me?”
"Our Trees”
There is mass confusion in the forest
Screaming something about missing trees
And I'm wondering Where did they go?
No lines on the highway no passing they say
No green to my left and no green to my right
And the man behind the axe
Always gets a full meal
Cause green never puts up much of a fight
And death comes quickly
So we pull up to our double car garage hideaways
And we start to say
Where did all the trees go?
They moved across the street to grow
Where did all the lights come from
They say you're big before you're small
If the trees had a mother and a father like mine
Would they stand up say praise the trees
The trees will be fine
And tell me is it so not cool to say
Who will save the trees
Will it be me
We all have our own perspective, the view life from
our own lens.
It is our choice to take the picture or be the picture.
We could stand by in times of desperation or take
action.

7. Celia H. – ”Remember”
As Jew, one of the things we do is remember. Remember
our history and our hardships, so we will never forget.
And so we can protect our future.
Remember the old, so we can protect the new.

8. Natalie M. – ”Untitled”
“Bring us in peace from the four corners of the earth and lead us with upright
pride to our Land.” —From shacharit (the morning service)
It may not always be clear who you are or where you come from but there will
always be a path back home.

9. Allison L. – ”Betty”
“The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out
why.” -- Mark Twain
Betty was a wonderful high-spirited woman who brightened by whole day. She had spent her
whole life in the city where we visited her, Brooklyn, NY. She was nice and carried on a
conversation with me about life, our shared faiths, and her recent radio appearance. The world
seen through her eyes was a beautiful collection of happiness, friends and family. She made my
whole experience in New York wonderful.

10. Tauby M. – ”Untitled”
“And G-d created man in His image, in the image of G-d He created him; male and female
He created them.
-- Genesis Breishit 1:27

11. Merav E. – “Paper Zoo”
“How wonderful it is that nobody needs to
wait a single moment before starting to
improve the world.” – Anne Frank
The paper zoo as it was called was a small
display of two dimensional animals in the
back of an alley seen from Highline Park. I
think the text is reflected in this photo
because someone embraced the fact that
you can improve the world easily even on a
small scale by just brightening an area. A
little bit of time was all it took. The paper
zoo spread a smile across my face, it was a
small step to improving the whole world.

12. Deana B. – “City Sunset”
”Sometimes,” said Pooh, “the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
-- Pooh Bear
This picture is just a picture of a sunset behind some buildings. It’s something small that
you see everyday. But knowing it’s buildings in New York City is the amazing part.

13. Justin G. – “∞”
It is possible no matter how it may seem because all of the science in the world cannot
compete with a dream.
Reality. What you get when dreams and imagination come together however YOU
envision them.

14. Noam K. – ”A New Light”
“May a new light shine on Zion and may we all be privileged soon to behold its splendor.”
-- Schararit
As the sun sets, so too does another page in our lives. The illumination caused by the golden
sphere brings us hope that tomorrow’s beauty is that of gleaming sun.

15. Daniel M. – “Shattered Flowers”
“Two people were once fighting over a piece of lad. Each claimed ownership, and each bolstered the claim with
apparent proof.
After arguing a long time, they agreed to resolve their conflict by putting the case before a rabbi. The rabbi sat as an
arbitrator and listened carefully, but despite years of legal training the rabbi could not reach a decision. Both parties
seemed to be right.
Finally, the rabbi said, “Since I cannot decide to whom this land belongs, let’s ask the land. “
The rabbi put an ear to the ground, and after a moment stood up. “My friends, the land says if belongs to neither of
you – but that you belong to it.”” - source unknown
In the background, you can see an abandoned building slowly going back into nature as no one cares for it. In the
foreground, you can see sunflowers that are already part of nature. If we belong to the land, eventually the two items
will become one.

16. Abby D. – ”The Amateur”
“It’s not how much or how little you have that make you great or small, but how much or how
little you are with what you have.”
-- Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsh
The violin may be small but it reveals a bigger part of him.

17. Abigail I. – “Bridge of Serenity”
The bridge looks as
though it is emerging
from the rocks with a
sole purpose of being
a peaceful and serene
place for people to
find themselves and
their connection to
nature.
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy, is to go outside, some
where they can be quiet along with the heavens, nature and G-d. Because only then does
one feel that all is as it should be and that G-d wishes to see people happy, and miss the
simple beauty of nature. As long as this exists, it certainly always will, I know that then
there will always be comfort for every sorrow. ” -- Anne Frank

18. Ashley T. – “Together”
“let not a thousand friends seem too many in your eyes”
–Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Jewish philosopher and poet, 11th Century
This picture represents community because even though thousands of people pass by the
locks, at least one person will stop and add their own lock which then adds them to a
community of people who pay attention to the little stuff.

19. Marissa H. – “Lei of Love”
“Do you feel the weight of the world singing sorrow or to you is it just not real ‘cuz you got
your own things? Yea we all have our things I guess.” – The Rocket Summer
This photo shows a flower lei in the shape of a heart at the World Trade Center. It has
people crowded people. It shows how the horrific events of 9/11 caused so many people
to put their other issues aside and join for the bettering and unification of society.

20. Anna W. – ”Painting Eden”
“Now God took the man and God placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to guard it.”
— Genesis Bereishit 2:15
This picture represents individuals coming together as a community to preserve nature through
art.

21. Rael R. – ”Waiting”
A lonely man sits on a pole
We ask ourselves: What is he waiting for?
A friend, a family member, the future?
Or maybe problems he’s encountering,
But who are we to be the accuser?
“When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not wrong him. The stranger who
resides with you shall be to you as one of your citizens; you shall love him as yourself, for you
were strangers in the land of Egypt: I the Lord am your God.”
Leviticus (Vayikra) 19:33-34

22. Jordan L. – “Nature’s Art”
“Because only then does one
feel that all is as it should be
and that G-d wishes to see
people happy, and miss the
simple beauty of nature.” --
Anne Frank
In Central Park, I watched as artists painted the nature that surrounded them. Each
artist portrayed the area differently, either the whole area itself or pinpointed a certain
part of the surrounding nature that spoke to them. I liked the scene because you are
literally looking at the nature and seeing its “clone” on canvas. There is no mystery to
the subject of the painting, but the meaning behind it. Was there a connection to the
particular part of nature or was the artist just mesmerized by its beauty?