Welcome to the Diller Junior Staff 2013 Blog

Welcome to the first ever Diller Junior Staff blog! Diller Junior Staff are all alumni of the programs who chose to continue their Diller journey in their senior year of high school. North American and Israeli junior staff work with their respective cities throughout the years, acting as mentors for the fellows and partners with the coordinates.
Israeli Tsama are also alumni of the program who focus on planning all the major seminars in Israel, including the two days when all the Israeli fellows meet for programming, and the seminar in the summer when all the fellows come together and form our international community.

The layout of the summer is as follows: 

• One week of staff training and preparation for Junior Staff
• A few travel days for each North American cohort on their own
• A week where each North American cohort is hosted in their partner city in Israel
• Two days where all the North American fellows come together to discuss what North American Jewry means 
• Five days where all the North Americans and Israelis come together to discuss the concept of peoplehood
• A few concluding days of travel with the partnerships. 

Throughout the trip, many of the cohorts put an emphasis on blogging and writing in journals both in order to share their experiences, but also as a tool to reflect. This blog provides the Diller Junior Staff the opportunity to reflect upon their experience and growth throughout their four weeks with Diller this summer. Over the next three weeks, various North American Junior Counselors and Israeli Junior Staff will be sharing their experiences with the international community right here on this page. Stay tuned for more blog posts, as we will update this as frequently as possible!