by Alan Friedman Last Monday I returned from a week in Israel.  It had been close to seven years since I was last there.  Any chance I get to go to Israel it is always a great experience and this trip was no different.  This time I didn’t go on a tour or get to sightsee and travel the country, but instead I spent the week at a hotel/conference center in Shefayim about 30 minutes north of Tel Aviv.  The Jewish Agency for Israel who sponsors our summer shlichim (Israeli counselors) hosted us for a week of staff training.  In [...]