This summer marks Josh Wohlberg’s second time on NCSY Kollel. Josh is originally from Stamford, CT, and went to SAR for high school. He then went to Yeshivat Reishit in Beit Shemesh for 2 years, followed by the YU Post Pesach Program. Josh will be beginning his sophomore year in YU after the summer.
Hashem has blessed Josh with the zechus of being a madrich with a chabura with guys from all over the United States. Josh’s 7-man roster is comprised of Eli Raphael from Dallas who goes to Highland Park High School, as well as Chi-town with Kenny Shapiro and Zach Miller who both go to Ida Crown Jewish Academy. We then make our way to Brooklyn, featuring Abraham Tawil and Solomon Terzi from Yeshivah Of Flatbush and Joshua Kassin from Magen David Yeshivah, before moving in town to Alexander (Binyamin) Wenger, who is from Bergenfield and goes to TABC.
The Bura starts off with hocking on sports, whatever went on the day before, or which school is better: Flatbush or Magen David; the Nets vs Knicks rivalry is also strong between the Brooklyn boys. We always end up debating about a different topic every day. A few examples include; what would be a better use of your time, 2 hours learning art scroll or 2 hours learning two lines of Gemara, another amazing debate we had was “what is the purpose of a kippa and why should we be proud to wear it in public”.
Over the course of the summer, Josh’s chabura has come up with strategies and answers regarding day-to-day things within Judaism.
Josh’s chabura has grown a ton and can’t wait to meet each other around the country to continue growing.
