1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminFor Jewish Teens, Building Houses in Nicaragua Offers Sense of Purpose - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="S31SUVO5DB"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/for-jewish-teens-building-houses-in-nicaragua-offers-sense-of-purpose">For Jewish Teens, Building Houses in Nicaragua Offers Sense of Purpose</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/for-jewish-teens-building-houses-in-nicaragua-offers-sense-of-purpose/embed#?secret=S31SUVO5DB" width="600" height="338" title="“For Jewish Teens, Building Houses in Nicaragua Offers Sense of Purpose” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="S31SUVO5DB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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? Aching from lugging cinder blocks and not having seen a flush toilet in days, the Jewish teenagers from posh New York City suburbs could have been forgiven for complaining about building simple houses in this rural Nicaraguan outpost. But the only complaints they offered were about their own upper-middle-class lifestyles back home and the […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315