Masa Israel Journey Blog

I found my heart in Israel: Healey Heissler

Published : December 21, 2010

What Masa Israel program did you meet on?

I was completing my masters at IDC Herzliya and just starting Career Israel when we met. Since IDC had a summer semester, there was a month when the programs overlapped and I was on both programs.

How long have you been together?

We have been together a year and 3 months and we currently live together in Tel Aviv.

How did you meet?

We had a friend in common. He was friends with a girl on Career Israel and I met her while on the program. Before the program started we became friends and started dating soon after.

What was your most memorable Israel moment/experience...

I found my heart in Israel: A Career Israel love story

Published : December 20, 2010

California-native Jessica Hertz remembers listening to the Career Israel participants’ introductions. “There was someone from Boston, someone from Los Angeles, and then there was this guy, Henrik from Denmark,” says Jessica. “I don’t even remember when we started dating, just that he kept sitting next to me on the bus and that we couldn’t stop talking to one another.”

After finishing her term as a program director at Hillel and applying to law school, Jessica enrolled in Career Israel to spend some time with her brother’s family and gain international work experience at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

“Finding a boyfriend was the last thing on my mind,” says Jessica. “I went to camp and was involved in Bnai Brith Youth Organization but I never met...