ILSI 2017 Update #6 Dear Friends and Families, We are both excited and a bit sad as we head into our last Shabbat together. It’s hard to believe our trip is coming to an end. Wednesday was an emotional day for many. We spent the morning touring Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Museum. We left [...]
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ILSI 2017 Update #5 Dear Friends and Families, We can’t believe how quickly this trip has flown by! We have done so many fun activities since our last update to you. The week began on Sunday by crawling through and exploring the Bar Kochba Caves. Bar Kochba led the third major rebellion by the Jews [...]
ILSI 2017 Update #4 Dear Friends and Families, Shavuah tov from Israel! As our second full week of ILSI is coming to an end, we wanted to send an update about what your teens have been up to these past few days. We’ve been busy! Wednesday morning started off with a tour of the Kinneret [...]
ILSI 2017 Update #3 Dear Friends and Families! Our last few days have been a blast! We’re excited to share a bit about what we’ve been up to. On Monday we drove to Mt. Ben Tal to view the border between Israel and Syria where we learned about the complicated political situation in Syria and [...]
ILSI 2017 Update # 2 Dear Friends and Families! This past Shabbat we celebrated together in the mystical and holycity of Tzfat. We sang and danced with locals and experienced a Shabbat service that most of us have not experienced before. This new experience taught us to explore who is in our community and how [...]
ILSI 2017 Update # 1 Shalom from Jerusalem, After landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, we drove to our hotel, ate dinner, and started our journey together with our opening ceremony, where we introduced the staff and our purpose together. Our goal this summer is to help our teens grow, learn and develop [...]