Dear Parents and Loved Ones, Hello for the last time from Israel! Today’s update comes from one of our participants… enjoy! We’ve done so much these past three days! On Friday, we started off visiting the artist village of Ein Hod in Haifa, where we met a talented percussionist who played a variety of instruments [...]
Summer 2017
Dear Parents and Loved Ones, Today’s reflections and updates come from our participants on our different trip options. Enjoy! Sea to Sea Hike Our Sea to Sea hike started on Monday morning, on our way to the starting point we stopped at a mall to eat lunch before we got to our starting point, close [...]
Dear Parents and Loved Ones, On Friday, we went to the Theodore Herzl Museum, a heritage museum in Jerusalem which focuses on the activities and visions of Theodore Herzl. We also walked through the Mt. Herzl National Cemetery, remembering loved ones lost who fought for Israel. Next, we traveled to the Mahane Yehuda open air [...]
Dear Parents and Loved Ones, What a busy few days we’ve had! On Tuesday night, we arrived at the Bedouin tents, where we rode camels through the desert, learned about Bedouin life from our host, and ate a traditional Bedouin meal. We woke up at a shocking 3:45 a.m. on Wednesday to hike up Masada. [...]
Shalom! The last couple of days have been jam packed with exciting, strenuous and relaxing activities. Monday was probably one of the longest days that we’ve had so far! We woke up early so we could and climb the famous Israeli dunes and then jump, roll, or fall down them. I think that we took [...]
Hi everyone! The past few days have been filled with adventure and once in a lifetime experiences! On Friday, we were brought to a museum at the Tel Aviv University. It had tons of valuable information about many historic events, artwork, and even an interactive area we could enjoy. Soon after we left TAU, we [...]
Dear Parents, These past two days in Israel have been action and fun packed! This past Wednesday, we traveled to the mystical city of Tzaft and met with artist Avraham Lowenthal. A bunch of us purchased small versions of his beautiful art! After meeting with Avraham, we were given time to walk around Tzaft and [...]
Hello, friends and family! Today’s updates come from Steven H. and Ryan Silverman! By Steven H We are having lots of fun in Israel. On Sunday, we left our accommodations in Akko, and went north to Rosh Hanikra. At Rosh Hanikra, we saw the Mediterranean Sea break down the mountains made of soft chalk rock. [...]
Dear Parents, Each day is filled with many opportunities to learn about the Promised Land and to learn about our history as the Jewish people. On Friday we experienced this through physical means by going to an archaeological site, where we learned about the Hanukkah story – digging up 2000 year old artifacts from that [...]
Hi all! It has been a fun filled 2 days since the start of our trip! We landed yesterday evening, although exhausted from the flights, we were excited to head to Jerusalem! Today was our first full day in Israel! We went to an overlook of the old city and said the Shecheyanu as a [...]