Posts by Batya
Love at First Israel Trip
Congrats to former Israel Outdoors participant Natalie and her fiance Elad who she met when he was an Israeli student on a trip on their engagement! Thanks for sharing your story. Elad and I met around August 20th, 2012. It was a few days into my Taglit trip. Funnily enough, both of us had experiences…
Read MoreMedical Students and Medical Practitioners Trip
Every summer, Israel Outdoors partners with American Healthcare Professionals & Friends for Medicine in Israel (APF) to run a free Birthright trip to Israel for Medical students and practitioners. Below is an excerpt that trip leader Dr. Jeffrey Devries wrote for the Detroit Jewish New. See More Our Birthright adventure included many of the typical…
Read MoreNot Without My Selfie Stick!
Thanks to Mitchell Z. for sharing this video he put together from his free Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors this past summer!
Read MoreTen Days of Registration- Day 10
In honor of Birthright registration for the Winter/Spring 2015-16 season (sign up now!) we are posting daily blog posts from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas trip with Israel Outdoors this past June. Thanks for sharing! And now Day 10… Waking up this morning in Tiberius I knew it was going to be an extremely…
Read MoreTen Days of Registration – Day 9
In honor of Birthright registration for the Winter/Spring 2015-16 season (sign up now!) we are posting daily blog posts from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas trip with Israel Outdoors this past June. Thanks for sharing! And now Day 9… So I began my day at a lovely 3 am in the morning in at…
Read MoreTen Days of Registration – Day 8
In honor of Birthright registration for the Winter/Spring 2015-16 season (sign up now!) we are posting daily blog posts from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas trip with Israel Outdoors this past June. Thanks for sharing! And now Day 8… My personal experience at Vad Hashem Holocaust Memorial: My grandfather Israel, in blessed memory, was…
Read MoreTen Days of Registration – Day 7
In honor of Birthright registration for the Winter/Spring 2015-16 season (sign up now!) we are posting daily blog posts from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas trip with Israel Outdoors this past June. Thanks for sharing! And now Day 7… Cobblestones Walking through the old city of Jerusalem, I became fixated on the cobblestones. We…
Read MoreTen Days of Registration – Day 6
In honor of Birthright registration for the Winter/Spring 2015-16 season (sign up now!) we are posting daily blog posts from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas trip with Israel Outdoors this past June. Thanks for sharing! And now Day 6… The air is heavy in Israel. No, I am not talking about just the humidity…
Read MoreTen Days of Registration – Day 5
In honor of Birthright registration for the Winter/Spring 2015-16 season (sign up now!) we are posting daily blog posts from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas trip with Israel Outdoors this past June. Thanks for sharing! And now Day 5… Looking out over the entire city of Jerusalem, our group learned of the historical background…
Read MoreTen Days of Registration – Day 4
In honor of Birthright registration for the Winter/Spring 2015-16 season (sign up now!) we are posting daily blog posts from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas trip with Israel Outdoors this past June. Thanks for sharing! And now Day 4… There is nothing like the smell of camel as the sun rises. Starting bright and…
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