Posts by Brian IO

Thanks for an amazing trip! And to our tour guide Asaf Shaked for taking these pictures. 1. At Pearson International Airport in Toronto 2. In Haifa 3. Upgraded lunch in Zichron Yaakov 4. Herzl grave 5. Masada sunrise 6. Picture of the girls in Netanya during sunset 7. Some of us outside the Knesset 8.…

Yesterday we landed and had a lovely afternoon at Kibbutz Manara while we awaited the results of our COVID tests. A lot of participants enjoyed their time by the pool while others rested after getting little sleep on the plane ride. Today we had a delicious breakfast at our kibbutz. After breakfast we hiked Mount…

Over the past couple of days, group 578 has been in Jerusalem! We spent our morning on Friday in the Old City. We had a short activity learning about the history of the grounds, which we followed by visiting the Kotel. Afterwards, we met 6 new Israelis who joined our group for the next few…

We are currently on the bus from Ben Gurion Airport to our hotel in Haifa.  Everyone got through security smoothly in Toronto and boarded without issue.  Those of us who were lucky enough managed to catch a couple hours of shut eye on the plane.  While there were no crying babies, I’m sure several of…

We landed in Israel! After a long day of travel, we are so excited to be here and can’t wait for our trip to continue!

Day 1 and Day 2 Update On Sunday morning, thirty people interested in exploring their Jewishness and the State of Israel made their way to the airports in Los Angeles and Toronto to begin their Birthright trip. After months of anticipation and the incredible work of teams around the world, we were about to begin…

Our group met up at the airport yesterday and was so excited to get to know each other. Little did we know we’d get more time together before the plane than we bargained for when our flight was delayed nearly 3 hours! After 7 hours in the airport we finally set off and had a…