Posts by Megan Michalow

The trip and group has been amazing. We had a busy first day up North in the Golan Heights at Gamla Reserve, then went to the hot springs with our new Israeli friends in Tiberias. We spent the next morning in Tzfat walking and playing music and drove to Jerusalem for Shabbat. In Jerusalem, we…

Day 6, are you ready for this?!?  Wow, what a way to bring in the new year! HAPPY NEW YEARS! We woke up and had breakfast together. We began our new year with a tour of the Jewish quarter of the old city. The history, the views, the sounds, the smells- what an experience! Then…

Happy New Year!! We finished up visiting the North after some fun ATVing and a special visit to Tzvat. The group really enjoyed the Political Seminar and this sparked many eye opening conversations between participants. We are currently in Jerusalem and everyone is feeling the power of the city! We had a great visit to…

Day 5, give me a high five! We made it half-way!!! Wow, what an adventure thus far. We got to relax a bit for Shabbat and sleep in. The first activity was at 11am and we got to explore and discuss Jewish identities and how that relates to our lived experiences. We also discussed anti…

Today we spent the day exploring the beautiful city of Tel Aviv. We grabbed lunch at the famous Shuk HaCarmel and visited the Anu Museum of the history of Jewish people. We then made our way to the Bedouin tents where we learned about Camels and the Bedouin culture. The next morning, we hiked Masada…

Dearest family and friends, Our journey in Israel is coming to a close. During our last update, we shared about our time in Ha’on. After the North, we went to Tzfat  to see the ancient city, later heading to Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv was a blast—we met our Israeli participants, visited the old city of Jaffa and…

Day 4, are you ready for more?!?  We had an early morning- breakfast being at 6am and leaving the hotel by 7:20am. We then had a moving and emotional day visiting Yad Vashem (The World Holocaust). Words can’t describe the moving 3hr tour we experienced. Shout out to our tour guide this morning! Following that,…

Day 3, yea you already know me! We had such a lovely and meaningful day together. We began with breakfast where many arrived early and enjoyed the full time catching up together. We went on a fascinating tour in Tzfat. We learned about the accent history and met locals. We Met with a Kabbalah artist…

Today our group spent the day exploring Jaffa and Tel Aviv. We started the day touring the beautiful city of Old Jaffa followed by a graffiti tour in Florentin. We had lunch at the Shuk in Jaffa and then made our way to Neve Tzedek and Nachalat Benyamin. We are excited for our second day…