Posts by Sara Beth Levin Weller

Our First Few Days in Israel After months of anticipation, we finally landed in Israel on Thursday and hit the ground running. Following our first Israeli sandwiches, a very necessary first taste of Aroma, and a warm introduction to our tour educator, Boaz, we made our way north to Tiberias for our first stop of…

Day 1 went super smoothly, everyone met up at JFK and immediately clicked. Once we landed, we met up with Gadi and Nitzan before heading to our hotel in Tiberias. Got connected to the bus Bluetooth on the way and played the shared Spotify playlist we’ve created. Had an icebreaker activity after dinner as well as an…

Everyone is having an amazing time. We’ve come such a long way with bonding and it has only gotten better with the Israelis here.  As we move onto venturing in the south, our group’s experience in Jerusalem has definitely given an uplift in their Jewish identity. Many connected at the Western Wall, the group had…

We had a great first day visiting the aqueduct, Zichron Yaakov, Rothschild garden/Ramat HaNadiv, and settling into Tiberias!  Everyone has been getting along well! We had a great bonding time when using the David cards to connect to our Jewish identity.  More to come!  Best, Celine and Orie 

Hello, On May 29, We celebrated Shabbat led by participants from various schools coming together to bring unique ways of celebrating together in a joyous moment.  On May 30, we walked to the Israel Musuem where the participants were in awe of the Dead Sea Scrolls, loved seeing the giant statue of Ahava, and seeing…

The trip is going very well with the amazing staff, (Moran) TE, and (Daniel) medic/guard. On May 26th, we had a blast during our ATV and water river hike, followed by boating experience at Shikmim Beach.  On May 27th, we held a great welcome activity to introduce the Israeli participants to the group; everyone is…

The group has landed in Israel, and the trip has gotten off to a great start!

We landed and are enjoying ourselves. The group is already getting along and making friends with participants they didn’t know before. We hiked at Tel Jezreel and ate lunch at Afula where some participants tried Israeli shawarma for the first time and LOVED IT. We also had a great time hanging out in the hotel…

Bus 847 has had such a packed first 2 days in Israel! We arrived bright and early Tuesday morning, met our incredible tour guide, Bar, and headed up north! We started off in Caesarea and said the “shehecheyanu” blessing overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. From there, we strapped on our hiking shoes and ventured into Little…

Final Update: Wow, what a fantastic journey together! Here’s what we have been up to. We woke up early to hike Masada to watch the sunrise. We learned the history, celebrated bar/bat mitzvahs, and enjoyed time to mediate and reflect upon our time together. We learned about the Ancient mountain-top fortress. After this, we had…