Posts by Sara Beth Levin Weller

A little halfway update from TL-BR-54-113. We’ve packed a lot into these past few days — exploring, learning, laughing, and getting to know one another much more as a group. It’s been really special watching everyone connect and seeing the group come together — we’re blessed with a really sweet crew. Attaching another batch of…

Hi from Eretz Israel — Quick update from TL-BR-54-113 — we’re having a great start to the trip and the group is settling in really well. Very sweet gang. Attaching a few of photos from our first days together! Happy to be here with all! Warmly, Edy (and Sindy!)

We’ve been having a great time in the North going hiking, riding jeeps, and exploring Tzfat! And we’re about to meet the Israelis joining our trip, which everyone is super excited about.

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!