Posts by Sara Beth Levin Weller

Dear families: We’ve landed in Israel and have already had a great almost 24 hours! We met our tour guide, Hagai, at Ben Gurion Airport and hit the ground running with a tour of Jaffa and some free time to explore this ancient city. After some time to rest and get settled in our hotel…

Arrival in Israel!

Most of us have just landed back home, while the rest of us are continuing to travel around Israel and around the world. All of us, however, cannot stop thinking about the incredible memories we have just created on our 10-day trip around Israel. Our last blog left us with our group traveling down to…

Wow! In the blink in of an eye and half the trip is behind us! On Thursday, we picked up our Israeli soldiers and our group was finally complete! They fit in perfectly and have become friends already! We explored Jerusalem, visited the Western Wall, and experienced both day life and nightlife at Machane Yehuda.…

We have officially ended our time in the north! Day One was a LONG day, where most of us were up for over 30 hours straight! We enjoyed a spiritual awakening in the holy city of Tzfat and had some of our first delicious Israeli food! After that we traveled to Tzippori and went ATVing! We…

It’s been an incredible and very busy few days for group TL-46-510! Right after landing in Israel, we drove straight to the North where we went rafting, hiking, and touring around the area. After an amazing Shabbat experience in Tiberias, we headed to Tzfat, one of the four holy cities in Israel, where we had…

Today was another amazing day! We woke up to Israeli breakfast and we were off to Tzfat. We spent the day learning about Tzfat and meeting some amazing people. We then were off to an ATV ride and had dinner on the Sea of Galilee. We finished our day with a program talking about our…

Day 2 Theme borders and neighbors…  We started today with a trip to the northern Golan where we went to an outlook on Har Ben Tal overlooking the Syrian border.  While there our tour guide, Hannan, taught us more about the history of Israel, its establishment, and its relationship with bordering countries. We also learned about…

Hi, We are having an amazing time in our first 24 hours in Israel. Here are some updates. Last night we checked into the north and had an orientation and our first Israeli dinner. We hiked, rafted, and went to a winery before dinner, and then had some more educational learning. Here are some pictures!…

Bus 551 has officially touched down in Israel! After a brief layover in Toronto, we arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv for our first day of Birthright with Israel Outdoors.  After boarding the bus, we stopped for a brief lunch before heading to Caesaria. Originally built by King Herod, Caesaria is a city…