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We Wish You Were Here
Some of our recent participants and the new friends they’ve made took some time to make a video postcard for everyone back home: Do you wish you could be there too? Here is a list of trips with immediate availability. If you can’t make it this summer, returning applicants can reapply for the winter session…
Read MoreFive Ways to Keep in Touch
Wow, more then half our our expected 5,000 participants of the summer season have already left on their Israel Outdoors trips and it is not yet July! For those of you who have already gone on trips, below are some suggestions from Group TL-27-537 alumna Tara Witt on how to keep in touch with all…
Read MoreAdvice From Israel Outdoors Alumni
In honor of our first trip (or first five trips actually) leaving tomorrow, we asked our awesome alumni participants to give some helpful advice about the trip. Check out the following suggestions for what to pack, what to expect, what to eat and a whole lot more! WHAT TO PACK Make sure to pack “street…
Read MoreTop 10 Tips for Registration Day
Registration Day can be a little stressful. Here are some tips to help you through the process! 1) Look for the orange button on our homepage that says “PRIMARY APPLICATION“. It will be live as of 10am EST on February 13th and link you to the official Primary Application on Taglit-Birthright Israel’s website. 2)…
Read MoreFive Things You Can’t Travel Without #2
I went on the Birthright Israel Outdoors trip in Jan-Feb of 2012 and I had the most incredible time. I am not sure where to even begin but here are some initial reactions that I wanted to share with other prospective participants. Let me begin with logistics. The five things I could not live without…
Read MoreFive Things You Can’t Travel Without #1
I went on Israel Outdoors this past January 2013. As you prepare for your journeys ahead, here are my suggestions of 5 things you can’t travel to Israel without: 1. Disposable facial wet wipes – a necessity for the LONG flight, and sometimes sweaty days/hikes2. Water bottle – That way you can refill it and…
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