Here at Israel Outdoors we are always interested in finding out more about our participants and learning about the interesting things that they do. David Silberstein was just on a free Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors this past December, and tells us about a non-profit organization that he and a few friends created [...]
Here at Israel Outdoors we are always interested in finding out more about our participants and learning about the interesting things that they do. Zack K. was just on a free Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors this past December, and shares with us his experiences as an adventure guide in Yellowstone/Grand Teton National [...]
We were first alerted about this poem, written by alumna Kayla Blau, by her trip staff. Kayla shared this poem inspired by her June, 2013 Israel Outdoors trip in her trip’s Facebook group and her staff immediately shared with us. Thank you Kayla for letting us publish this piece.. We arrived on metal birds, [...]
We recently caught up with Israel Outdoors alumna and business owner Rebecca Dengrove at the annual Israel Outdoors / Birthright Alumni association end of summer party. Rebecca was there promoting her Brewla bars and we couldn’t get enough of them! Israel Outdoors: When did you attend Israel Outdoors?Rebecca Dengrove: August 2007 IO: What was [...]
Congratulations are in order to Israel Outdoors alumna Jamie Lynn Sigler and her fiance, former minor league baseball player Cutter Dykstra (yup, Lenny’s son), on the birth of baby boy Beau. Jamie took part in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors in January of 2008 and we look forward to her son following [...]
All-star veteran staffer Ali Spechler has staffed a number of free Taglit-Birthright Israel trips with Israel Outdoors. When she is not leading groups of 40 people down the Snake Path at Masada she paints about her experiences. Below are some of her fantastic paintings that are based on participants on the trip she led this [...]
Singer/songwriter and Israel By Foot participant Bonnie Gleicher was so moved by her experience on her Israel Outdoors trip this past June that almost immediately after she returned she wrote the following song about her love of Israel. Bonnie is looking for other New York based musicians to help her record this song. If you [...]
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 [...]
On June 6th, several Israel Outdoors groups participated in Taglit-Birthright Israel’s first ever Sports Mega Event. Below is an account from Yaniv Havusha, staffer of Israel Outdoors group TL-28-447, the gold winners of the event. Anyone who has ever gone on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors will tell you what an amazing experience [...]
Congratulations to Israel Outdoors Staffer Joseph Shamash for the success of his video One Wish Jerusalem! This video, has been reviewed by Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz and has already been viewed over 130,000 times on Youtube. Joseph hits the streets of Jerusalem and asks Muslims, Jews, Christians, etc. if you could have one wish filled today [...]
