Trip Elements
Turning 10 Days of Travel into Lifelong Friendships
Check out Detroit’s amazing post trip mifgash program in this article written by Israel Outdoors staffer Becky Hurvitz. It sure does pay to be from Detroit. Good food, good music. Drive an hour and a half up north and instant vacation. But these perks pale in comparison to the benefits of being a young Jewish…
Read MoreDr. Birthright
Check out the following particle in JNS.org about Israel Outdoors very own free Birthright Israel trip for medical students. Inviting tomorrow’s doctors to fall in love with Israel today. That’s the whole idea behind the American Physicians Fellowship for Medicine (APF), a specialized track within the Taglit-Birthright Israel program offering free trips to Israel for…
Read MoreMedical Update from Israel #Bus143
Check out the following update from the Medical Students and Practitioners Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors! It’s us again! We have been extremely busy since the last time we wrote. On Wednesday, we went to the Israeli Defense Force’s Medical Corps Facility. We participated in a demonstration of how IDF medics are trained to respond…
Read MoreOwning Her Jewish Identity: A Birthright Israel LA Way Story
Sasha K. participated in a free Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors and the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles this past February. Recently www.JewishLA.org published a post about how meaningful her trip was. Thanks for sharing! Born in Russia, Sasha Karlova didn’t know she was Jewish until she moved to the U.S. with her…
Read MoreIsrael Outdoors International Style
For those of you who don’t know, twice a year Israel Outdoors runs a special Birthright Israel trip where half the bus is comprised of American participants and half the bus is comprised of Argentinian participants. This is one of our amazing specialty trips. Check out the following video made by a participant of the…
Read MoreHighlight on Bedouin Camping Experience
Want to know more about the sites you’ll visit? From time to time we like to highlight some of the fantastic sites you will see. See the following quotes from our Israel Outdoors participants. I really loved the Bedoiun tent experience. I really enjoyed spending the night together as a big group under the…
Read MoreReverse Mifgash
By far one of the most meaningful and popular elements of the Birthright program with Israel Outdoors is the Mifgash (encounter). Participants get a chance to experience Israel with real Israelis. There is truly no better way to experience Israel than with Israeli friends at your side. Following a visit to the city of Netanya…
Read MoreLove at First Israel Trip
Congrats to former Israel Outdoors participant Natalie and her fiance Elad who she met when he was an Israeli student on a trip on their engagement! Thanks for sharing your story. Elad and I met around August 20th, 2012. It was a few days into my Taglit trip. Funnily enough, both of us had experiences…
Read MoreMedical Students and Medical Practitioners Trip
Every summer, Israel Outdoors partners with American Healthcare Professionals & Friends for Medicine in Israel (APF) to run a free Birthright trip to Israel for Medical students and practitioners. Below is an excerpt that trip leader Dr. Jeffrey Devries wrote for the Detroit Jewish New. See More Our Birthright adventure included many of the typical…
Read MoreTen Days of Registration – Day 8
In honor of Birthright registration for the Winter/Spring 2015-16 season (sign up now!) we are posting daily blog posts from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas trip with Israel Outdoors this past June. Thanks for sharing! And now Day 8… My personal experience at Vad Hashem Holocaust Memorial: My grandfather Israel, in blessed memory, was…
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