Updates from Israel

Final Update: Wow, what a fantastic journey together! Here’s what we have been up to. We woke up early to hike Masada to watch the sunrise. We learned the history, celebrated bar/bat mitzvahs, and enjoyed time to mediate and reflect upon our time together. We learned about the Ancient mountain-top fortress. After this, we had…

Oh boy, what a Shabbat!! Here’s what we have been up to… So, we got to relax on Saturday (aka, Shabbat). There were some optional rosters at the hotel synagogue, as well as time to relax and chat with each other. We enjoyed a nice neighborhood walking tour and got to explore the incredibly detailed…

72hrs- feels like 2 weeks! Let’s recap 🙂 Our group met at LAX, and began the journey with the El Al flight. During the flight, members got to sleep, catch up on tv/movies/books/pod casts, chat in the middle and back of the plane, and enjoy chatting with Israelis who weren’t on our trip. We arrived…

TEL AVIV YA HABIBI TEL AVIV! Today we explored Yafo and Tel Aviv. The day started with a tour of the old port city of Yafo (Jaffa) with a wrap up session as we prepared to say goodbye to our Israeli participants. We then headed to the beach and Shuk HaCarmel for swimming, tanning, and…

We cannot believe we’re more than halfway through. We had an early wake up call to be able to hike all the way up Masada before the sun even rose. Once on top we watched the sun rise from the roof of the bath house. We learned about what happened on Masada through some incredible…

Our day started with an early wake up so we could volunteer at Kibbutz Nir Am prepping for their children to start back to school. The kibbutz had to evacuate on Oct 7th and after 10 months away are working to rebuild stronger. After an incredible experience in Nir Am we went to the near…

Our Israeli group members joined us bright and early. They jumped right in and we couldn’t be more excited to have them. Today was a day filled with immersion into Jerusalem life. We started our day with walking through the old city learning the history of Jerusalem as we made our way to the Kotel…

Our morning started a little differently as we had to change itinerary a bit due to rocket threats in the North. On the way to Jerusalem we had some serious but funny Q&A sessions. We all took it in stride as it allowed for a quick hike, a trip to the tayelet, and a special…

Wow, what an amazing few days group 464 has had. After a long flight from Los Angeles we landed in Ben Gurion and met our tour guide Hannan. We then drove up north and did a pit stop at Caesarea for a welcome ceremony before heading to our hotel in Tiberias for dinner and some…

Our shabbat was restful and reflective. We had a chill morning with an optional torah study and an optional beach trip. Everyone joined back together for shabbos lunch followed by naps, games, and some even took a walk to a nearby park. Before dinner we reflected on our individual and group Jewish values.  We then…