Updates from Israel

The trip is going amazing, we have gone from strangers to friends, to family in a matter of days.  My favorite moment from Friday night was when we sang songs together and all sang Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. We also had bar and bat mitzvahs for some of the family, some of them received Jewish…

Good afternoon! Our group landed at 4 am yesterday and everything is going well. Everyone was tired but had a great time at Caesaria and the small hike we did at Mt Carmel. The participants had a bit of off time before dinner when we got to the hotel after Zichron Yaakov and thankfully caught…

We landed smoothly and met with Benzi, our tour guide. Things are going well, and the participants are opening up more and more to each other. We’re looking forward to an amazing next few days.

We landed this past Tuesday and hit the ground running. We drove up North where we explored some nature trails. The scenery here is beautiful! Yesterday we started our morning at a Druze village by hearing from a religious leader. Following this, we went to Tzfat and explored the magical city on foot. The day…

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem!  So much has happened since our last update. We explored all parts of Tel Aviv with a food tour, an architecture tour, a graffiti art tour, and an LGBTQ+ tour of this modern city. We got to relax on the beach of the Mediterranean, and we spent an evening out on…

Hello, We arrived in Tel Aviv yesterday at 11am and everything has gone extremely well since arrival.  When we arrived we quickly found our staff/security/driver and then did a quick tour of Tel Aviv and then made our way to Jaffa where we did a tour before heading to the hotel. After checking in we…

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…