Updates from Israel

May 18th, Birthright Day 1 & 2: History, Views, and Reconnection We arrived in Israel Monday evening and started our adventure early Tuesday morning with our Israeli breakfast at the hotel. There were so many options – delicious cheeses, fruits, vegetables, cereals, bourekas – and even desserts!  After some time learning about our upcoming days,…

Bus 107 goes hiking at the Tel Dan Nature Reserve and rafting on the Jordan River!

Bus 107 goes to Tzfat!

We landed! We spent most of the day getting through security, meeting our tour guide, and then heading to our hotel! At our hotel, we got to spend some time outside and then ate our first proper Israeli meal! We ended the day learning about connection and tied some red bracelets! We had an early…

Thanks for an amazing trip! And to our tour guide Asaf Shaked for taking these pictures. 1. At Pearson International Airport in Toronto 2. In Haifa 3. Upgraded lunch in Zichron Yaakov 4. Herzl grave 5. Masada sunrise 6. Picture of the girls in Netanya during sunset 7. Some of us outside the Knesset 8.…

Yesterday we landed and had a lovely afternoon at Kibbutz Manara while we awaited the results of our COVID tests. A lot of participants enjoyed their time by the pool while others rested after getting little sleep on the plane ride. Today we had a delicious breakfast at our kibbutz. After breakfast we hiked Mount…

Some pics from Days 4 & 5 Touring the Old City of Jerusalem Western Wall Praying at the Western Wall Shopping at Machane Yehuda A group shot at the Cardo Shopping at Machane Yehudah – everyone was so surprised how different it was during the day compared to the food/pub scene last night. Writing notes…

Over the past couple of days, group 578 has been in Jerusalem! We spent our morning on Friday in the Old City. We had a short activity learning about the history of the grounds, which we followed by visiting the Kotel. Afterwards, we met 6 new Israelis who joined our group for the next few…

We are currently on the bus from Ben Gurion Airport to our hotel in Haifa.  Everyone got through security smoothly in Toronto and boarded without issue.  Those of us who were lucky enough managed to catch a couple hours of shut eye on the plane.  While there were no crying babies, I’m sure several of…

We landed in Israel! After a long day of travel, we are so excited to be here and can’t wait for our trip to continue!