Updates from Israel

Hello from Israel and Happy First Day of Birthright! Today was Day One, and we had a wonderful, full day getting to know each other. We explored Caesarea, visited Zikhron Ya’akov, enjoyed our first Israeli meal, strolled through the Rothschild Gardens, and are now settling in at Kibbutz Ayelet HaShachar. We can’t wait for an…

Our first stop was Gamla Nature Reserve. We learned about the history of Gamla, and saw magnificent eagles and huge vultures soaring above, as well as the snowcapped Mount Hermon. We stopped over at Poria at the lookout point for the Shechiyanu ceremony overlooking the Kinneret on our way to the Golan Heights.  We are…

We landed in the holy land early Monday morning in high spirits. After a seamless customs process, we met our Israel-based Taglit coordinator and Tour Guide, Gadi, who gave us all the ground rules and an amazing packed breakfast and bottled water to start our first day. After a quick breakfast outside the airport, we…

Group TL-51-156 have all landed safely, and we are doing great. The participants, as well as staff, are now headed to Tel Aviv.

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…