Updates from Israel

Hi, We’ve had a busy and wet week traveling the country together. Today is our last day as a group and we can’t believe the trip almost over. We toured Tzfat (in the pouring rain), explored Tel Aviv through food, and visited ILAN center for the disabled- an agency UJA supports in Israel. At the [...]

Hey all, Excuse the delay, we arrived and quickly observed Shabbat. We all landed safely and made our way to the hotel for Hanukkah candle lighting. The group started bonding very quickly, we are all enjoying each other’s company and behaving as if we have all be close for a long time. Our first trip [...]

Bus 141 started the day with ODT (outdoor training,) but due to weather we moved things inside! After some team bonding, the group headed north to Mt. Bental and ended with a winery tour at Ramat Hagolan. We will be spending tomorrow in Tzfat complete with a challah baking class before settling in at our [...]

Hi from the staff of Bus 140! Our group is filled with fun, curious, sweet, and friendly people! We’ve spent the first two nights sleeping in Tiberias. During our first day in israel we made a blessing of shehechiyanu and appreciated the exciting and new opportunities we will have on birthright. Then we enjoyed beautiful [...]

Shalom! Bus 141 arrived at 5pm last night and we are enjoying a full day of activities after some much needed sleep. The group started the day with a hike around Hurvat Burgim where we also got the chance to crawl through tunnels and learn about the historic sites in the area. We kicked the [...]

After a lay over in Germany, bus 13 landed at Ben Gurion yesterday afternoon where they were greeted by their Israeli soldiers! They then got on the bus and drove up to the North, ate dinner in their hotel, and then went to sleep. Today they started their day hiking up the Northern Galilee in [...]

Hello Friends & Family; It has been an unbelievable few days. And we are exhausted! We experienced the old city of Jerusalem. Where we walked around, and every participant got an opportunity to go up to the Western Wall and reflect about whatever it is they wanted to reflect about. We celebrated Shabbat in Jerusalem. [...]

Hello, Day one was a great success. All 42 participants made it to Israel safe and sound. We are currently on our way to the kibbutz to spend the evening in the Golan Heights before we go to the winery and hiking tomorrow. We had a great first day – lunch in Jaffa and exploring [...]

Hello! We had a great first day of travel and arriving to our hotel in Tiberias! We arrived at the hotel and had an hour to shower and change before dinner. After dinner we had program introductions, as well as a few ice breaker activities! We were in bed by 9pm for a night of [...]