Visual Media
Snapshots of Israel
Photographer Keith Weiner attended a free Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors this past November. Below you can see some of the fantastic shots that he took while in Israel. Check out more awesome photos by Keith at http://500px.com/gotkeith. Thanks for sharing Keith!
Read MoreRegistration Closing – Photo Contest
As registration for the Winter/Spring 2013-14 season of Israel Outdoors nears its end, we want to mark this occasion with a brand new photo caption contest. THE RULES Submit your photo caption by leaving a comment on the blog, via our Facebook page, Instagram or Twitter, or by e-mailing [email protected]. Make sure to include your…
Read MoreIsrael Outdoors, as Told by Israelis
Every Israel Outdoors trip is joined by five to eight Israelis who travel with the group for 5 days. This program is known as the mifgash program and is by far, hands down, without question, the best part of the trip. Veteran staffer Aaron Herman interviewed the Israelis who joined his group and asked them…
Read MoreWho are the People in Your Neighborhood?
Registration for the Winter/Spring 2013-14 season of free Taglit-Birthright Israel trips is now open at israeloutdoors.com. Want to see if people are coming from your state? Check out the map below. You can click on the image to explore the numbers in greater detail. We are pleased to have applicants from all 50 states with…
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Mazal Tov Jamie Lynn Sigler!
Congratulations are in order to Israel Outdoors alumna Jamie Lynn Sigler and her fiance, former minor league baseball player Cutter Dykstra (yup, Lenny’s son), on the birth of baby boy Beau. Jamie took part in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors in January of 2008 and we look forward to her son following…
Read MoreWhere in the US is Israel Outdoors
Want to know where our applicants are coming from? Check out this map of participants who traveled with Israel Outdoors on their free Taglit-Birthright Israel trips in the summer of 2013. You can click on the image to see the numbers in greater detail. Our highest represented state was California with over…
Read MorePortrait of an Israel Outdoors Group
All-star veteran staffer Ali Spechler has staffed a number of free Taglit-Birthright Israel trips with Israel Outdoors. When she is not leading groups of 40 people down the Snake Path at Masada she paints about her experiences. Below are some of her fantastic paintings that are based on participants on the trip she led this…
Read MoreWe Wish You Were Here
Some of our recent participants and the new friends they’ve made took some time to make a video postcard for everyone back home: Do you wish you could be there too? Here is a list of trips with immediate availability. If you can’t make it this summer, returning applicants can reapply for the winter session…
Read MoreIts All in the Cloud Part II
As part of the Taglit-Birthright Israel application, all applicants must submit a short essay explaining why they want to go to Israel. We took the responses from all Israel Outdoors Summer 2013 applicants (over 9000!) and created the following wordle (word cloud). Check out the expressions and themes that come up the most when participants…
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