We had an amazing first day! We got to walk through Ramat Hanadiv park, explore the city of Zikhron Ya’akov, and checked out the Bahai Gardens overlook! We are now on our way to check into our accommodations at the Metaylim Hotel, where we’ll have a few fun ice breakers!

The CU Birthright trip has just arrived at our hotel in Tiberias! After a long flight, we met up with our tour guides and security guards and got situated with our SIM cards. We then went to a grocery store, where many participants bought goods and were very excited about the fresh produce being sold…

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…