Ten Days of Registration – Day One

In honor of Birthright registration for the Winter/Spring 2015-16 season (sign up now!) we are posting daily blog posts from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas trip with Israel Outdoors this past June. Thanks for sharing! And now Day 1…. After 17 hours of travel the participants of the Nevada Community Birthright Delegation (TL-32-250) have…

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Take a Walk on the Israel Side

Recently Molly G. returned from her free Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors and shared the following video that she compiled with footage from her trip. Thanks for sharing Molly. Looks like you guys had a great time!

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Guide to Guides – Shimon Edrey

Israel Outdoors is proud to have some of the best Israeli tour guides that Israel has to offer. We asked tour guide Shimon Edrey to tell us a little more about himself.  See below for more information about Shimi and don’t forget to check out the rest of our fantastic tour guides and our Israel…

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The True Impact of the Birthright Israel Mifgash

On every Israel Outdoors trip, five out of the ten days is spent experiencing Israel alongside Israeli peers on leave from their army service and university studies. This component of the trip is known as the Mifgash (encounter). There is truly no better way to experience Israel than with Israeli friends at your side. This…

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Images of Israel

Nathan Durlester recently returned from a free Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors. While on the trip he took these amazing photos. Thanks for sharing Nathan! See more of of Nathan’s pictures on Instagram.  

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From Sea to Shining Lake

Zack Velcoff recently completed a free Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors. He participated in one of our specialty trips, Israel By Foot: Sea to Sea Trek. The Sea to Sea Trek program is an additional 4 days hiking from the Mediterranean Sea all the way to the Sea of Galilee. Zack wrote blogged about…

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My Personal Taglit

Jackson T. recently returned from a free Birthright Israel, LA Way trip with Israel Outdoors. The following post, written by Jackson, was originally published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.  Thank you to the Federation for allowing us to repost! Ten days after graduation I moved out of my college house, said goodbye…

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Thank You #Bus127

Ally Meyerowitz recently returned from her free Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors on Bus127 and shares her reflections on the trip in the blog post below, origionally posted on www.theodysseyonline.com. Thanks for sharing Ally! Truthfully, when I had signed up to go on Birthright, I wasn’t really that excited. I guess I was too…

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Profile of an Israel Outdoors Alum – Aviator Style

Here at Israel Outdoors we are always interested in finding out more about our participants and learning about the interesting things that they do. Zachary Bluestein participated in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors earlier this summer and tells us about his aviation hobby.  Thanks for sharing Zachary! Where are you from? I…

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