Olympic Medalist Sasha Cohen visits Israel with Israel Outdoors
Alexandra “Sasha” Cohen visited Israel on Taglit-Birthright Israel with Israel Outdoors, where she was known to her Taglit friends as Alex. They never suspected that she is an accomplished figure skater and Olympic silver medalist who was cheered on the ice by thousands. “I have always wanted to come to Israel,” Cohen said about her Israel…
Read MoreWe’ve Arrived! Update from #Bus302
Israel Outdoors’ winter season has officially begun! Our first trips left for Israel on Sunday. Check out the following update from Israel Outdoors Bus TL-31-302: Birthright Bus 302 is in Israel! After a long voyage spanning numerous time zones, land masses and oceans, our group landed safely in Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. After…
Read MoreProfile of an Israel Outdoors Staffer – Keeping it Clean
Here at Israel Outdoors we are always interested in finding out more about our staff and participants and learning about the interesting things that they do. Erin Zaikis, a two time staffer with Israel Outdoors, and tells us about a non-profit organization that she created called Sundara. Thanks for sharing Erin! Where are you from?…
Read MoreAround the World with One Bag
Preparing for your upcoming Israel Outdoors trip this winter? Don’t know what to expect? Israel Outdoors alumni Ezra is currently traveling the world, having used his Israel Outdoors trip has a jumping off point. In his blog, he writes all about the trip, what to expect, etc. I am not religious. I had a Bar…
Read MoreWho Are the People in Your Neighborhood?
Our first Israel Outdoors trip with Taglit Birthright Israel is leaving in exactly 5 days! We’re excited to be hosting almost 2500 participants in Israel this winter! Want to see if anyone is coming from your area? Check out this interactive map:
Read MoreHow Israel Outdoors Changed His Life
Nathan Colbert participated in an Israel by Foot trip with Israel Outdoors this past summer and was recently published in the online newspaper Times of Israel. On the site, he talks about how his Israel Outdoors trip was incredibly meaningful. During July of 2014, I went on my once in a lifetime trip to Israel…
Read MoreThrough the Lens
Did you know that Taglit Birthright Israel ran an alumni photography contest with submissions of photos from people’s Birthright trips? Did you know that the contest received over 350,000 submissions from participants in 64 countries? Did you know that 36 winners were chosen including several photos taken by Israel Outdoors alumni? We’ll if you didn’t…
Read MoreWhat We are #Todah4
As part of our Thanksgiving #Todah4 contest, the members of our Israel Outdoors office team told us what they are thankful for. Nate Edelstein Operations Director (North America) I’m thankful for everyone in the Israel Outdoors team. These people are what make an Israel outdoors trip so amazing. Lauren Krol Assistant Director (North America) I…
Read MoreGoogle This
Oh the Google… Who hasn’t tried googling themselves? We at Israel Outdoors decided to give it a try and were pretty entertained by some of the suggestions that Google gave us. We decided to start simple with search term Birthright: The first few suggestions made a lot of sense but Birthright of the dwarves?…
Read MoreIsrael Outdoors Staffer’s Poem Goes Viral
Andrew Lustig, an Israel Outdoors staff veteran who staffed a trip in February of 2013, has gained a lot of publicity after his poem I am Jewish went viral with nearly 300,000 views on youtube. Two weeks ago, Andrew wowed the audience at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly held in Maryland. See…
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