Time for another hike! We started off this morning with a hike on Mount Meron Shvil HaPisga. Before we began, we davened shacharit together. It was so lovely to soak in the beautiful views of the mountain together. We learned all about the local history as we hiked. After our hike, we left for Tzfat, Continue Reading »
We had such an amazing day today exploring the Golan and all it has to offer. We started our day by davening shacharit at the Gadot lookout, where we also talked about how the Golan was an important military advantage for Israel to gain. We then went to Majrasa, an amazing water hike where we Continue Reading »
We had such a fun day today exploring the various borders of Israel! We started our day by rafting on the Jordan River. It was so cool to see the beautiful scenery of the river while rafting and splashing around. After lunch, we went to the Metula overlook and learned about the Lebanese border. We Continue Reading »
We had our second day of options. We had Shacharit as a Kvutza before we split into our groups. The arts and culture group began their day sketching an overlook of Jerusalem, before heading to the Israel museum. The environment group continued to volunteer at the same vineyard as yesterday. Afterwards, the volunteers headed to Continue Reading »
Chanichim chose between two options for two days of immersion with Israel Arts and Culture or Volunteering in the Environment. We began the day with a group Shacharit by leading with the “where the wind blows” game. Then split into our two groups. Arts and Culture: Afterwards, the two groups split, and we headed to Continue Reading »
We started the day early with Shacharit on the beach. We then did a scavenger hunt all around Tel Aviv. Next we went to lunch on the Jaffo flea market. We then went to the Sha’ar Hagai museum. After that we made our way back to Jerusalem where we had dinner, visited the Conservative Yeshiva Continue Reading »
We started off our day with rejoining our group after the free weekend in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! We then drove to the Anu museum in Tel Aviv, where we learned about the history of the jewish people, and the influence of jewish culture and people on history. After the museum we went to the Continue Reading »
On Friday morning, our chanichim headed to their free weekend hosts for Shabbat. The chanichim that stayed at Agron visited the Music Museum and completed an escape room (in 44 minutes!) on Friday. On Saturday, we had a restful Shabbat daytime. We are excited for the group to reconvene today!
Today, we were led by our NOAM teens, Noga and Shaham in our Shacharit service in the Bet Knesset of Kibbutz Ketura. They taught us new melodies and hand motions for a few of the prayers we sing every day! We had a seminar, where we got to see how they vote on real issues Continue Reading »
We had such a great first full day in Gadot! We began with a trip to the Kinneret school to learn about the first Kibbutz in the area. We learned about the Kibbutz policies on socialism, farming techniques, and some of the first women’s rights activists. Next, we visited the Kinneret Cemetery to see the Continue Reading »
