Today was our first day back with our entire group!! After a week of being in quarantine, we were happy to see our eight covid-free friends!! We started the day with an early wake up, and brought our bags down, ready to leave Jerusalem. We headed to Tefila, where we had a unique exercise, in Continue Reading »
This Shabbat was really fun! It was our first of many Shabbats in Jerusalem, and we got the full experience. Starting off on Friday, we went on a tour of Ammunition Hill. Fun fact, our tour guide, Shacham, works as a guide at Ammunition Hill when she isn’t with groups like us. Shacham started out Continue Reading »
We woke up and packed to go to Jerusalem. On our way we made our first stop at an Immigration camp near Haifa. The purpose of the Immigration camp was to detain them after they attempted immigration into Israel. At the camp we also watched a short film in a military airplane about a rescue Continue Reading »
Wednesday was jam-packed – the topic of the day was connecting to the Jewish People’s history, both ancient & modern, in the Galil. We started the morning with a beautiful shacharit and a challenging hike down Mount Arbel. The hike pushed some members f the group out of their comfort zone in the best way Continue Reading »
The topic of our day today was the Golan. We started the day on a sweet hike through the water that flows down from the Golan and into the kinneret. After finishing the hike we drove up and into the Golan itself enjoyed a falafel lunch and a “shoppertunity” in Katzrin, the de facto capital Continue Reading »
We started off the day by enjoying a wonderful pancake breakfast at our hostel here in Peki’in. The group then took a scenic ride on the bus to the Rosh Hanikra grottoes. We saw beautiful limestone cliffs and water caves and enjoyed refreshing beverages and snacks. Afterwards we hiked along the Keshet cave with Continue Reading »
Today was another super exciting day in northern Israel! We started off the day by kayaking down the Jordan River. After, we had fresh brick oven pizza with crazy toppings! The group then took a bus ride to visit the tragic helicopter memorial. Followed by visiting a beautiful lookout at Metulah, where we were able Continue Reading »
Today we focused on the topic of water: it’s sources and importance in israel both historically and in terms of modern geopolitics while exploring the “finger of the Galilee”. We started the day with a splash as we kayaked (Israeli for rafted) down the tributaries of the Jordan river. It was very festive and Continue Reading »
Today we started off our day with an early kima of 6:45 and we were out the door by 8:15 heading to Arbel to pray at an ancient temple. after that we took a quick 5 minute bus ride to Mt. Arbel for a steep, downhill hike! We descended a total of 1,400 feet and Continue Reading »
Hello everybody, it’s Estee and Emma! We had so much fun today in Golan. We started the day with a calming Shachrit outside. Next, we went on a refreshing water hike where we got to see the beautiful nature in Majrasse. After that, we took a scenic bus ride and ate falafel on our way Continue Reading »
