We started off the day at Givat Washington where the boys played ultimate frisbee and chilled, and the girls heard from Rabbi Kosowsky, the director of Machon Ma’ayan. We then traveled deeper into Tel Aviv and participated in Dialogue in the Dark where we were able to experience walking around various places in complete darkness to…
Category: Summer 2017
Day 11- Daniel Blanshay
Today we left the north of Israel to go to Jerusalem. On the way we stopped at the Mediterranean Sea to do some snorkelling and to learn how we use snails to die the tzizis tchelet. We then stopped at Bar Ilan University and participated in an Israel advocacy session. A few hours of bus…
Day 9- Daniel Bensimon
Today we hiked on the Jilabun trail. The hike ended in a water reserve filled with cold water where we went swimming. We then visited the De Karina chocolate factory where we got a demonstration of the chocolate making process, tasted some of their renowned snacks, and made our own delicious desserts. The last thing…
Day 8- Hannah Kalin
Today started off great with a sleep in. It only got better when I realized that the entire day was dedicated to my favorite thing in the world-water. After a short bus ride, we arrived at the Kinneret. We were split into three teams and given long sticks, crates and barrels with the intention of…
Day 7- Moshe Shabtai
Today was great! We started off riding donkeys at Kfar Kedem, we ate some great food including pita, rice, kebab and hummus and techina. We visited Tzipori, an ancient city with ruins from the Roman period. We then had an awesome ending to the day at Tiberias. We went to the beach, chilled by the…
Day 6- Reuven Tanny
“When you are having fun, time flies!” This sums up my 6th complete day of TJJ. Today was CRAZY! Despite starting it at 6:30am we were all hyped for the hike ahead of us. At the end of the hike we approached an inlet where most of us jumped in to cool off. After the…
Day 5- Ben Wexler
Our alarms half woke us early in the morning to the sight of the green Galilee, although we stayed asleep for most of the bus ride, past the hills and cows of northern Israel. Finally fresh, we went hiking on the Banyas trail, looking and posing at the streams and the waterfall. Next stop was…
Day 4- Yoni Max
Today we had lots of fun exploring the city of Tzfat. We arrived in the morning, at the holy city of Tzfat and then to one of the major memorial sites where Israeli soldiers fought in the war of independace in 1948. We learned that although we cannot ignore the terrorist activities happening, it is…
First Shabbat- Nicole Ashcenazi
The first Shabbat in Israel was incredible! We spent it in Shlomi, in the northern part of Israel. We had time to catch up on some much needed sleep and had beautiful Shabbat meals. We had beautiful Shabbat prayers Friday night, Shabbat morning and Shabbat afternoon. In the afternoon, we listened to sessions prepared by…
Day 2- Michael Chalkhoun
What. A. Day.Today’s activities were the perfect way to start off our trip!We began with early morning prayers at 7:40 AM, followed by an amazing Israeli breakfast. Then we hopped on to the bus to start our activity-packed day in northern Israel. For our morning programming, we went on a beautiful two hour hike. Then,…