Category: Summer 2012

We woke up to an amazing Bedouin breakfast with homemade Lafas straight off the Tanur (a special kind of oven).   On our way down South we stopped at Sde Boker, visiting Ben Gurions grave. We learned the story of David Green and how he became the first Prime Minister of Israel.   Before we…

Our travels down south were long, but very eventful. Our first stop was Ein Gedi, the exact place where King David hid. We took a nice nature walk to a natural spring where we were able to relax and refresh ourselves on such a hot day.   We then floated in the Dead Sea on…

Dear Parents, Shabbos was incredible up here in the north. We prayed Kabbalat Shabbat in a beautiful garden overlooking the sun set behind the mountains. Afterwards we ate a delicious Shabbos dinner. We spent shabbos with another group, hailing from London and we all had a great time making new friends from across the pond.…

Today we sat on top of the same mountain where King Saul took his own life instead of being captured by the Philistines.  The TJJers were blown away by the fact that they were standing in the exact spot that is mentioned in the Tanach. Afterwards we cooled off doing the Nachal Hakibbutzim water hike.…

Dear Parents, I am writing this still sopping wet from today’s amazing activities. We started off the day with a video and interactive model about the Golan. We learned how wars were fought here and how the agriculture works. Afterwards we decided to get a little wet on the Hasbani Hike. To call this a…

Dear Parents, We started off the day hiking one of the most famous and beautiful hikes in all of Israel. The Jilabun hike consists of walking down a mountain and through a valley. The reward for doing the hike is a gorgeous 51 meter waterfall. We then travelled to the Ben Tal mountain, a strategic bunker during the 1973 Yom Kippur war.…

Dear Parents, We just finished an incredible and fulfilling 12 hour day. We started off the day with Survivor Israeli style. We split into 4 teams and we had a race of who can build and paddle a raft around a landmark the fastest. We only had 8 baboo shoots, six barrels, 4 wooden planks,…

Today we conquered a 6 hour hike. Waking up at 5:30am to beat the heat was worth the gorgeous view we got of the Zavitan Stream. Walking through the valley, with tree, rocks, mountains, and wildlife around us was an experience one never forgets. Thankfully we were able to stop during the hike to refresh…

Today was the 17th of Tammuz commemorating the start of the siege on Jerusalem, which eventually led to the destruction of the temple.  The 17th of Tammuz is considered a minor fast, a fast ranging from sundown to sunset.   Because we were fasting (we let each participant choose if they wanted to fast or not) we…

Our first shabbos in Israel was a truly special one. Friday night we joined the Tzfat community to bring in the shabbos. Seeing hundreds of Jews from all different backgrounds gathered together bringing in the Sabbath was a truly meaningful experience. We rested up for the rest of shabbos playing many an Ice Breaker. It was really…