Eilat has been amazing so far! We had a jam packed day of water sports at the beautiful beach here. We went tubing, banana boating, kayaking and on an awesome cruise. After a long day, we had a delicious Burgers Bar diner on the tayelet. We had an early morning wake up this morning at…
Category: Summer 2018
Dialogue in the Dark, Independence Hall and Color war
This morning we headed to Beit Shemesh, where we went to visit Rabbi Gotch’s house. We had chaburas, his daughter sang for the girls and explained her challenge of sharing her gift while keeping to Jewish law, and we got some Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. We then went up to Tel Aviv where we…
City of David and Aish Hatora
Today we entered the city of Jerusalem once again. We began the day with Aish lecture. This lecture gave us the skill to see things from another’s point of view and taught us a new lesson on how to be considerate of others. From another speaker we learned how to respect and love ourselves and…
Yad Vashem Har Herzel and Kotel
We began the day with Yad Vashem, one of the most well known holocaust museums. Upon entering the museum you could already see why it is so special. The beginning of the exhibit featured a small video of Jewish people smiling and waving which encapturing the Joy and happiness they had before the war began.…
Masada and the Dead Sea!
What a hot day for the TJJ lions! After a good nights sleep in the Bedouin tents and a lovely breakfast, we started off our day camel riding! This was definitely quite different than riding on donkeys at kfar Kedem. Next stop was Masada. Thankfully, we took the cable car up because boy was it…
Kfar Kedem and Beit Shearim
We had an awesome day at kfar kedem where we reenacted what it must have been like to live in ancient bible times. We rode donkeys and made our own lafa bread all while wearing ancient attire and swag. After this hands on experience, we all joined together for a delicious meat lunch. Everything was…
Gamla and Rafting in the Golan
Our morning started off with a great hike in Gamla where we learned about the Roman general Vespasian and his history with the Jewish people. We say the ancient Roman ruins and stood inside an old synagogue while we learned about the relevance of its strcuture. After our hike, we headed to our next stop–white…
Hiking & Making Chocolate
On this fine July morning , we started off the day with a fantastic hike. We hiked in the Golan Heights. The hike was a very difficult one, but at the end we ended up at a beautiful waterfall. After that, we went to the De Karina chocolate factory. Best chocolate ever !! The last…
Sunday Funday With TJJ
Sunday funday with the TJJ Lions, a day jam packed with water fun. The day just kept getting better and better. First, we started off with an amazing raft building activity. We divided up into groups and were given raw materials and then had to make a raft out of them! Some of us did…
TJJ takes the Mystical Old city of Tzfat
After an awesome Shabbat at Shlomi, we headed towards the mystical city of Tzfat for some exciting activities. Our first stop was Otzar Hstam. Here we learned how holy scribes diligently write our sacred texts for mezuzot, teffilin and sefrei Torah. We even had the chance to expericne this work ourselves with our own parchment,…