Archived Israel trip 2017-18

This one is from yesterday — Yom haAtzmaut! Israel’s 70 Birthday! This one is from today — the 8th graders visited Shuk haCarmel and Nahalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv: IMG_7652 from Hannah Senesh on Vimeo.

Today we had a late wake up in the Dvora Hotel in Tel Aviv. We headed down to a yummy Israeli breakfast. Afterwards, we walked to the beach and did a short tefillah and enjoyed the beginning of the Israeli air force air show. We had tons of fun at a martial arts lesson where we learned to defend ourselves. Then we got to cool off in the clear, blue sea of Tel Aviv. We sat on the warm sand and watched more planes go twirling and spinning in the air. After that, we headed over to a park to... Read More

Shalom Chaverim! It’s Ella and Jonah reporting to duty. This morning we woke up bright and early to prepare for a long day. We started our day by visiting a local junior high school. We got to meet eighth graders and became good friends with them. After that, we went with them to their school tekes where we heard meaningful speeches and songs led by their seventh grade. We then parted from them and made our way to the Israeli Independence Hall. We got to see where David Ben-Gurion stood to announce and sign the papers that led to a... Read More

Hi y’all, it’s Tamar and Mattan. Shalom from Eilat, wow, have we done EI-LAT of things! This morning we woke up, and got on the bus to go on a hike. The red canyon hike in the Negev desert was gorgeous.  During the hike, in the middle of the canyons we all stopped and meditated and this was a really nice bonding moment. Then we got on the bus to go to Tel Aviv. On the way to Tel Aviv, we made a stop at Ben Gurion’s kibbutz home in Sde Boker. It was very meaningful to learn about such... Read More

Today was such a wonderful and busy day, the kids did not have a chance to write a blog, and the teachers weren’t able to upload their photos. You can look for both tomorrow! Here are some pictures from last night’s visit to the Ice Mall in Eilat, and this morning’s hike in Eilat’s red mountains. The 8th graders are now in Tel Aviv. They attended an Erev Yom haZikaron tekes (Memorial Day ceremony) at Gymnasia Herziliya (a middle school in Tel Aviv) this evening. The chaperones report the kids got a lot out of the experience and are wonderful... Read More

Here are a few more photos from the Dead Sea, the Bedouin tent, the morning on Masada (word on the street is that Risa and Ella led an absolutely beautiful Hallel for Rosh Hodesh!), and Eilat!