We went to the salad trail and learned about how people are able to grow food in the desert. We got to taste different types of tomatoes, strawberries, herbs...

I was told many times by my fellow Israel Fellows, from different campuses, about how significant this trip is. The bonds you make with the student participa...

Everyone says do Birthright, go to Israel, it’s an amazing experience. It’s hard to believe something like this is possible, but it is. The past ten days hav...

Today, being Shabbat, we took the opportunity to catch up on sleep. We began the late the morning with breakfast and a nature walk alongside the Jordan River...

Today we visited the Golan heights and the border between Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It was sad to me that those countries don’t accept Israel as a country a...

While preparing for my Birthright trip, I wasn’t completely sure what to expect. Although I had heard from several friends that the ten days spent with mostl...

When I woke up today, it was still extremely dark inside the Bedouin camp. The sun had yet to come up but we had an early start at 6:00, so I decided to get ...

Tuesday was a wonderful adventure-filled day with an array of emotions. We started the day off with a celebration of Jerusalem. We drove to a spot in the mou...

Today was our bus’s turn to participate in Taglit Tel Aviv Day, where a ton of birthright groups came to Tel Aviv, explored, and participated in a variety of...

Today, we dove into the heating topic of middle eastern geopolitics. Joey, from the university in Zefat, highlighted the shift in land ownership in respect t...

When we first got to Mount Bental, I was shocked by how close we were to Syria and Lebanon. It made me realize how important it was to have Israelis serve in...

My day started at 6 AM est time, when I flew out of Dulles to JFK, from JFK to Zurich, Switzerland, and then finally to Israel. Our travel day lasted over 20...

A pensive silence rose across the air as we reached the first grave stones. It was as if everyone knew how we were supposed to feel, but no one could voice t...

Yesterday we went to Be'er Sheva where we got to tour around the city with Gabe and get to learn more about Jewish and Israeli culture. We learned that to th...

We stood in a circle around the aircraft straining to hear the IAF pilot describe his state of the art aircraft over the roar of the jet engines nearby. It w...

Yesterday , we went to the Air Force base in bershevev. We have had the opportunity to talk to Israeli soldiers throughout the trip. But, now we got to see I...

Today was my first time in Jerusalem's old city and it was an amazing experience. The sights, smells, and sounds where all around as we walked through the st...

Tsfat: where do I begin. The long drive from the kibbutz yehiam to one of the 4 holy cities of Israel Tsfat was long but totally worth it. Once you’re in Tsf...

Tzfat was such a beautiful and artsy town! It’s on a mountain so there were amazing views from almost anywhere you stood. Stone covered almost every inch of ...

The Independence Hall in Tel Aviv was the turning point for me on this trip. I’ve been overwhelmed with familiar and foreign feelings. But this one was somet...