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A specially-designed IsraelExperts program, run with the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey, this fantastic tour of Israel includes program components with UJANNJ’s twin community of Nahariya (located in the North near the Lebanon border) as well as a special emphasis on Israel's cultural diversity.
While traveling with the UJANNJ bus, you will experience many unique encounters especially designed for our bus including a visit to a real Israeli army base and a chance to meet soldiers who fought in the Second Lebanon War. We will visit the border town of Nahariya where we will be treated to an Israeli dinner in the homes of Israelis. Our partners from Nahariya can also arrange for us to meet with Miki Goldwasser, the mother of one of the three abducted Israeli soldiers from the Second Lebanon War who still remain in captivity.
This trip is designed for residents (or children of residents) and college students who live in the Northern New Jersey catchment area (includes part of Passaic County, Bergen County, and Northern Hudson County) who want to travel with friends they grew up with, or college students from our local colleges including Ramapo College, William Paterson University, Bergen Community College, and Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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Discover Israel highlights:
- Visits all of Israel's major sites including Jerusalem, cosmopolitan Tel Aviv, a complete Bedouin experience (including a camel ride and a night in a Bedouin tent), the desert fortress of Masada and a float (literally!) in the Dead Sea.
- Unique IsraelExperts-designed activities: Retrace the footsteps of the poets and pioneers who settled around the Sea of Galilee 100 years ago, meet with Israeli Arabs and Jews to learn about conflict and coexistence, take a critical look at the current political situation, learn about Israel's Ethiopian community, the history of its arrival to Israel and the challenges it faces as it integrates into the modern society, and more.
- Exciting outdoor activities such as hiking through desert canyons, in the Golan Heights and taking part in a real archaeological dig and of course, with the Mediterranean Sea so close, some quality beach time!
- "Mifgash" (encounter) - An opportunity to meet and tour with young Israeli adults to learn first-hand about what it's like to live in Israel.
- "Give back to Israel" - help Israelis by taking part in a community service project
- Experienced and fully accredited Israeli tour guides, top-quality informal educators and facilitators, and dynamic North American staff.
A non-denominational and egalitarian approach to Shabbat programming.
Click here to register or feel free to contact us via email or call 1-800-218-9851 at any time to get answers to your questions and help with the registration process. |
