Spotlight on an Israel Outdoors Alum – Disney Style

Here at Israel Outdoors we love to hear about what our alumni are up to. Matt F. participated in a Birthright trip with Israel Outdoors this past fall. He’s an engineer at the greatest place on earth! Where are you from? Tough question to answer. I was born in New York, then moved to Vermont…

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Update from Israel #Bus82 #BUBirthright

Thank you to Bus 82 for sharing their experiences in Israel! For more updates from this trip follow their trip blog. Shalom from Israel! Kaitlyn Cyprian is reporting on Bus 82’s second day of the Birthright trip (it was my birthday afterall!). Day one was a lot of waiting, waiting and waiting – and sleep.…

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From the Heart of Jersey to Israel

Jeff Hersch recently participated in a Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors. Upon his return, he shared the following reflection with the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey. Welcome back Jeff! I arrived in Tel Aviv after nearly a full day of traveling. The idea of Birthright was always in the back of…

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The Birthright Monologes

Recently, Haaretz Newpaper published an article of 6 Birthright participants recanting their experiences in Israel and reflecting on the effects the trip had on their lives. Two of these six are Israel Outdoors alum! Check out the full article. Name: Benjamin Rossi Age: 27 From: Chicago, Illinois Resides now: Notre Dame, Indiana Occupation: PhD Student…

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Don’t Drop Your Cookies!

Loren is the Founder & CEO of Sweet Loren’s and an Israel Outdoors alum. Sweet Loren’s is an award-winning all natural cookie and cookie dough company. She overcame cancer at a young age, which was the ultimate impetus for creating recipes that were based on wholesome, real, healthier ingredients with the goal of changing the…

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Love at First Israel Trip

Congrats to former Israel Outdoors participant Natalie and her fiance Elad who she met when he was an Israeli student on a trip on their engagement! Thanks for sharing your story. Elad and I met around August 20th, 2012. It was a few days into my Taglit trip. Funnily enough, both of us had experiences…

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The True Impact of the Birthright Israel Mifgash

On every Israel Outdoors trip, five out of the ten days is spent experiencing Israel alongside Israeli peers on leave from their army service and university studies. This component of the trip is known as the Mifgash (encounter). There is truly no better way to experience Israel than with Israeli friends at your side. This…

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Images of Israel

Nathan Durlester recently returned from a free Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors. While on the trip he took these amazing photos. Thanks for sharing Nathan! See more of of Nathan’s pictures on Instagram.  

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From Sea to Shining Lake

Zack Velcoff recently completed a free Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors. He participated in one of our specialty trips, Israel By Foot: Sea to Sea Trek. The Sea to Sea Trek program is an additional 4 days hiking from the Mediterranean Sea all the way to the Sea of Galilee. Zack wrote blogged about…

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My Personal Taglit

Jackson T. recently returned from a free Birthright Israel, LA Way trip with Israel Outdoors. The following post, written by Jackson, was originally published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.  Thank you to the Federation for allowing us to repost! Ten days after graduation I moved out of my college house, said goodbye…

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