Spotlight on Alumni
Happy Birthday Israel!
In honor of Israel’s 65th birthday, Israel Outdoors will be posting photos of Israeli flags taken by Israel Outdoors alumni while on their trips, right here on our blog. We will be posting a new picture every hour so make sure to check back in throughout the day. Happy birthday Israel and many, many happy…
Read MoreA Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
And we have several! Alumnus Maxwell Kruger (Group TL-26-498) is a professional photographer. He photographs everything from sports to portraits to landscapes. Maxwell has been published in dozens of publications including USA Today, ESPN Magazine, and Sports Illustrated. Maxwell has generously shared some of the amazing photos that he took while traveling to Israel with…
Read MoreReporting Live From the Western Wall
Alumnus Nathan Serota filmed the following news segment about the Western Wall while in Israel with Israel Outdoors group TL-26-527 in the summer of 2012. Nathan made sure to share the limelight by including several interviews with his co-participants in this segment. Nathan is the former Associate Producer and current Assignment and Web Editor at…
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Israel Outdoors Group TL-27-537 got back from their trip to Israel in mid March. Clearly they could not wait to see each other again and gathered just one week later for a Mock Passover Seder. Thanks to alumn Helaina Roman for sharing. Happy Passover! Participants from the Taglit Israel Outdoors / Winter 2012-13 / TL-27-537…
Read MoreSix Degrees of … Israel Outdoors
Israel Outdoors has proudly held the title of largest and most popular Taglit-Birthright Israel trip organizer for the past five years. With thousands of diverse young adults having participated on our trips, we feel that we can connect any celebrity to the Israel Outdoors community. Don’t believe us? Let’s play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon…with…
Read MoreStudent Perspective on Israel Outdoors With CUNY Hillels
We’re in the news! Alumna Em Riveles shared her experiences on Israel Outdoors trip TL-27-59 with Queens College Hillel’s Tribe Magazine. While Em attended an Israel Outdoors trip with the City University of New York (CUNY) Hillels, the description of her experiences could be that of any participant in California, Missouri or Indiana. Read more!…
Read MoreTraded While Traveling: One Pro Ballplayer’s Experience in Israel
If you’ve ever participated in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors, you know that Departure Day can bring a mix of emotions – excitement, anxiety, nervousness – the list goes on. It’s like the first day of school combined with the beginning of an experience of a lifetime. But unless you’re a professional…
Read MoreBill’s Baller Birthright Blog
Bill Sacks, a participant on TL-27-52 (an Israel By Foot trip which returned this past Friday) sent us the link to his awesome blog. Thanks for sharing, Bill. Looks like you had an awesome trip!
Read MoreNew York City…Meet Amit
We love highlighting our rockstar North American peer staff members whenever possible. In the case of Amit Shuker, one of our “veteran” staffers who has led over six Israel Outdoors Birthright trips, Rutgers University Business School took care of that for us when they put his smiling face on a billboard in NYC recently. Mazel…
Read MoreA Match Made in the Holy Land
Here at Israel Outdoors, we love hearing our trips described as “life changing.” For many of us, the experience of traveling to Israel for the first time ever (or perhaps just for the first time with our peers) on Taglit-Birthright Israel is an opportunity to make lots of new friends. In some cases, the magic…
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