WBT in Israel – Bus 7
First full day in Israel
Written by: Lily Gartenlaub, Daria Blyveis and Alex Gutman, Yallah! 2024 Participants Hi all! It’s Lily, Daria, and Alex writing the first teen blog of the summer! We woke up bright and early in our kibbutz rooms and got breakfast together. Then we bussed to...
Arrival to Israel
Written by Ben Markbreiter, Yallah! 2024 Madrich Today we welcomed the first 16 teens to arrive in Israel this summer with Yallah Israel/MBI! We had an exciting time meeting at the airport where we all learned each others’ names, situated ourselves geographically, and...
Treblinka
Written by Sophie Math, Yallah! 2024 Participant As I walk along the paths of Treblinka, the only thing I can feel is shock. Every part of the camp was destroyed, completely eradicated to hide any proof of Jewish extermination - a way for the Nazis to avoid taking...
Auschwitz II, Birkenau
Written by Elijah Kosta, Yallah! Israel 2024 participant July 2, 2024 Today we visited Auschwitz II, or Birkenau. It was a very different experience from yesterday at Auschwitz I, yet it presented its own challenges. Although the initial shock and anticipation of...
July 1st in Poland
Written by Ella Nahmiyas, Yallah! Israel 2024 participant Happy July! Breakfast was another morning of rushing to be on time and getting used to Polish cuisine. Then we got on the bus to truly begin our trip to Auschwitz. The best way for me to describe it is "wow."...
Poland, Day 3
By Ari Kim-Leavitt, Bus 1 Yallah! Israel 2024 Today was Day Three of our Poland trip. Having arrived at Krakow last night, we had plans to visit many different significant historical places in and near the city. Heading towards the Jewish quarter of the city at the...
Our Journey Begins
Today our journey begins! We arrived in Warsaw and joined a beautiful Kabbalat Shabbat service with the local Reform Jewish community, touching the Jewish life of the present before we start our journey to the roots of our people this coming month. This Shabbat, we...
The Hope “HaTikvah” is Freedom
By: Ariel Fogelman, Director of Yallah! Israel For three thousand years the story of Passover has been a story of hope. In the book of Exodus chapter 12, all the details of the holiday are given. The people of Israel are still slaves and cannot celebrate anything in...
Unpopular Opinion: I am Proud to Send My Daughter on Her Tour of Israel
By Andrea Beck, parent of 2024 Yallah! Israel participant My best friend, her parents, my parents, and some woman I talked to at a party last week are all against me sending my 16-year-old daughter on her teen tour to Israel. This tour is a capstone experience for...
Notes from Rabbi Erin Mason
We are re-sharing this blog post written by Rabbi Erin Mason, Director of URJ Greene Family Camp, who recently traveled on FJC’s (Federation for Jewish Camp) Camp Professionals Israel Mission. In mid-February, I participated in a mission with the Foundation for...
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Yallah! Israel believes the opportunity to travel to Israel is one that cannot be missed. Many organizations support our mission of sending teens to Israel for a fun, educational and meaningful journey. To help offset the cost of a summer on Yallah! Israel, local communities, such as synagogues and federations, provide scholarship and financial aid to families.