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Havayah is Going to Israel!Join us for February Break in Israel for our first ever Havayah Israel Trip! Spend time traveling around and exploring Israel, spending meaningful time in places like Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and more! Bond with new and old TBE friends. Enjoy home hospitality with Israeli teens in Haifa. Prepare for the complex conversations about Israel on college campuses by learning more about Israel from and with Israelis. Throughout the trip, we will explore several of our core Havayah values, including curiosity, connection, justice, and resilience. Whether this will be your first time or 15th time in Israel, this trip will deepen your connections not only to the land, but also the people of Israel! This trip is open to all members of Havayah, but we strongly encourage 10th, 11th, and 12th graders to participate!
Tentative dates: Thursday, February 13 - Sunday February 23, 2020 Cost: Cost is heavily subsidized, and will be dependent in part on the cost of airfare. Anticipated costs are $2500 per teen. Registration: To register, click here>> Please note: registration is not complete until we receive a deposit check of $1500. In the event that the trip does not have enough participants, full deposit will be returned. If you are interested, but want more information -- please contact Hannah Kearney. Please note: This trip will require a minimum of 8-10 teens in order to run! This trip is created and hosted in collaboration with our Anafim partners in Haifa at Ohel Avraham, a vibrant Reform Congregation and part of the Leo Baeck Education Center. This project is supported by the Boston-Haifa Connection, a program of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
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Havayah has had a longtime relationship with Ohel Avraham! Enjoy some words from our Anafim Alumni, participants in our family exchange program:
"For our family - Anafim provided an opportunity to develop a more tangible root system to Israel, Jewish history and our faith. Each day provided new experiences and opportunities to reflect - netting in a broader, more informed perspective about both Israel and ourselves. Learning about Israel was enhanced tremendously by traveling and staying with Israeli families who offered real-world, local perspectives. Our friendships with the Israeli clergy, Israeli adults and teens will endure - we mutually seek for our families to remain as resources and homes across the ocean for each other! There is a “magic” about Anafim that many of us felt in our bones - and cannot quite put into words yet. ;) We are thankful to have had the opportunity!"- Heather & Dave, Parents
"I think Anafim was a particularly unique experience because of the group of people who went on the trip. While I'm lucky enough to have been to Israel with my family already and have also gone on other trips with groups of teenagers before, this is the first time that I went on a program that included multiple different families and teenagers. Because of the type of group, I got to hear from a variety of different perspectives and programs were rich with the opinions of many different types of people. I also found a wonderful balance between connecting with my own family about Judaism and enjoying myself with friends. The other part of the program that had a significant impact on me was the exchange aspect of it. While I know a lot about Israel factually, connecting with actual Israelis and learning about their experiences changed my connection to Israel from an educational one to an emotional and personal one. I formed incredible bonds with people and can't wait to go back!" - Danya, Age 15
"The learning was beyond my imagination: not only from our Jewish educators and from the amazing clergy at Ohel Avraham in Haifa, but, even more importantly, from each other. After every experience, we were asked thoughtful questions to help us process and share with each other what just happened. What happened to each of us, personally, during that activity or that visit. And, we did this while sitting in a group together, teens and adults, Americans and Israelis, together. A radical way to learn about ourselves and about each other and about being Jewish. And, at the risk of sounding sappy, truly magical." - Andrew, Parent
"I consider having the opportunity to participate in Anafim a tremendous gift for me and for my family. Connecting with both Israeli teens and adults and learning about the differences in how we experience living Jewishly, and also how similar we are as a People, has been truly powerful. Through this experience we also developed very special relationships with the other TBE families who participated in the program. They are our TBE Anafim Family. It was amazing to find such deep connections in such a short period of time. It was amazing to experience Israel in this way. This was my first trip to Israel and through the program I learned a tremendous amount about the country and was reminded in a very concrete way, how I am (and my family is) a proud link in long historical and cultural line. " - Karen, Parent
"For our family - Anafim provided an opportunity to develop a more tangible root system to Israel, Jewish history and our faith. Each day provided new experiences and opportunities to reflect - netting in a broader, more informed perspective about both Israel and ourselves. Learning about Israel was enhanced tremendously by traveling and staying with Israeli families who offered real-world, local perspectives. Our friendships with the Israeli clergy, Israeli adults and teens will endure - we mutually seek for our families to remain as resources and homes across the ocean for each other! There is a “magic” about Anafim that many of us felt in our bones - and cannot quite put into words yet. ;) We are thankful to have had the opportunity!"- Heather & Dave, Parents
"I think Anafim was a particularly unique experience because of the group of people who went on the trip. While I'm lucky enough to have been to Israel with my family already and have also gone on other trips with groups of teenagers before, this is the first time that I went on a program that included multiple different families and teenagers. Because of the type of group, I got to hear from a variety of different perspectives and programs were rich with the opinions of many different types of people. I also found a wonderful balance between connecting with my own family about Judaism and enjoying myself with friends. The other part of the program that had a significant impact on me was the exchange aspect of it. While I know a lot about Israel factually, connecting with actual Israelis and learning about their experiences changed my connection to Israel from an educational one to an emotional and personal one. I formed incredible bonds with people and can't wait to go back!" - Danya, Age 15
"The learning was beyond my imagination: not only from our Jewish educators and from the amazing clergy at Ohel Avraham in Haifa, but, even more importantly, from each other. After every experience, we were asked thoughtful questions to help us process and share with each other what just happened. What happened to each of us, personally, during that activity or that visit. And, we did this while sitting in a group together, teens and adults, Americans and Israelis, together. A radical way to learn about ourselves and about each other and about being Jewish. And, at the risk of sounding sappy, truly magical." - Andrew, Parent
"I consider having the opportunity to participate in Anafim a tremendous gift for me and for my family. Connecting with both Israeli teens and adults and learning about the differences in how we experience living Jewishly, and also how similar we are as a People, has been truly powerful. Through this experience we also developed very special relationships with the other TBE families who participated in the program. They are our TBE Anafim Family. It was amazing to find such deep connections in such a short period of time. It was amazing to experience Israel in this way. This was my first trip to Israel and through the program I learned a tremendous amount about the country and was reminded in a very concrete way, how I am (and my family is) a proud link in long historical and cultural line. " - Karen, Parent
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Travel Opportunities
TBE partners with families and Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) to provide the opportunity to begin saving for teen Israel experiences. Families can begin saving when their children are in grades 3 or 7. Learn more » Travel with TBE » Teen Israel Experiences » Educational experiences for high school students & post-high school » Birthright Israel » |
