ALEPH is committed to providing opportunities for Jewish people worldwide, and particularly the next generation of young leaders, to visit Israel on spiritually grounded study tours. Our tours emphasize peacemaking and environmentalism, and provide opportunities to meet with a diverse range of scholars, artists and activists as well as encounters with the land itself.
The ALEPH Israel Tour Program includes two types of trips:
Regular tours with Jewish Renewal guides and teachers, open to all and
FREE Taglit-Birthright Israel trips for qualified participants ages 18-26. Watch this page for links that will be put up as trips are scheduled.
Partnering with Tlalim/Authentic Israel, a premier provider of Israel tour packages and with Taglit/Birthright Israel, which funds first-time Israel experiences for Jewish travelers ages 18-26, ALEPH organizes tours that include prayer, study and outdoors experience as well as a chance to meet with both Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers. See below for reports from past summers.
UPCOMING TRIPS :
ALEPH Jewish Renewal Pesach Pilgrimage, Istanbul to Jerusalem
March 30-April 13, 2009
Join Rabbi Marcia Prager, Hazzan Jack Kessler and Rabbinic student Nachshon David Mahanymi as they masterfully guide a Pesach spiritual adventure starting in Istanbul Turkey, one of the world’s oldest Jewish communities, and concluding at a star-lit Passover seder in Eretz Yisrael, led by Rabbi Marcia, Hazzan Jack, Nachshon David...and YOU!
The trip fee for this two-week tour is $3785 per person, air-fare included, by credit card or $3685 per person, by check (single room supplement $825). Download details and registration form. Please note that form should be mailed or faxed directly to Authentic Israel, not ALEPH.
PAST ISRAEL TOURS INCLUDE:
ALEPH Taglit-Birthright Israel Trip, June 16-July 27. 2008
Thirty-seven engaged and vibrant souls participated in ALEPH’s second Jewish Renewal Taglit-Birthright trip. The impressive group included several professional musicians, an aspiring cantor, two actresses, a soon to be pediatric oncology nurse, an aspiring NYC police officer, two professional anti-racism workers and four children of Jewish Renewal rabbis and rabbinic students. Read full report.
ALEPH travelers at the tomb of Hannah Rachel, "the Maiden of Ludmir."
ALEPH/Taglit Trip for Young Jewish Leaders, May 18-28, 2006
The 2006 trip brought together 39 vibrant, creative young Jewish adults on a remarkable journey. Working with a traditional Birthright itinerary designed by Israel Outdoors for maximum and meaningful contact with the land, the trip included prayer at the Kotel (Western Wall), floating in the Dead Sea, a traditional Bedouin feast, a camel ride, several hikes, a kayak trip and much more. Read a full report.
