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:

1. Regular tours with Jewish Renewal guides and teachers, open to all, and
2. FREE Taglit-birthright israel trips for qualified participants ages 18-26. Registration for the August 15, 2010 trip is now closed. If you registered for a different birthright israel trip for summer 2010, and wish to switch to the ALEPH Jewish Renewal trip, contact us at aleph-info@aleph.org to inquire about availability. Watch this page for links as future trips are scheduled.

 UPCOMING TRIP

Interfaith Spiritual Pilgrimage to Israel & Palestine
Supporting a New Paradigm for Healing and Peace

March 21 - April 2, 2010

Authentic Israel • 5185 Macarthur Blvd, NW #640 • Washington, DC 20016
Tel: 1-800-600-5194 • Fax: 1-202-315-3269 • info@authenticisrael.com

ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE

This pilgrimage experience offers an opportunity for travelers to witness and support a healing for peace between Jews, Muslims, and Christians while experiencing the sacred sites of the Holy Land. Join us in this interfaith spiritual pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine that will be like no other pilgrimage yet undertaken. Gandhi said, "If we were to create lasting peace we must begin with the children."

Jewish Renewal Rabbis Victor and Nadya Gross, Imam Jihad Turk, and co-founder of Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation, Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein will lead you on a moving and soulful journey that will begin with inspiring visits to communities of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian families transforming polarized societies in Israel through the Waldorf approach to education.

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 PAST ISRAEL TOURS SAMPLER

ALEPH Jewish Renewal Pesach Pilgrimage, Istanbul to Jerusalem
March 30-April 13, 2009

Rabbi Marcia Prager, Hazzan Jack Kessler and Rabbinic student Nachshon David Mahanymi led 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.

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 a 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.

ALEPH Israel Trip 2006