We are sitting in the airport anxiously waiting to board out flight to Israel ;) Students are mingling and getting to know each other everyone is excited to embark on their "Birthright" journey and see what all their friends have been talking about!

We gathered at the gate for a quick orientation and icebraker and get to know each other a bit better.

Oh wait we gotta board the plane! Talk to you later ;)

After what seemed like a flight that lasted for ever we finally touch down in Israel. Excitement running high you can almost touch it.

We deplaned got through customs (all of us ;)) and headed out the airport to meet our Israeli staff!!! We picked up our phones so feel free to call us (keep in mind that we are 7 hours ahead)

Our tour guide is Alex a native from New Jersey seems like an awesome guy. We also have Rivkah as our madricha Rivka, our designated guard that will be with us for the whole trip Natalie and bus driver Gershon.

We loaded the busses and grabbed a quick dinner, had an icebreaker and we are now on the bus headed to our hotel in Tverya (Tiberius) it's only a 2 hour drive :)

With only a couple of days until we meet up in NYC here is the itinerary for our trip! 

By: Chaim Lipskier (Rabbi)

As we get ready for the trip of a lifetime that is Taglit-Birthright Israel, we know that there are many of you that would have loved to be on this trip, so we decided to keep an updated blog of our trip and to let you enjoy the journey with us.

Please check back daily for updates and hopefully soon you might be able to go to Israel on your own!

Are you on the trip? Please let your friends & family know that they can follow our trip! Just tell them to visit www.jewishucf.com/israelblog