Winter 2025 Family Israel Trip

Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester
Winter Break Family Israel Trip

December 22-30, 2025
With optional extension December 31-January 1 to Eilat and Petra

Join Rabbi Jaffe and your Temple Beth El friends and neighbors on this extraordinary trip for both explorers and deepeners. Celebrate Chanukah in the Promised Land, from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv to the Negev Desert.  We will also include opportunities for volunteerism and solidarity for those impacted by the events of October 7, 2023 and its aftermath.  

Experiences Include:

• Visit ancient Jerusalem (the Old City, City of David Excavations, Western Wall, Jewish Quarter, Church of the Holy Sepulchre) as well as modern Jerusalem (Machane Yehuda Open Air Market, Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Israel Museum, Har Hertzl National Monument)
• Tour Masada, the Dead Sea and Ein Gedi biblical springs
• Spend the final night of Chanukah in the land where the Maccabees once fought for freedom
• Explore the Negev Desert and Ramon Crater, including rappelling, jeep tour, wine tasting, hiking and star gazing
• Take in the Bustling Metropolis of Tel Aviv, City Center, Sarona Market, Old Jaffa, Nahalat Binyamin art market, and of course, the beach!
• Spend time volunteering and directly interacting with those impacted by the events of October 7th and its aftermath
• Meet with Palestinian representatives, as well as members of the Bedouin, Cochin and Ethiopian communities
• Enjoy an extension in the beach resort town of Eilat, with a possible journey to the ancient site of Petra in Jordan, should the situation permit it
   

Proposed Itinerary

Pricing Information

Form for Interested Participants - Coming Soon!