Travel Journal - Mission to Israel - June 2024

Day 4 - Hope for Israel's Future

06/28/2024 10:25:39 AM

Jun28

Rabbi Bryan Wexler

After yet another delicious Israeli breakfast, we started our fourth day with more volunteer work, this time in a vineyard on Moshav Gimzo, located between Lod and Modi’in. Since many foreign workers left Israel after October 7, and Palestinians are not...Read more...

Helping Hands, Bearing Witness, Giving Hugs - Israel Day 3

06/28/2024 09:49:30 AM

Jun28

Rabbi Bryan Wexler

Another long day filled with lending a helping hand, bearing witness, and giving hugs. The stories of resiliency, and hope continued. This time, in Tel Aviv, where we spent the day.

After a delicious Israeli breakfast, we had the privilege of starting...Read more...

Resiliency - Mission to Israel - Day 2

06/27/2024 09:34:01 AM

Jun27

Rabbi Bryan Wexler

Yesterday we revisited the terrible events of October 7. And that was the focus of our first session this morning which was an emotional meeting with Jacqui and Yaron Vital. The Vital’s daughter, Adi Vital-Kaploun, was murdered in her safe room by Hamas terrorists while defending her 3-year-old son Negev and 6-month-old son Eshel on October 7th. Adi was a hero through and through but could not survive the brutal attack on her...Read more...

Israel - Day One: Heros Everywhere

06/26/2024 10:07:49 AM

Jun26

Rabbi Bryan Wexler

Our TBS Israel Mission just completed our first day in Israel. It was an intense and powerful beginning to our trip. The theme of our trip is “From Darkness To Light,” so today we were focused on the darkness as we were transported back in time and revisited the terrible attacks committed by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians and soldiers on October 7. It was important for us to see the destruction with our own eyes and hear...Read more...