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Shabbat - Our Final Day in Israel

07/02/2024 03:33:44 PM

Jul2

Rabbi Bryan Wexler

Shabbat in Jerusalem is always incredibly special, but all the more so at the end of our emotionally demanding and intense week in Israel.  After bringing in Shabbat together with candle lighting at the hotel, we walked to Kabbalat Shabbat services at Zion,...Read more...

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...

Travel Journal - Mission to Israel - June 2024

06/24/2024 11:20:34 AM

Jun24

Rabbi Bryan Wexler

Children from our Eric B. Jacobs Early Childhood Education Center's Camp Keshet greeted Rabbi Wexler and a special group of TBS travelers this morning, wishing this wonderful delegation of our community members a "Nisiyah Tovah" - a good journey - as they depart for their Mission to Israel. They'll be...Read more...

Thu, November 21 2024 20 Cheshvan 5785