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About JFGP Missions
You can search the JFGP Missions Calendar to find a trip to take you to Israel.

What are JFGP Missions?
JFGP Missions are travel experiences unlike any other. Yes, we deliver exciting adventures, scintillating experiences, and cultural discoveries. Sure, we are able to offer you exclusive, insider access to residents, community leaders, area experts, and political personalities. Yet a JFGP mission is something much deeper. What makes each mission truly unique is its ‘sense of purpose,' guaranteeing our travelers a heightened appreciation and connection to their Jewish identity. Our goal is to create travel experiences imbued with meaning, giving our participants the chance to visit with members of their extended Jewish family and to come face to face with the shared heritage, traditions, and values that unite us all. Mission participants are sure to come away with a newfound understanding of where we've been as well as a vision of where we're headed.

What happens on a JFGP Mission?
Your day-to-day activities, travel logistics, housing accommodations, and most meals will be taken care of by our experienced and dedicated Mission staff. While on your Mission, you can expect to visit historical and culturally significant sites, meet with new immigrants, share a meal on a kibbutz or a local home, and hear in-depth briefings from top scholars and regional officials.

TEEN TRAVEL TO ISRAEL

Israel Experience Ltd.

Since 1958, thousands of people have experienced Israel with us every year – and so can you! We specialize in organized trips to Israel for teens, college students and adults from all over the globe.

Learn more at http://www.theisraelexperience.org/

BBYO Passport

BBYO Passport is a worldwide summer travel program for high school-age Jewish teens of all backgrounds. BBYO Passport programs span four continents – with Israel experiences at the heart. Each program shares the same core elements – active touring, community service, cross-cultural interactions, and meaningful Jewish experiences. BBYO is a worldwide non-denominational Jewish youth organization, and as such, all BBYO Passport trips embrace pluralistic Jewish values and are designed for teens with a spirit for adventure and a desire to experience the full color of the world. Passport programs are open to BBYO members and non-members alike, and the trips are typically split evenly between members and non-members.

Routes Travel

Routes Travel is the boutique Israel tour operator of choice for Philadelphia. Located in Jerusalem, with over 25 years of experience, Routes offers custom designed, diverse, high quality Israel programs. We are your partner for Family Trips, Bar and Bat Mitzvah trips, Synagogue Programs and Community Programs. When planning a visit to Israel come directly to the source… Use Routes Travel for the experience of a lifetime www.routestravel.com.

USY Summer Programs

USY offers a broad variety of summer programs. Whether touring across North America on a USY on Wheels trip or exploring Israel and/or parts of Europe on our various Israel Pilgrimage programs – USY has something for everyone! Click here for more information.

Young Judaea Programs

YJ Summer- Your Israel experience begins here (grades 10 -12). More.

Year Course- A first year University gap year program in Israel. (recent high school graduates). More.

WUJS- Immerse yourself in Israel (long-term program, ages 21-35). More.

Amirim- Spend your summer volunteering and exploring Israel (summer program, ages 18-27). More.

Taglit-Birthright Israel- 10 mind-blowing days of your life (ages 18-26). More.

Tzofim Chetz V’Keshet (CVK)

Tzofim Chetz V’Keshet (CVK) is a month long Israel Summer Program for teens ages 14-18. Through CVK’s unrivaled immersion program, for one month chanichim (participants) are absorbed into the culture, heritage, language, and society as they hike, bike, and tour the country. Unique to CVK, strengthen their connection to Israel by seeing the country through the eyes of both their Israeli peer participants as well as their Israeli counselors who come from the IDF (Israeli Army). New friendships are made and memories are formed that will last a lifetime!

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POST COLLEGE

Career Israel

Career Israel (careerisrael.com) is a five-month professional internship program in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem open to international college graduates. Over 700 internships are available at leading Israeli companies and organizations in fields ranging from law, medicine, media, economics, politics, public relations, education, social work, engineering, and more. A professional internship in Israel is an impressive and prestigious addition to your resume and will make you an attractive candidate in the job market. To receive more information, please fill out our program finder: http://www.theisraelexperience.org/young-adult/program-finder/.

OTHER ADULT TRAVEL TO ISRAEL

Volunteers for Israel
Various 2-3 week sessions are offered throughout the year
Cost: $90 non-refundable application fee plus airfare
For information: www.vfi-usa.org

The mission of Volunteers for Israel is to connect Americans to Israel through volunteer service. They achieve this goal by partnering with military and civilian organizations that enable volunteers to work side-by side with Israelis. e promote solidarity and good will among Israelis, American Jews and other friends of Israel. Volunteers for Israel is a non-political, non-profit, volunteer organization.

Seeking to build on unprecedented participation and energy surrounding Taglit-Birthright Israel trips, The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia will be partnering with Hillel on local campuses and Oranim in Israel to build a new culture of campus-based trips and work to engage alumni in Jewish life on campus. Find out more...

Travel Resources

Federation Scholarships for Study in Israel

The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia offers two scholarships for study in Israel. The Israel Programs Scholarship aid fund is for residents of the Philadelphia area, including high school and college age youth, young adults, and adults participating in educational and volunteer programs. The Morton Stein Scholarship Fund for Orthodox Yeshivot is for financially needy residents of the greater Philadelphia area, including high school and college age youth, young adults, and teachers in Jewish settings, to attend study programs in orthodox Yeshivot in Israel. more

Passport to Israel

Passport to Israel is an easy and affordable incentive savings program which helps provide students with necessary funds to have a life-long, unforgettable educational Israel experience. Passport to Israel is administered by the The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia sets aside matching funds to be added to monies saved by Passport to Israel families to be used for approved Israel experiences...More