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Hello JSU TJJ Parents,What a week!I hope everyone tuned into Yom NCSY this past Monday. We had over 2,300people, including teens from 21 different summer programs gather together for the first major tourist event in Israel in 18 months! The Southern TJJ Lions certainly caused an uproar!We then began our journey south. We made a…

Hello JSU TJJ Parents,We have finally made it to Jerusalem – welcome home!Our teens got the chance to see the Kotel for the first time this trip from the beautiful roof top of the Aish Hatorah building in the old city. It was quite an emotional moment.Follow us on our social media accounts to see…

Hello JSU TJJ Parents,We are back!We started in Central Israel by visiting the famous Blind Museum with a very powerful experience. Our Lions certainly have a new appreciation for their ability to see. We then spent some time in the park and the beach.We finished up by visiting the Altalena, where we learned about the…

Hello JSU TJJ Parents, Our bags are packed and we made it to Central Israel! But first, on our way down stopped in Rosh Hanikra to go tornado boating! What fun that was! Our next stop was Israel’s largest ropes course park in Tel Aviv and that was great as well. I am pleased to…

Hello JSU TJJ Parents, Time to go back into history. Today our Lions got to learn a little bit about how things worked and opporated many years ago. Dressed in ancient garb, our Lions got to ride donkeys and make pita bread from scratch! We then heard from Elane Holter, a woman who lost her…

Hello JSU TJJ Parents, Greetings from the Golan! Today we bagan with our first hike. The Jilabun hike is filled with old Syrian bunkers from the 6 day war in 1967. This hike brought to by the work of our hero Eli Cohen! We then got to visit our second boarder with our neighbor’s from…

Hello JSU TJJ Parents, Are you ready for some action! Northern Israel is filled with green mountains, natural springs and breathtaking scenery. Today we got to see the natural waterfalls of the Tel Dan Nature reserve. We then went rafting down the Jordan river and schockingly no one got wet at all! Finally we got…

Hello JSU TJJ Parents: Greetings from Israel!!! That’s right, we made it to the Holy Land! After months and months of uncertainty, the Southern TJJ Lion Pride landed safely in Ben Gurion Airport and headed north for orientation and to begin our quarantine. We are staying in the beautiful Western Galil until Sunday. The kids…