Ta'am Yisrael:A Taste of Israel
TA'AM YISRAEL 2011: Tuesday, Feb. 1 - Tuesday, Feb. 8
Ta'am Yisrael 2011 Registration form is now live! To register, go to www.regonline.com/taamyisrael2011.
For more information contact Marcia Seltzer Tobias at (847) 410-3900, x14, or mstobias@cfje.org.
For an overview of the Ta'am Yisrael program, click here.
TA'AM YISRAEL 2011 FORMS
2011 Introductory Letter
2011 Key Dates
2011 Application Timeline
Participant Eligibility & Requirements
Personal Profile
Letters of Recommendation-Guidelines
Scholarship Application
Trip Cancellation Contract
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TA'AM YISRAEL: OVERVIEW
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Ta’am Yisrael: A Taste of Israel is a program designed by the CFJE to give a select number of 8th grade students a meaningful, intense, emotional and focused taste of their heritage through a SEVEN-DAY “HANDS-ON” EXPERIENCE IN ISRAEL. A main goal of the program is to integrate substantial Jewish content to enhance this outstanding educational experience. The CFJE is seriously committed to providing high-level Israeli security for the experience.
Ta’am Yisrael was developed in order to respond to the needs of post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah students, who constitute an especially at-risk group for discontinuing their Jewish education. Traditionally, the Bar/Bat Mitzvah year has marked the entrance, as an adult, into the Jewish community as an adult. However, following the excitement of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah year, a majority of students do not return for additional Jewish education.
The goals of Ta’am Yisrael include:
- Provide a strategic Israel experience for Jewish students
- Encourage Jewish students to continue their Jewish Education post Bar/Bat Mitzvah
- Aid in building the relationship between individual Jewish students and Israel so that students will return for lengthier Israel experiences and aid in cultivating Jewish identity
- Build Jewish identity, and thus, help ensure continued and expanded affiliation with the Jewish community, including such examples as Jewish camping and youth programming
- Provide respected staff leadership in order to seek to engage the teens on a new level of learning and living Jewish history and Jewish life in Israel
Our well-designed format includes parent and student orientations, preparatory student programming, extensive development and training for accompanying staff. The itinerary is highly active and includes hiking, camping, outdoor group excursions and a variety of additional adventures. Highlights include:
- Shabbat in Jerusalem
- The Kotel and Jerusalem’s Old City
- Climbing Masada
- Swimming in the Dead Sea
- Beit Guvrin/Archeological Dig
- Activities with Israeli youth
- Bedouin Tent experience
- Jeep Rides in the Negev
For more information on Ta'am Yisrael: A Taste of Israel, please contact:
Marcia Seltzer Tobias at mstobias@cfje.org, or (847) 410-3900, x 14.
The CFJE reserves the right to make any and all decisions regarding the acceptance of applicants to Ta'am Yisrael. If the experience does not go forward for any reason, the CFJE has no future obligations to the applicants or their families.
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Click here to read about the findings of the Ta'am Yisrael Research Study.
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TA'AM YISRAEL 2008 - WEB JOURNAL
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