UJIA Israel Experience Summer Tours start this week

The first batch of 16-year-olds on these exciting programmes departed this week on their three-week tour to learn about Jewish life, culture and history on an educational visit of a lifetime. This year, about 1,230 are taking part, an estimated 55% of Jewish 16-year-olds in the UK. Our community is a world leader in arranging these types of educational visits.
Only the highest quality madrichim (leaders) are given the chance to take an Israel Experience summer tour, and they are carefully selected from youth leaders - from across the youth movement spectrum, from Ezra to LJY-Netzer. UJIA funds all madrichim training as well as supporting the educational, logistical and welfare elements of the tours.

Shelley Marsh, UJIA Director of Informal Education, said: "Israel Tour is a meaningful, educational experience for British Jewish 16-year-olds. I feel privileged to work in partnership with the Youth Movements, who have done an excellent job in encouraging young people to choose take part in an Israel Tour. Friendships are made and strengthened on Israel Tour. As young people finish their exams, the Tour leaders are ready to develop a sense of independence in their participants and enable each young person to deepen their own connection to Israel and their Jewish identity. Janus Korczak, wrote: 'Children are not the people of tomorrow, they are the people of today.'" The fantastic experiences they will have will stay with them forever."

Meanwhile, You can view and purchase pictures of this year's tour from the UJIA website, by clicking here (Net proceeds will support UJIA programmes, including our Israel Experience bursaries programme.)

*UJIA Israel Experience is supported by the UJIA and organised by the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)