Chabad

Birthright edition!
From the airport in LAX until LAX again on the way back, from Ben Gurion airport to Ben Gurion's graveside, from the synagogues of Tzfat to the , from Nova to the Jordan River to Tel Aviv, from the hotel lobbies to the busses, we wrapped!
Enjoy some of the pictures!
And keep showing your Jewish Pride- keep those mitzvahs coming!

How can I sum up 10 days of Birthright Israel?
2 busses filled with students, Israeli peers, staff.
10 days filled with inspiration, experiences, surprises.
How do I even begin to choose the highlights?
At Caesarea, beginning to contemplate our connection to this land?
In Tzfat, Learning about the mystics who give our spiritual lives depth and color?
Meeting the Israelis who would become family within just a few days?
Enjoying the beaches and nightlife of Tel Aviv?
The Shuk on Friday afternoon- or on Saturday night?
The ecstatic experience of dancing at the Kotel on Friday night?
The heavy moments - listening to the impromptu story of a bereaved mother on Mt. Herzl, Learning about antisemitism and the Holocaust at Yad Vashem, reliving the horror and honoring the slain at the Nova site?
Floating in the Dead Sea? The water cistern on Massada? Camping in the Bedouin tents? Visiting homes? Volunteering?
Or is it just the little moments? Conversations late into every night, bonding, laughing.
So much goes into these trips, but so much more comes out of them. Lifelong memories. Deepened insights. Changed perspectives.
Thank you and for all of your incredible work in making this possible, especially in this very complicated year!
Thank you and for being incredible tour guides and leading us all on this journey.
Thank you to our amazing American staff members and
and .echo and for making everything work so smoothly.
Thank you to for holding down the fort at home and making this trip possible.
Thank you to our incredible Israelis for adding so much to the students' experiences.
Thank you Menachem and Shneur for all your help, especially for inspiring all the guys to wrap every day!
And most importantly that you to the incredible students of Busses 778 and 352! Your participation, curiosity, openness, and courage are what made this year's trip so memorable!
Hoping we all bring the inspiration back in real ways to our lives back home!

We are underway!
In a very complicated season, we are so excited to be on the way to the Holy Land, with both of our Birthright groups now in the air.
Now, more than ever, students exploring their Jewish identity and heritage and the story of our people in Israel is so vital, and we are so moved to be part of this process.
Group pics, orientations, even some Mitzvahs at the gate... and we are off on this incredible adventure!
Thank you and for this opportunity!

Shavuot starts tomorrow night.
If you're nearby we'd love to have you with us.
Two options for the Reading of the Ten Commandments on Friday - each followed by a dairy feast.
chabadusc.com/events or DM to let us know you're planning to join...
Chag Sameach!

It so often gets overlooked, but one of the most important dates in the Jewish calendar is coming up.

Besides the High Holidays, Jews have celebrated three holidays annually since Biblical times – Sukkot, Pesach (Passover), and Shavuot. Shavuot is celebrated on the 6th  and 7th of Sivan, 7 weeks after Passover, commemorating the seminal moment of the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai on that day, 3,338 years ago. That’s the day we truly became a nation, as we were given the purpose and mission statement that has guided us ever since.

This year, Shavuot will be celebrated on Thursday evening, May 21, through Saturday, May 23. While traditions of the day including eating a dairy meal (cheesecake!) and staying up all night to study Torah, the most important observance is making it to a synagogue on Sunday for the reading of the Ten Commandments – as Jews all over the world re-enact the unity and commitment of that moment.

Mazal Tov Sorelle and Evan on your beautiful wedding tonight!
Nothing we love more than alumni weddings. So much that this is bli ayin harah the third Cohen wedding we've done in 2 years!


May the love and light of this night shine through your entire lives together!

Mazal Tov also to all of the Cohens: .cohen.7 .elyssadds and the entire family!

Mazal Tov to all of the graduates of the Class of 2026!
It was so special to celebrate you at all of the graduation events over the past couple of days, including and especially at the Jewish Commencement Ceremony with our partners at

Fight On!

For those still around tonight, we'll be hosting Shabbat dinner. Message us to let us know you'll be here. Shabbat Shalom!