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Hello Parents, Friends, Camp Havaya Staff, and other people related to members of the Havaya Sportugbraltar trip, It’s Sylvia (yes, I wrote all the recaps so far) back for the third time telling you everything about the trip. This one got kind of long, so… Continue reading

A note for our friends at Camp Havaya… The Europe Trip is currently celebrating our first Shabbat in Córdoba, Spain. As you continue through your own Shabbat celebrations in the Poconos, we wanted to update you on our trip with some words from our trip… Continue reading

We started off the morning with breakfast in the hotel with some eggs, fruit, and pastries. Then we loaded onto the bus and headed to the Real Madrid stadium for a nice tour. During the tour, we learned about the history of the stadium and… Continue reading

After a long flight where NOBODY clapped when the plane landed, we arrived to Madrid! We met our tour guide Mark (who is Israeli) and our security guard who would soon become an icon. Then we briefly stepped into the hot Madrid sun before going… Continue reading

After almost three years, we finally have a group of teens traveling overseas! Sure, it’s not Israel … but two weeks in Europe isn’t too shabby. We can’t wait to share their adventures…. Continue reading

Another hot morning in the desert started with us saying goodbye to Kibbutz Keturah and loading up the bus. Our first stop was at an agricultural research center, which focused on ways to farm in the desert. We got to play in their interactive museum… Continue reading

On Tuesday we had our last wake up with a view of the Machtesh, loaded up the bus in RECORD time (shoutout to the luggage committee, they girlbossed the luggage like the women in STEM they are), and hit the road to head south. We… Continue reading

On Sunday, an early morning goodbye to Jerusalem led us to a long bus ride south where we ended at a lookout point called Black Arrow. We could see Gaza and Or used it as an opportunity to teach us about the history and current… Continue reading

Friday was a really special day. We started the morning bright and early at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum. Our large group split into two smaller groups and were each led by a guide from the museum. As hard and emotional as the museum was… Continue reading