Israel Challenge

The Cross Israel Challenge is a co-ed camp for energetic youth that love Torah and Eretz Yisrael. Using the Tanach as our guide we will journey through the country from the North to the South in the footsteps of our forefathers and prophets. Unlike other summer programs, we focus on adventure sports, (emphasis on team-work and building self-confidence through physically challenging activities and our unique Army Experience).

The Cross Israel Challenge, our new program for teens, will take campers on an action-packed adventure from the North to the South of Israel. Daily activities will include hiking, canyoning, mountain climbing, rappelling, rafting, mountain biking, jeeping, swimming, *army training,* and much more.

Campers will gain hands-on experience with ropes, rappelling, navigation and other related fields. These activities call for a great deal of active participation, which will bring campers a raised level of personal self-confidence and a deep appreciation for the Land of Israel.

Through our exclusive army experience program, your children will learn firsthand what it takes to defend our homeland. Team work, leadership and character building will be stressed by highly experienced counselors who lead by example.

As Torah is the cornerstone of our program, as well as our lives, it will be reflected in each activity (from a predawn shacharit in the world's oldest synagogue to biking down the banks of the Dan river. Each day will have a Torah-related theme. Campers will climb the mountains that Joshua climbed, walk on streets paved by Jewish kings, experiencing the Tanach in 3D. There will be a minyan three times a day, and we will have a Sefer Torah with us at all times.

Fun and Excitement

1. Have the time of your life while experiencing the fun of the adventurous side of Israel!!

2. Experience the thrill of canyoning through the Kumeran, Tmarim, Rachaf, and Nachal Zavitan.

3. Bike through the vast Judean Desert, and ride over the running springs and green forests of the Galilee; overcome the steep hills and rugged plains that make up the diverse Israeli landscape.

4. See Israel's beautiful desert landscape while off-roading on unforgettable jeep excursions.




Professional skills attained at our camp

5. Develop multiple rope construction techniques and learn how to build basic rappelling stations.

6. Gain mountain climbing skills.

7. Attain leadership qualities by combining thought provoking tasks, with physically challenging activities.

8. Learn navigating and field survival.

9. Practice the different tactics used by Israeli Special forces in our exclusive Army Experience.

10. Acquire basic first aid field skills and much more.

Meaningful Moments:

1. Enjoy inspiring personal stories told by our nation's modern heroes.

2. Venture through the biblical landscape of our forefathers guided by the foremost Tana"ch experts of our time.

3. Spend Shabbat in the Old Cities of Jerusalem and Tzfat, the holiest cities in the world.

4. Read Aicha in the great Herodiyon ruins as part of an extraordinary 9 B'Av ceremony.

5. Travel through Israel from the top of the Hermon mountain all the way down to the southern tip of the Negev.