Creating a Successful Israel Travel Experience for Your Congregation
Rabbi Daniel Gropper of the Community Synagogue of Rye New York and a member of the ARZA Travel Committee has furnished the following materials to help your congregation plan its trip to Israel. Please review them and adapt them for your next congregational trip to Israel.

Pre Israel Travel Study Document
A Blessing for Traveling to Israel
Cover Letter Example
Israel Divrei Torah
Reflections on Israel Divrei Torah
Ten Things To Do Before and After Your Trip
Israel Trip Siddur
Post Trip Reflections

The Israel Ministry of Tourism - www.goIsrael.com

• Find a Tour Operator
• Find a Tour Guide
• Bar/Bat-Mitzvah in Israel

Places of interest in Israel for Reform Jewish travelers:

• The Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism
• IMPJ Congregations Map
• Kibbutz Lotan
• Kibbutz Yahel
• Beit Daniel and Mishkenot Ruth Daniel
• The Anita Saltz International Education Center
• The Leo Baeck Education Center
• Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem Campus
• The Israel Religious Action Center (Hebrew site) (English site)

Other helpful resources:

• Interactive map of Israel from Ynet
• Reform Israel Experience

Journey in Hertzl's Footsteps: Seven frenetic days traveling with Herzl to Paris, Basel, Vienna, Budapest and Israel, reliving the times and events that gave rise to the Zionist movement, celebrating the triumph of the Zionist idea together with Jewish communities of Europe, concluding with the celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut on Mt. Herzl in Israel.

• Read up on the news in Israel, straight from the sources:
  Ha’Aretz - www.haaretz.com
  Jerusalem Post - www.jpost.com
  Yediot Aharonot - www.ynetnews.com