About the San Francisco Jewish Community Israel Travel Initiative

Aimed at meeting the growing need and desire of people of all ages to travel to Israel, the Israel Center’s Travel Initiative was established in June 2006 as a resource for our community. 

We are here to help you:

• Create a centralized resource and service for the Bay Area community’s Israel travel needs
• Develop a comprehensive approach to Israel travel
• Inform and inspire individuals and groups traveling from the Bay Area to Israel
• Increase awareness and familiarity with scheduled Israel trips
• Educate Bay Area travelers about the impact their dollars make in Israel
• Increase the numbers and variety of trips offered by community agencies and synagogues

The best reason to visit Israel: because it is our homeland

Travel to Israel offers you a chance to experience the history, religion, culture, democracy, technology, agriculture, music, diversity and vibrancy of the Jewish homeland. Whether you are a businessperson interested in Israel’s high-tech sector or a Jewish student seeking to reconnect with your heritage, come explore Israel with old and new friends.

Participation in an Israel program can be one of the most inspiring and powerful Jewish experiences you can have. Traveling will energize you, challenge you and provide you with new skills and enriching experiences. You’ll be transformed with a better understanding of your relationship to the past, present and future of the Jewish people.

Hundreds of thousands of young people have participated in our programs. Now is the time for you to make the Israel experience your experience!

Learn about our trips, missions and programs

Want to visit the Knesset in session, visit the historic sites, live on a kibbutz, study at an Israeli university or read up on Israel before you go? Whatever your reason for traveling to Israel, we can help you find the right opportunity through our community travel calendar.

We have all you’ll need to help you find the perfect locally or nationally led trip, mission or program. Whether you are going with a group or flying solo, we have helpful tips to prepare you.

Whenever we visit Israel, we travel up to the country’s northern region. The Upper Galil is one of Israel’s most beautiful provinces, offering an abundance of adventure travel opportunities.

Israel @ 60 Mission

Join the Business Leadership Council on an exclusive community trip to Israel on April 30-May 8, 2008.

We can also assist you in finding financial support to help pay for your trip.

Don’t leave your memories behind