A boy’s bar-mitzvah elevates him to his next stage in life, his first as a Jewish young man.  

The Mid-bar-Mitzvah Adventure empowers the boy and provides him with a living, breathing  connection to the Land and the State of Israel, by way of an extreme desert trek, laced with  history, a trek that will fashion his persona for the rest of his life.

All aboard!

The trek is starting!

Ready? Fasten your seatbelts, hold on tight, 

and your Mid-bar-Mitzvah Adventure will now begin!

We're off!

Getting acquainted, putting together a route, and navigating the desert!

Together we will learn the terrain and navigate the desert, along the winding jeep-trails, the  sharp rises and the fascinating descents that will take us on a new/old, Jewish/Israeli  adventure.

How does one survive in the wilderness?

See the desert come alive.

Does the desert talk to us? Together we’ll discover the language of the desert, how one  creates life in a place where nature behaves and speaks differently, and how desert  desolation can become a fascinating experience. 

A Flashlight and an Ounce of Courage

A Little-Known Tale of Caves Used for Hiding-Places.

Most people have never seen the remote desert caves used for hiding over 1500 years ago.  

Who hid in them? Who were they hiding from? Why here of all places?? What’s inside the  caves? We’ll take you places few people have gone before. 

History Comes Alive.

Go back 2000 years in time. How did Jews live here?

A community and Jewish life in the middle of the desert? 

Our time machine will take you back to people and stories that really happened.

The Wilderness Chain of Generations

From King David to the Great Revolt. How the Desert Built the People

King David, Bar Kochba’s warriors, young Israeli pioneers and elite IDF units – What attracted such a long Jewish chain to the Judean Desert?

Living It Up at the Dead Sea

Wrapping Things Up over a Cold Drink at a Scenic Observation Point.

When we’re done, we’ll connect the dots, looking back over what we experienced, what we  learned, what we took away with us

The Jeep's Motor is Running. The Scenery is Enticing. The Jeep Trails Await You…

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