Please note that we are finalizing what our trips will look like for the 2021-2022 school year.
Our trips give teens the opportunity to live our Jewish values, pray with their feet, and talk about the role of the Jewish community and the impact of individuals who can and should make a difference in the world today. They are also incredible bonding opportunities, with friendships forming that span grades. The trips are staffed by members of the Department of Lifelong Learning and community service hours are available for all of our trips.
8th-9th Grade Civil Rights Journey
Organization: Etgar 36
Where: Georgia and Alabama
Save the Date: President’s Weekend, February 2022
Itinerary: Etgar 36 uses the Civil Rights narrative as a way to provide participants with the tools and inspiration to take the next step beyond social action: social activism. Participants will learn about the struggles of African Americans to gain equality in the 1950s & 60s as well as discover how Jews were involved in the Civil Rights struggle. Participants will walk away understanding why Jews, as people who have known oppression, must care and act when others are oppressed. The journey will include Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham. Visits include the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum and Memorial to the victims of lynching, Freedom Park, the site where Leo Frank was lynched, the Rosa Parks Museum, the Martin Luther King Center/Auburn Ave. district, Ebenezer Baptist Church, walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the 16th Street Baptist Church, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and learn about the current fight against voter suppression with Fair Fight 2020.
10th-12th Grade Border Trip
Organization: Tzedek America
Where: Arizona
Save the Date: President’s Weekend, February 2022
Itinerary: Visit Phoenix, Tucson, and Nogales, Arizona, on this immigration justice program. We will meet with organizations and people directly directly affected and enforcing the flow of migrants from the United States to Mexico. Participants will gain an appreciation for history of the local Jewish community, learn how a variety nonprofits are effecting social change in the local community, volunteer by participating in engaging and collaborative justice work, explore the local food scene and learn about different ethnic communities, and learn Jewish texts that deeply connect us to the work we do.
