high school

jTravel (Jewish Travel) is an extremely popular program for our Jewish youth and teens. We provide an assortment of travel opportunities for those in grades 9-12. Trips include social programming, leadership seminars, community service projects, grade-level field trips, and national/ international organized Jewish travel experiences. Open to all Temple Beth Sholom members and non-members. Financial assistance is always available.

Here's what's happening this year:

November 1-4, 2019 – New York City – 9^th Grade

Get ready for a New York City adventure! We will be exploring Jewish culture and impact all over the city! Join us as we discover the rich heritage of the past in some of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods and synagogues and as well as the innovative institutions that foster the thriving Jewish communities today. Our trip will *of course* include delicious food, world-renowned entertainment, and all of the excitement NYC has to offer!

February 14-18, 2019 – Give Kids the World – 9^th-12^th Grade

jTravel participants will serve as volunteers at Orlando’s Give Kids the World Village. This is a 79-acre, non-profit “storybook resort” where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families are treated to a weeklong cost-free fatasy vacation. jTravel participants will serve alongside medical professionals as volunteers helping to create a camp-like atmosphere during the day for the families. Separate nighttime activities for jTravel participants. Thirty hours of community service awarded with full participation.

While we are in Orlando for the long weekend, we will also travel to Disneyworld for a day as a jTravel group.

February 7-10, 2019 – Washington, D.C.- L’Taken Conferences – 10^th Grade

Want to make a difference? Teens will look at a variety of public policy issues through a Jewish lens. Teens will learn the skills needed to be an effective advocate and will have the unique experience of putting those skills to use on Capitol Hill where they will speak to our senators and representatives. There will be some D.C. sightseeing as well as an evening in Georgetown. Forty hours of community service awarded with full participation.

May 1-3, 2019 – Mini BESTHY Retreat – 9^th-12^th Grade

Travel to a beautifully renovated Camp Owaissa Bauer, located in Homestead, FL, where teens will serve as counselors to our 3^rd-5^th grade campers. Teens will have the opportunity to organize and run a three-day camp-like experience full of tie dye, singalongs, campfires and much more. The new site offers us exciting new opportunities to explore! Forty hours of community service awarded with full participation.