COJECO RSJ Community Solidarity and Volunteering Mission to Israel

Sunday, January 18th – Friday, January 23rd, 2026

* A stay at Metropolitan Hotel in Tel Aviv- 5 nights

* A current political, security, social situation briefing update/ analysis with leading experts

* Meeting with families and individuals impacted by the October 7th tragedy

* Meaningful hands-on volunteering

* Visit to the communities in the South and North of Israel impacted by October 7^th tragedy- Kibbutzim, Nova Festival site

* Meeting with Russian-speaking Community leadership involved in assisting impacted individuals and families

* Visit to Jerusalem

Itinerary

Sunday, January 18th

Afternoon:
– Arrival and check-in at the Metropolitan Hotel in Tel Aviv.
– Optional tour: Old Jaffa from an unusual perspective
– Dinner at the hotel and opening of the program.

Monday, January 19th

Breakfast at the hotel
– Visit to the area of ​​the events of October 7^th (Sderot, Nova Festival, Tkuma)
– Meeting with the leadership of the southern city of Ashkelon impacted by the constant shelling
– Meeting with the Russian-speaking families impacted by October 7th tragedy
– Return to Tel Aviv

Tuesday, January 20th

Breakfast at the hotel
–  Departure to Jerusalem: getting to know the city from a new angle
– Visit to the Knesset- Israel’s Parliament and meeting with Russian-speaking MK
– Meeting and discussion with RSJ community spiritual leaders
– Informal evening with the RSJ grassroots organization Shishi Shabbat Israeli
– Return to hotel in Tel Aviv

Wednesday, January 21st

Breakfast at the hotel
– Morning: discussion of the geopolitical situation in the Middle East with the popular journalist, politician, and one of the leading experts on the Arab world and Arab-Israeli relations, Ksenia Svetlova
– Day of Volunteering
Evening: Meeting with representatives of Israel’s culture and business,
Visit the Gesher Theater and meet with its director Roi Chen.

Thursday, January 22nd

Breakfast at the hotel
–Head off to the Israel’s northern border with Syria and Lebanon
– Meeting at the local kibbutz with residents who recently returned from the evacuation
– Volunteering
– Return to Tel Aviv
– Festive concluding dinner

Friday, January 23rd

Breakfast and closing of the program

Please note: the itinerary is subject to change.

Program Cost: Double room occupancy (two people in the room)- $ 1,545; Single room (one person in the room) – $ 2,059. Scholarships are available.

Included: 5 nights at the Metropolitan Hotel in Tel-Aviv, breakfasts at the hotel, dinner on the first night and dinner on the last night of the program, bus and tour guide, program.

Not included: Flights, all other lunches and dinners, entry tickets outside the program, medical and travel insurance.

COJECO Solidarity and Volunteering Mission to Israel is generously supported by the UJA-Federation of NY. 

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