Travel (Virtually) to Israel for the High Holidays with ISRAEL21c: Rosh Hashanah

Looking for a unique way to celebrate the High Holidays with your students? ISRAEL21c has created a list of the best things to do in Israel this holiday season!

Although these activities are suggested IN Israel, various resources are available to share with students to help celebrate Israeli style. 

Rosh Hashanah, September 14-15, 2015

Every Rosh Hashanah Israelis consume about 1,600 tons of honey! You can take your students on a virtual tour of Shadmat Devora in the Lower Galilee and take a closer look at honey production.

An Israeli beekeeper, Photo by Doran Horowitz

After Rosh Hashanah you can help students experience the annual Piyyut Festival (September 17-21) at Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem through videos featuring a variety of musicians as well as a different Israeli cultures and traditions. 

This is part one of a three part series to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. 

For more resources from ISRAEL21c, visit their website at www.israel21c.org