Today’s blog post comes from Karen Getman. Blessed are those who find their strength in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. (Psalm 84:5) The most exasperating stranger I’ve had to walk with is myself. I go through life juggling my tourist pilgrim heart. There is a part of me that longs to be […]
University of Nebraska Kearney will be bring students to Israel and Palestine in 2016 to learn more about the conflict. In the Kearney Hub, the University’s newsletter, they interview professors Chuck Rowling and William Aviles to learn more about this study abroad experience. “One of the biggest things (that) we wanted to do was to […]
August 23, 2015 – We invited the St. Mark’s community, our families and friends, to travel with us to the Holy Land. Our trip officially begins September 1 in Jerusalem, but we have been preparing for over a year with readings, films and speakers. We have committed to listen to those living in the Holy […]
Here are some destinations where we can build custom experiential learning programs for you! Travel to Ireland for a Dual Narrative tour of Northern Ireland and learn about The Troubles from two perspectives; explore the history and language or take in Ireland with a focus on its literary past, perhaps you will uncover the secrets behind its […]
MEJDI co-founder and 2014 TED Fellow, Aziz Abu Sarah, had his TED talk posted in January 2015. Since then, his video has reached over 1 million views! If you haven’t seen it yet…
This past winter, MEJDI Co-Founder Aziz Abu Sarah spoke at 18×18 ChaiPowered’s Limmud Conference in Warwick, UK. In this talk, Aziz discusses how travel can change the world.
Our TED Talk: For more information…. Interested in learning more about our university travel services? Curious to see some of our university clients? Want to read some testimonials? Ready to start planning your field experience/study abroad?
Their goal was to create a new kind of tour company that uses tourism as an opportunity to encourage tolerance and cross cultural understanding by introducing tourists to the local people, sharing their traditions and teaching the multiple narratives and viewpoints that make up any nation.
Women of the Wall celebrated a major victory in April. For the first time ever, the organization read from a full size Torah at their monthly service at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem. For more than 25 years, Women of the Wall have been working to achieve the social and legal recognition of the […]
Tourism is here seen as awareness tool of reconciliation or education. This shows incredible potential.
