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Travel with JUF

Travel with other Chicagoans to Jewish communities all over the world and see your dollars at work!

Make new friends, explore your roots and learn about worldwide Jewish culture. JUF Missions give participants the opportunity to see first-hand what can be accomplished when we come together for good. 

If you’re interested in a mission or looking for more information, please contact [email protected]. 

Travel Opportunities

Bring Jewish identity and history to life with a trip to Israel! We offer savings and incentive programs and scholarships to make trips more affordable. 

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Access and Affordability

We offer savings and incentive programs and scholarships to make Israel trips, programs and experiences more affordable.

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Trips for Teens

Nothing makes Jewish identity and history come alive for teens like an Israel experience program. 

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Trips for College Students and Young Adults

Experience Israel with your peers—stay for a week, a summer or a gap year! In addition to yearly trips to Israel, recent trip destinations include: New Orleans, Boston, Denver and Las Vegas.  

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Highlighted Trips

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IsraelNow Chicago

Join Jewish eighth graders from all over Chicago and embark on a journey to remember. With JUF’s IsraelNow Chicago, you’ll deepen your relationship to Israel, strengthen your Jewish self-confidence, and expand your peer network, all while exploring must-see spots in Israel and making life-long connections. Your IsraelNow trip awaits!

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Birthright Israel

Free 10-day trips to Israel for college students and young adults who have not previously traveled to Israel on a peer trip.

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Gap Year Programs

More and more colleges and universities are encouraging teens to take a year between high school and college. Known as the Gap Year, this special year enables high school graduates to volunteer, learn, travel, and expand their horizons. Masa Israel enables thousands of Jewish young adults to spend a year in Israel by providing information, contacts, grants, and more. A directory of Gap Year programs in Israel, plus information about a universal grant and additional financial need funding, is available at Masa Israel Journey.

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JUF Young Leadership Division Mission

Travel to Israel with other Young Leaders on the YLD National Leadership Mission! Participants have the opportunity to tour, learn and discover Israel with other young professionals from Chicago and across the country. 

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Kefiada

Each year, JUF’s Partnership Together sends up to 16 counselors to Kefiada, our English-speaking summer camps in our Partnership Together region.

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Onward Israel

Onward Israel is a two-month professional internship program in sunny Tel Aviv. Live in Israel, build your resume and tour the country with Onward’s specialized educational programming.

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