Passport to Israel
Passport to Israel - Sign up by April 18, 2011!
Usually open only to families of students entering 3rd and 7th grades, this year only CJP has opened it to all families with students in grades 3-7.
Don't miss this opportunity for parents and grandparents to invest in a child's future trip to Israel!
The Myra and Robert Kraft Passport to Israel program is a unique savings plan to help parents send their children on a life-changing teen Israel experience. The program is designed so that Temple Israel and Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) can help families make a trip to Israel during the high school years a reality.
Studies show that a teen Israel experience cements and strengthens a teen's Jewish identity and establishes lifelong involvement in the Jewish life. Friendships and bonds with Israel and Israelis forged on teen Israel trips last well into adulthood.
Participating in Passport to Israel enables your family to start saving for a teen Israel trip now.
Frequently Asked Questions (from CJP website)
Any child enrolled in 3rd through 7th grade religious school at Temple Israel is eligible to enroll in Passport to Israel. Students must enroll in school by February 1 of the school year.
- For students who enroll in 3rd grade, families contribute $125 per year and Temple Israel contributes $75 per year.
- For students who enroll in 4th grade, families contribute $325 for the first year and $125 thereafter and Temple Israel contributes $75 each year.
- For students who enroll in 5th grade, families contribute $525 for the first year and $125 thereafter and Temple Israel contributes $75 each year.
- For students who enroll in 6th grade, families contribute $725 for the first year and $125 thereafter and Temple Israel contributes $75 each year.
- For students who enroll in 7th grade, families contribute $325 per year and Temple Israel contributes $175 per year.
Students may put the funds accumulated through Passport to Israel toward the cost of an Israel program undertaken between the end of their 10th grade year and the end of the first semester following high school graduation. Programs must be approved by the synagogue and have to last at least four weeks.
Past participants from Temple Israel have gone to Israel with the following programs:
Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel
Nesiyah Institute
NFTY Adventure
NFTY L'Dor V'Dor
NFTY Ole
EIE Summer Session
EIE By the Sea
Mitzvah Corps Israel
For more information about Passport to Israel, contact Naomi Sobel, Teen Educator, at or 617-566-3960, ext 126