February 7, under auspices of the Honorary Consulate of Israel in the framework of "Tahlit" programme 20 young people went from Lviv to Israel . This is the first group that goes to Israel directly from Lviv. Travel from Lviv became possible thanks to the regular flights Lviv-Tel-Aviv-Lviv openenig of which was also contributed by the Honorary Consulate. Ukrainian guys went to Israel in order to get to know better ancestral land, to explore life of modern Israel. A ten-day trip, acquaintance with the culture, way of life, traditions and Israeli people are remained to be discovered by the young people.
ʻTahlitʼ is an educational project, a free ten-day trip to Israel for people of Jewish descent aged from 18 to 26. Participants of the project get acknowledged with the places connected with the history of Jewish people and places of interest of Israel. The project goal is to join young Jewish who live in different countries all over the world to Jewish history and heritage, to tell them about roots, to get acquainted with the life of modern Israel. As of day, in the framework of ʻTahlitʼ more than 400 thousand of people from 66 different countries visited Israel. ʻTahlitʼ was created in 1966 by the initiative of Michael Steinhardt and Charles Bronfman, Jewish philanthropists, who drew attention to their idea of many other partners, Jewish communities around the world, private persons and family funds.
Honorary Consulate of Israel from July, 2015 cooperates with coordinators of the programme and with a great pleasure assist in organizing meetings and consultations. In the premises of Consulate meetings of ʻTahlitʼ representatives with young people and their parents are held.
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