What we are offering: This year, Melabev’s hike will be one day of moderate hiking. We’ll enjoy a Morning hike in the Jerusalem Hills – meeting at the Yad Kennedy Memorial. Hike down through Hirbat Saadim along the Springs trail. After a lunch break, we will travel by bus to Mitzpe Jericho to view the Jordan River Valley and recall the end of Moses’s life on Mt. Nevo and the giving over of the reins to Yehoshua Bin Nun. We will visit Kasr el Yehud, the site where Yehoshua Bin Nun crossed with Bnai Yisrael into Israel. Here, we will recall how the mighty Jordon River split and how Yehoshua organized his troops to conquer Jericho and the rest of Israel. We will also glimpse into Jordan and its relationship with Israel since 1994 until today. From here, time permitting, we will go to the date fields. Then, it’s off to tour the unique formations along the northern end of the Dead Sea formed by the receding sea level. The day ends with a delicious Kosher slow-cooked meat dinner under the stars. From here, we return to the starting point and back to our cars.

Registration fee: 600 NIS per person. 400 NIS -Early registration by 15 August.

Personal Sponsorship goals:

Individual 3600 NIS.

Couple (married or with a friend) 5400 NIS.

First-time hikers 2000 NIS.

Of course, you don’t have to stop your fundraising just because you have reached your goal. Every shekel goes to enhance the well-being of the older adults in Melabev coping with Alzheimer’s or related dementias.

Come join us!

To register, click here.

To support the hike, click here.

The hike is subject to the approval of the Israel Police and the IDF in coordination with the Society of the Protection of Nature in Israel on the day of the hike.

For any questions, please call

Debra Katz, Volunteer on the Melabev Hike Committee, at 054-459-7379

or Ida Fry, Melabev’s Deputy Dir. of Resource Development at 052-720-3027.