Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Giro d'Italia Big Start 2018

Abrams Travel is currently offering an exclusive trip that allows you to watch the Giro d'Italia in the Holy Land May 2-9, 2018! Watch the first three Giro d'Italia stages in Jerusalem as they bike along the Mediterranean and through the desert. On your trip you'll have the opportunity to bike some of Israel's most scenic routes and varied topographies. Stay in first class hotels with daily breakfast and six dinners included. To learn more and to book your spot, please contact Ron Abrams.

Monday, June 19, 2017

Pilgrimage Travel Tips

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Today we're bringing you a great read, especially if you're in the planning process for an upcoming pilgrimage! You won't forget to bring the essentials after reading Gila's Tips for Tours. Her comprehensive list includes the basics but also a handful of items you probably didn't think you needed but were happy to have. Check out the full list HERE!

Start planning the pilgrimage of your dreams TODAY with Abrams Travel! Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, June 12, 2017

Why the Western Wall is the Holiest in Judaism

Good morning!

Today's blog features an interesting article written by Allan Ross that brings to light why the Western Wall is the holiest site in all of Judaism. Ross explains, "Called the “Kotel” in Hebrew, the Western Wall is actually part of the huge, outer retaining wall for the Temple Mount area where the First Jewish Temple (The Temple of Solomon) was built in 957 BCE and destroyed in 586 BCE, and where the Second Jewish Temple was built by King Herod in 20 BC." 

This site became the holiest in Judaism because of its closeness to the actual Temples,  and especially where the First Temple housed the Ten Commandments inside the Ark of the Covenant. 


Learn more about this holy site by reading the full article HERE

Is it your dream to visit the Western Wall? Contact Abrams Travel TODAY to start planning! 
Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

11 Nights in Israel with Abrams Travel

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Today's blog features our luxurious 11 night stay in Israel where pilgrims will be able to explore their Jewish heritage in depth. The trip includes a visit to the Western Wall Tunnel and Davidson Center, full Israeli daily breakfasts, a jeep tour at the foot of the Golan, and much more! To learn more, please click HERE


Contact us TODAY to start planning your once-in-a-lifetime trip to explore your faith! Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Healing at the Shavuot

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Today's blog highlights a recently published article that truly hits home in light of the recent Manchester attack. Irene Lancaster compassionately writes, "Shavuot is the festival which marks the giving of the Torah (613 commandments) to the Jewish people. The festival is a celebration of women. The Torah itself is regarded as female in Jewish thought. The Torah is tough yet compassionate. And because of this the Torah was given to women first." 



Lancaster writes this article as a reflection of the recent Manchester attack at an event that that was occupied predominately by women and children. Lancaster also goes on to discuss one of Judaism's ultimate pilgrim, Ruth, and how her values can be looked up to today in spite of the current world we live in.

For more, please read the full article HERE

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/



Monday, May 22, 2017

Plan Your Next Adventure With Abrams Travel!

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At Abrams Travel we have been creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences for over 40 years. Specializing in pilgrimage tours, Abrams Travel can help you customize a trip for yourself, your family or religious group to take a deeper look into your faith. Experience your faith in Israel, Egypt, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Whether you're looking to book one of our pre-set tours or want to customize your own, we can make sure your trip is one to remember.


Don't forget! Mention finding us through Google and receive 5% your services! Terms and conditions apply.

To learn more, please contact Ron directly at ron@abramstravel.com and visit our website HERE!

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, May 15, 2017

Tunisia Continues to Welcome Pilgrims and Coexistence

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Today's blog features a lovely article that states that Tunisia will continue to be a country open to pilgrimage and to the coexistence of religions. Celebrations and traditions organized every year on the 33 days after Passover occur at the ancient Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia. 

The article states, "One of the legends claims that the Ghriba synagogue dates back to the destruction of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, when some Jews fleeing Palestine took refuge in Djerba in 586 BC." 


Over 2,500 Jewish pilgrims visit this site every year and will continue to be welcomed. To learn more, please read the full article HERE

To start planning your pilgrimage trip of a lifetime, contact Abrams Travel today! Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, May 8, 2017

Profiles in Faith

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Today's blog features a profile piece out of Central Michigan University written by Ben Solis where one of their students, Hadley Platek recently experienced a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to her Jewish homeland. In the piece she recounts her experience and how her journey became a reality when she decided to attend her University and joined Hillel, the Jewish student's cultural group on campus that focuses on culture. 

Solis writes, "Explorations of faith have been a cornerstone of her life, Platek said. When she was a child, her family celebrated many different religious holidays. As she grew older, the exposure to different ideas and values helped solidify her faith in Judaism." 

At Abrams Travel, we love reading stories about young people taking the initiative to explore deeper into their faith. To read the full article, please click HERE

If you have a group that is excited about delving further into their faith, contact Abrams Travel today! Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/




Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Customize A Trip Of A Lifetime With Abrams Travel!

Good morning!

Abrams Travel offers a variety of pre-set experiences and trips but also allows you, your family or religious group to have the opportunity of a lifetime to further explore your faith how YOU want to. With over 100 years of experience creating Israel travel programs our educators and guides truly enhance the depth of education from each location your group decides to visit.

We work with groups of all sizes and love to customize the itineraries to accommodate the most adventurous Israel traveler! Mention your Google Search and receive 5% off any package tour! (terms and conditions apply).


Learn more about customizing your own tour of Israel HERE!

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, April 24, 2017

Experience Israel in 9 Luxurious Nights

At Abrams Travel we're dedicated to creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences for you, your family or your religious organization. Our 9 Nights in Israel, known as our Amos Tour packs in all the highlights to leave you leaving with lasting memories. 

Highlights of this trip include:
  • Meeting & Assistance at the airport upon arrival.
  • Arrival & departure transfers
  • 6 full days of sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle.
  • Professional government licensed English speaking guide.
  • Full Israeli breakfast daily.
  • Jeep tour at the foot of the Golan
  • Lunch & Swim/SPA at the Dead Sea in a Hotel by the beach
  • Visit to the Kotel (Western Wall) Tunnel
  • Visit to the Davidson Center
  • All entrance fees (gratuities not included).
  • 9 nights accommodation using hotel plan of your choice
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To take a look at the full itinerary, click HERE! For more information and any questions on how to book your next trip, please contact Ron directly at ron@abramstravel.com!

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/



Monday, April 17, 2017

My Jewish Year

Good afternoon!

Today we're featuring "My Jewish Year", a new book written by Abigail Pogrebin that brings to light the 18 Jewish holidays and traditions that happen throughout the year. Daivd Gregory of the New York Times gives an in-depth review of the book, picking out key points for potential readers.

Gregory explains, "More substantively, Pogrebin brings both curiosity and candor to her search. During a fast on the first day of January, the 10th of Tevet, marking the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Babylonians, she grabs hold of the larger point of skipping a meal: “Our tradition doesn’t care about whether you’re sated, but about what you do.” This is a day of sacrifice to focus the mind on helping others rather than satisfying ourselves. Pogrebin strives valiantly throughout the year, learning (she interviewed more than 60 rabbis and scholars) and breaking stereotypes of our tradition, as when she blesses a woman sitting next to her at a feminist Seder on Passover."

Take a look at the full review HERE and find out where you can pick up a copy for yourself.

This is a wonderful book to read before, during or after experiencing your faith through one of our pilgrimages to the Holy Land. Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, April 10, 2017

14 Night Luxurious Israel Vacation with Abrams Travel

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Today's blog features one of our popular excursions that includes a luxurious 14 days in Israel. Titled the Samuel Tour, this tour allows you, your family or your group to truly experience Israel in its entirety.

Highlights of the trip include:
  • Meeting & Assistance at the airport upon arrival.
  • Arrival & departure transfers
  • 10 full days of sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle.
  • Professional government licensed English speaking guide.
  • Full Israeli breakfast daily.
  • Jeep tour at the foot of the Golan
  • Lunch & Swim/SPA at the Dead Sea in a Hotel by the beach
  • Visit to the Western Wall Tunnel
  • Visit to the Davidson Center
  • All entrance fees (gratuities not included).
  • Camel ride
  • Bedouin hospitality with lunch
  • Underwater Observatory in Eilat
  • 14 nights accommodation using hotel plan of your choice

For more information about this trip and all of our other experiences, please e-mail us today!  

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, April 3, 2017

Abrams Travel New Website!

Good afternoon! 

We're so excited that the brand new Abrams Travel site is officially live! Take some time to browse around the new site and take a look at all of our custom trips and tours! Let us start to plan YOUR next experience of a lifetime!


Click HERE to view the new website!

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups.

Monday, March 27, 2017

Give Us A "Like" On Facebook!

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Today we're encouraging you and your friends to give Abrams Travel a "Like" on Facebook to stay up-to-date on pilgrimage news stories, new custom trips and exciting happenings! If you've always been interested in taking a trip to the Holy Land or to any of our other destinations to take a deeper look into your faith, contact us today! If you've had experience with our services, we would love for you to leave us a review as well. Thank you! 


Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about our trips and services by visiting our website!  

Monday, March 20, 2017

Explore Your Faith with Abrams Travel!

For nearly 40 years, Abrams Travel has planned and organized once-in-a-lifetime religious vacations to Israel, Egypt, Europe, Latin American and even the Caribbean. Loyal customers and uncompromising service are hallmarks at Abrams Travel and we hope you'll choose us to plan your next religious excursion! We have a variety of trips to choose from and will also happily create a custom trip made specifically to cover your ultimate wish list!


Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about our trips and services by visiting our website

Monday, March 13, 2017

Birds - A Beauty of Israel

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Israel is a country full of rich religious history and breathtaking sites. We found an article out of the Times of Israel that highlights the vast amount of bird species that pass through each year, 300 to be exact. Hula Valley in northern Israel has gained quite the reputation among avid birdwatchers to being one of the must-see locations.


Ben Sales writes, "With a location at the nexus of three continents, and a climatic diversity that ranges from arid desert in the south to a cooler mountainous region in the north, Israel draws about 500 million birds from 550 species annually."
 
Learn more about this one-of-a-kind experience HERE!

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, March 6, 2017

Historic Trees in Israel

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Michael Brown of Intermountain Jewish News writes, "Trees have stories, and Israel’s trees have lots of stories." Israel is full of both ancient and historic trees that present many aspects of Israel's history, from biblical to modern, that continue to be overlooked by the average tourist. The five must-see trees that Brown describes in the article are all very easily accessible and worth seeking out during your next visit!


Five Must-See Historic Trees in Israel
  • Baha’u’llah’s Grove
  • Einstein’s Palm 
  • Methusaleh Tree 
  • King George Sycamores 
  • Netter’s Banyan Tree 
Learn about each and every tree by reading the full article HERE

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, February 27, 2017

Israel Interfaith Trip

 Good afternoon!

Today's blog features a blog post written by Rabbi Aaron Bisno for The Jewish Chronicle. The blog highlights a pilgrimage made up of 27 Christians and Jews traveling throug the Holy Land all for different reasons. Rabbi Bisno describes that some of the pilgrims are there to experience a trip with their rabbi or bishop to a place they've never experienced, others are in long-term interfaith marriages that want to explore each others roots together and others are excited for a chance to reconnect with a country that has always held a special place in their heart.

"The wonder of the trip is not that Jews and Christians are traveling here together, though that is not insignificant. The true blessing of our being together is how much we are learning about ourselves, our respective religious histories and faith, and all we share in common - even and especially amidst our differences." 
Read the full article to get inspired for a pilgrimage of your own by clicking HERE!  

Contact Abrams Travel TODAY about planning your next religious experience. Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/



Monday, February 13, 2017

Pursuers of Peace Pilgrimage

We love today's selected article as it features the Pursuers of Peace pilgrimage. The ultimate mission of this Holy Land pilgrimage is to recognize the similarities between the roots of the Christian and Jewish faiths and to continue to support each other in their hometown by finding common ground upon their return. 


Read more about their trip and how they brought two different faith's together to experience one trip of a lifetime by clicking HERE

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/



Monday, February 6, 2017

Did You Know?

Did you know of all the travel services and trips that Abrams Travel offers? From taking a luxury cruise, to a spiritual tour of Jerusalem and everything in between, Abrams Travel can help you, your family or your synagogue plan a trip of a lifetime! Whether your an active person and want to tap into that adventurous side or are looking to relax and take in the scenery, there is a trip for you. At Abrams Travel we're happy to show you our trip packages and can also help you design a custom trip that fits each and every one of your dreams. 



Learn more about what we do by clicking HERE

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, January 30, 2017

Jean-Michel Jarre - LIVE at the Dead Sea

At Abrams Travel, we love bringing you the latest most current news. We recently just discovered that Jean-Michel Jarre, a music legend will perform an outdoor concert at the footsteps of Masada, the Dead Sea, on April 6th, 2017! The concert named, "Zero Gravity" will aim to transform the historical background of Masada to a futuristic place for one special night!

We're so excited about this concert because it aims to raise International awareness to the Dead Sea's dire situation. Learn more about the concert and how to purchase your tickets by clicking HERE! 


If you'd like to make this concert one night of a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to the Holy Land, please contact the experts at Abrams Travel today! Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/


Monday, January 23, 2017

Love & Acceptance in the Holy Land

In today's blog we're bringing you an uplifting video that shows a beautiful rendition of the song, Hallelujah sung by a Priest and a Rabbi in the streets of Jerusalem. We love the powerful message behind this video of love and acceptance especially during this day in age. Take a moment today to listen to the spiritual message. If you've been dreaming about visiting the Holy Land, be sure to contact us at Abrams Travel today.


Watch the full video HERE! 

Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, January 16, 2017

Experience a Luxury Cruise with Abrams Travel!

Plan the cruise of a lifetime with Abrams Travel! Whether you've been dying to explore Europe, the Caribbean, Mediterranean or South America, Abrams Travel has the contacts to make sure your trip is simply unforgettable. Put your next trip in the hands of the experts. Abrams Travel is happy to create a customized trip just for you. 


Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/

Monday, January 9, 2017

Start Off Your New Year With Abrams Travel!

With every new year comes a list of new goals and aspirations. If you've wanted to explore your faith by immersing yourself in the culture and with the people of Jerusalem, Abrams Travel can make sure you're able to do just that! Their years of expertise in creating customized spiritual trips for their clients ensures that you will able to cross experiencing a religious pilgrimage off your bucket list. Start creating your next adventure. Contact the experts at Abrams Travel today! 


Abrams Travel is a full-service travel agency located in Maryland that specializes in planning spiritual vacations for individuals and groups. Learn more about their services by visiting their website: http://abramstravel.com/