AKIVA GERSH EDUCATOR - SPEAKER - WRITER - MUSICIAN
Explore popular as well as lesser-known sites around Israel from the comfort of your own home!!
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Educator/guide Akiva Gersh mixes his expertise in Israel history and guiding with vivid pictures to give participants a feeling of being in Israel!
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Virtual tours focus on sites of ancient as well as modern significance.
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Great for families, synagogues, organizations, JCCs as well as
Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebrations.
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To customize your own personal tours, contact Akiva here.
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Tour options include:
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Ir David (City of David)
Old City of Jerusalem
Masada
Dead Sea
Tel Aviv/Jaffa
Graffiti Tour
Tzfat
Golan Heights
Sde Boker and the Negev
Atlit Detention Center
Akko
Beer Sheva
Archeaological Sites
Border with Lebanon and Syria
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AND MANY, MANY MORE!!
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about YOUR GUIDE, akiva GERSH
Akiva Gersh is passionate about sharing his love for the history of ancient and modern Israel with kids and adults alike. He has been teaching Jewish and Israel Studies for 20 years, including 13 years leading and guiding groups all around Israel, showing them the wonders of the land and the people who have inhabited it for thousands of years.
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Originally from New York, Akiva moved to Israel in 2004 and has worked with thousands of students throughout his career, caring most about helping them to develop a personal connection with their Jewish heritage, with Jewish history and with Israel.
Akiva received a BA from Brown University in Religious Studies, an MA from Yeshiva University in Jewish Education and rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Sulam Yaakov in Jerusalem.
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He lives in Pardes Hanna, Israel with his wife Tamar and their four children.
