Preference is given to travel that includes a serious educational component.
Participants must be currently enrolled in an approved educational program. Students spend approximately one and one-half weeks in Eastern Europe and a month in Israel. The Center for Jewish Education's Teen Leadership Exchange program brings 11th and 12th graders to Karmiel, Baltimore's Partnership 2000 sister city in Israel. Participants spend three weeks enjoying home hospitality in Israel. Then, in the fall, teens from Israel visit families in Baltimore.