Right: An Orthodox rabbi tries to hitchhike a ride from his outpost in Eilat back to Jerusalem. Below: Melissa and Stacey Waldman plant trees in Eilat. Above: Federation Executive Vice President Robed Aronson and Federation President David Page help dedicate the tree-planting plaque in Eilat. Left: Champions of mud wallow in Dead Sea splendor. Below: People on the Beth Shalom bus climb cliffs at Timna Park, where copper has been mined since ancient times. Above: Missionaries tour a kibbutz in southern Israel.