A guide for Jewish travelers
Kosher food, shuls, Shabbat times and hotels near shul, from the people who run trips here every year.
Now enrollingTeens Unpacked 2027, boys 13–16
The directory
Each listing shows how we checked it and when.
This Shabbat in Panama
Worked out for Panama City every week and shown the way the local shuls publish them: Shevet Ahim and Beth El first, Chabad’s time beside it. Panama is on UTC−5 all year, so in January it keeps New York time.
Shabbat times pagePlan your trip
Search, compare and book on panamaunpacked.com, start to finish. We’re building these tools now.
Search flights here, with a Shabbat check on every itinerary and a filter for not traveling on Shabbat. Online booking opens later; for now you send us the flight you want.
Search is open
Search flightsCompare hotels by walking minutes to each shul, with their Shabbat details and live rates for your dates.
Price a January week for adults 18+, teens 13–17, children 3–12 and babies 0–2 (free), room by room, with every line explained.
Boys 13–16January 21–28, 202725 places
Seven nights in Panama City and Boquete: rainforest trails, canyon water and ropes courses, with kosher meals, davening three times a day and a fully Shomer Shabbat week.
Early-bird $3,850 per boy until November 30, then $4,400. Airfare not included.
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Family Unpacked
Meals, transportation and activities for a January 2027 family week, with your rooms at the hotel’s rate. Not on sale yet: price it in our calculator and send a request, and we’ll reply with availability.
Bespoke
Tell us who’s coming, when, and what matters to you. We plan the days, the meals and Shabbat around your family, with the team that runs our Panama programs.
How we’ll work
Restaurants change hours and hechsherim. Hotels renovate. So each listing will say how we checked it and when.
How we verifyA badge will name the method (certifier list, official site, phone, in person, hotel reply or press) and the month.
Jack and Shlomo stand behind what’s here. Call or WhatsApp either of them.
We’ll list the certifying agency. For standards, ask your rav.
Talk to a person
Two people answer: Jack and Shlomo. WhatsApp is usually fastest. You can also write to info@ywunpacked.com.
