In the summer of 2007, 24 teens from Orlando, Florida spent 3 weeks in Israel as part of a teen exchange program where they toured Israel for 10 days with teens from Kiryat Motzkin. The following winter, the Kiryat Motzkin teens visited Orlando over Chanukah and taught the Orlando teens about Jewish life in Israel while learning about Jews in the US. Many of the Kiryat Motzkin teens have since graduated high school and joined the Israeli army.