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November 19th, 2007
Taglit-birthright israel: Hillel trip
Bus 718
January 8-18, 2008
Draft itinerary
Tuesday January 8 – Getting Started
Morning Arrive in Israel; welcome at airport
Drive to Jerusalem
Shehecheyanu ceremony celebrating group's arrival to Israel at Haas promenade offering spectacular panoramic view of new and old Jerusalem
Group program, orientation and light snack at Mul HaHar restaurant
Drive to Old City
Begin tour of the Jewish Quarter including the Herodian Mansions
Afternoon Box lunch in the Jewish Quarter
Visit to the Davidson Visitors center and the Southern Wall Excavations
Check in to hotel; Refresh
Dinner at hotel
Overnight Kedem Towers Hotel, Jerusalem
Wednesday January 9 - Memory and Continuity
Morning Breakfast at hotel
Visit Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
Afternoon Lunch boxes
Conversation My Relationship with Jewish Memory
Visit Nachlaot neighborhood
Free time on Ben Yehuda Street
Evening Festive Dinner at local restaurant in Jerusalem
Overnight Kedem Towers Hotel, Jerusalem
Thursday January 10 –Experience in the sauth
Morning Breakfast at hotel
Meeting with Abraham Infeld president emeritus of Hillel
Participate in Tsedek project in Jerusalem
Afternoon Lunch box
Continue to national military cemetery on Mt Herzl and Memorial
Drive south
Go on Camel ride and learn about Bedouin culture
Evening Have a Bedouin style dinner
Conversation: Spirituality: Wrestling with G-D
Overnight Kfar Hanokdim Bedouin Tourist Camp
Friday January 11 - Masada
Morning Ascend Massada on foot via Roman ramp
Tour Massada
Descend Masada via Snake Path
Breakfast at Masada Youth Hostel
Swim in the Dead Sea Meet with students from Arava College (tentative)
Afternoon Lunch at ANA Ein-Gedi
Drive to Nachsholim
Check in at hotel; prepare for Shabbat
Evening Festive Shabbat dinner at hotel
Shabbat workshops
Oneg Shabbat
Overnight Nachsholim Hotel
Saturday January 12 – Shabbat
Morning Optional Morning prayer
Breakfast at hotel
Afternoon Lunch at hotel
Guest speaker providing update on current events in Israel David Mendelson
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony
Havdalah
Evening Drive to Zichron Ya'akov
Dinner on own on pedestrian promenade
Overnight Nachsholim Hotel
Sunday January 13 – Along the Coast - Mifgash begins
Morning Breakfast; check out of hotel
Drive to Zichron Ya'akov were 100 Jewish pioneers from Romania, members of the Hovevei Zion movement, purchased a strip of land in what was known as Zammarin.
Visit the first Alia museum
Lunch on own at Zichron Ya'akov
Drive to Atlit detainee camp that was used by the British authorities to detain Jewish illegal immigrants to Mandatory Palestine.
Afternoon Drive to Caesarea Visit the ancient port of Caesarea including new audio-visual presentation
Drive to Shfayim
Dinner at hotel
Conversation: Special and Normal
Overnight Kibbutz Shfayim Hotel
Monday January 14 – Tel Aviv
Morning Breakfast
Drive to Tel Aviv
Cultural event- Cameri theater
Afternoon Lunch box
Visit Independence Hall, where David Ben Gurion declared the establishment of the state of Israel
Visit Rabin Square where Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish fanatic on November 4, 1995
Guided tour of Jaffa
Evening free time and dinner on own in Tel Aviv/ Jaffa
Overnight Kibbutz Shfayim Hotel
Tuesday January 15 –Haifa and minoritys on Carmel
Morning Breakfast; check out of hotel
Drive to Haifa
Overview from the Bahai Gardens
Drive to the Druze village of Usifiyya
hospitality and short Program on Druze community in Israel today
Afternoon Druze-style lunch
Drive to Arbel overview of Galilee
Drive to kibbutz guest house
Evening Dinner at guest house
Conversation: How I relate to Israel – How Israel relates to me
Overnight Kibbutz Ein Gev Guest House
Wednesday January 16 – The Galilee
Morning Breakfast; check out of hotel
Drive to Safed, center of Kabbala; explore the winding streets and picturesque alleys of historic sites and synagogues
Visit local art gallery in Safed; meet with artist who explains Kabbala through his art
Afternoon Lunch on own in Safed
Biking and guided tour at the Agmon ha Hula the site of the most important bird watching in the world. Which birds you see depends on the season.
Visit Teva Naot – Factory shop Kibbutz Naot Mordechai.
Evening Drive to Hamat Gader Hot Springs
BBQ dinner at Hamat Gader
Overnight Kibbutz Ein Gev Guest House
Thursday January 17 – The Golan Heights – Mifgash ends
Morning Breakfast at hotel and check out of hotel
Drive to Mitzpe Ofir, a particularly restful site, offers an impressive view of the Kineret and the Galilee.
Drive up to the Golan Heights
Drive to Mt. Bental overlooking site of decisive tank battle during '73 War
Afternoon Lunch on own en route
Visit Ramat Hagolan winery – Or meet with partnership 2000 in Afula?
Final discussion summarizing trip
Evening Festive farewell dinner at local restaurant in Afula
Drive to air port
Hotel, Kedem Towers Jerusalem Tel: 972-2-6558888 Fax: 972-2-6525521
Bedouin tent Tel: 972-8-9950097 Fax: 972-8-9957326
Hotel Nachsholim Tel: 972-4-6399533 Fax: 972-4-6397614
Hotel Shfayim Tel: 972-9-9595595 Fax: 972-9-9595555
Ein Gev Guest house Tel: 972-4-6659800 Fax: 972-4-6659818
Kiryat Moriah, 3 Haaskan St., P.O.B. 92, Jerusalem
טלפון 02-6216474Tel , פקס 02-6216588 Fax
Email: nimrods@ jazo.org.il
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