Sample Itinerary

Please note: this schedule is tentative and is posted to give you a feel for what to expect - things will change.

 

Day 1

Land in Tel Aviv at 8:30 AM

 

Bus to Jerusalem

Check into rooms

Brunch/Group orientation (program overview, security briefing)

 

Walking tours of the Old City and the City of David (keep moving and kill the jet lag!)

 

Dinner and free evening

 

Day 2

Five Levels of Pleasure

Genesis and the Big Bang – Dr. Schroeder

 

Afternoon at the Keneset

Overview of the current political situation

Meet with a politician

 

Day 3-4

Two days down SOUTH - itinerary to include:

- Cave crawling in Beit Guvrien

- Rappelling in Kumran

- BBQ at Dead Sea

- A night at the Bedouin tents

- Great hiking

 

Day 5

Love

Evolution – Dr. Schroeder

 

5:30 PM – class, intro to Shabbos

Pre-Shabbos Meditation with Yom Tov Glaser

(7:05, Jerusalem candle lighting time, Shabbos begins)

 

Friday Night at the Western Wall

Group Meal, and fun into the night

 

Day 6

Meals with families in Old City

 

Open Forum – Questions and Answers

3rd Meal

Havdalah

Night Activity

 

Day 7

Jewish Contributions to World History

World Perfect Seminar

 

Politics

 

Day 8

Discovery Seminar

- Understanding Faith, Belief and Knowledge

- The Seven Wonders of Jewish History

- ID Info

- Torah Codes

- Control

 

Day 9

Day in the Gush

– hiking, pizza, exciting itinerary to be posted soon

 

Day 10

Jewish Answers to the Holocaust (Day at Yad V'Shem)

Why the Jews

Why Bad Things Happen to Good People

Yad V’Shem tour

 

Day 11

Issues in Contemporary Jewish Thought

 

To the NORTH

 

Deep Mysteries of the Universe

 

Day 12

Hike from Meron to Tzfat

 

Prep for awesome mystical Shabbos in Tzfat

(Candle lighting in Tzfat 7:29)

 

Day 13

Awesome Tzfat Shabbos

- Kabbalah

- Jewish Personalities

- Tour Tzfat Old City

 

Day 14

Day in the Golan

- Hike

- Wine

- See the Border

 

Sleep in Haifa

 

Day 15

Social Activism in Haifa

 

Day 16

FREE DAY

 

Day 17

Spirituality

Issues in Contemporary Jewish Thought

 

History of Zionism Tour Part I

- Har Hertzl

- Ammunition Hill

- Late Night BBQ

 

Day 18

Issues in Contemporary Jewish Thought

 

History of Zionism Tour Part II

- Hike Burma Road

- Latrun and the Tanks!

- Dinner at Bedouin tent

 

Open Forum - Intermarriage

 

Day 19

Issues in Contemporary Jewish Thought

 

Free afternoon

 

5:30 – pre Shabbos meditation

(6:58 Candle lighting)

 

One More Night at the Western Wall!

Awesome Shabbos Meal

 

Day 20

Relaxing Group Lunch

 

5:00 PM – Final Banquet 3rd Meal

- bus to Airport

 

Day 21

Leave Israel

 


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