Date

Itinerary

Overnight

Wednesday

January 14

2009

Shalom and welcome home to Israel!

Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport

Opening Session with Shlomo (Momo) Lifshitz, President of

Oranim Educational Initiatives

Group opening session

Ma’ale Ha’amisha

Jerusalem

+972-2-533-1331

Thursday

January 15

2009

View Armon Hanatziv

Walk along Mount Zion and visit King David's Tomb

Enter the Old City and explore the Jewish Quarter, Cardo and Southern Wall Excavations

Visit the Western Wall

Group session and activity

Ma’ale Ha’amisha

Jerusalem

+972-2-533-1331

Friday

January 16

2009

Tour Old Jaffa

Visit Rabin Square

Visit Independence Hall

Tour of outside pedestrian mall Nahalat Binyamin Street

Welcome the Shabbat at the hotel

Shabbat dinner

Shabbat group activity

Armon Yam

Bat yam

+972-3-552-2426

Saturday

January 17

2009

Enjoy a walk through the city

Group session on the meaning of Shabbat

Briefing on the Middle East situation

Havdallah

Enjoy a night out at Kinsey Bar

Armon Yam

Bat yam

+972-3-552-2426

Sunday

January 18

2009

Visit the ancient city of Caesarea

View Tel Izrael

Visit “Kinneret” cemetery 

Enjoy Hamat Tverya Hot springs

Shalom Plaza Tiberius

+972-4-6721-177

Monday

January 19

2009

Enjoy the view from Gadot

View deep into Syria from atop Mt. Bental

Visit an Israeli Army Base

Explore Zfat the city of Mystical Judaism (Kabbalah). View the narrow alleyways lined with ancient synagogues and artists' galleries

Meet an Israeli Artist

Group session

Shalom Plaza Tiberius

+972-4-6721-177

Tuesday

January 20

2009

Israeli soldiers join the group

(Soldiers meet in Tverya at 7:30AM. To co-ordinate your pick up please contact the tour guide two days before you join the trip)

Enjoy a nature hike through Ein Gedi National Park

Enjoy lunch and a chance to swim (float) in the Dead Sea

Enjoy a Camel Trek

Enjoy a Bedouin Hafla (feast)

Chan Hashayarot

+972+8-6535717

Wednesday

January 21

2009

Visit Ben Gurion’s gravesite and learn about his legacy at Kibbutz Sde Boker

View the Ramon Crater

Enjoy a hike along a river and through the Red Canyon

See where Eilat originated

Enjoy some free time on the Boardwalk

Party at Eilat's popular club Unplugged

First Club

 Eilat

+972-8-636-4666

Thursday

January 22

2009

View Mt. Sdom

Ascend Massada

GIFT OF LIFE

Historical introduction to the Holocaust

Caesar Hotel

Jerusalem

+972-2-500-5656

Friday

January 23

2009

Visit Yad Vashem – the Holocaust Museum

Visit Mt. Herzl

Enjoy a walk through Machane Yuda shopping alley

Welcome the Shabbat at the Western Wall

Shabbat dinner at the hotel

Shabbat group activity

Caesar Hotel

Jerusalem

+972-2-500-5656

Saturday

January 24

2009

View the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Menorah and the Supreme Court of Israel

Group activity

Havdallah

Closing session with group

Enjoy some time on the Ben Yehuda Promenade

Say goodbye to your Israeli friends as you drive to Ben Gurion Airport

Shalom U’lehitraot