IsraelExperts : Israel Tours

Temple Beth El Family Trip
June 14-24, 2010

Monday, June 14
Departure

Tuesday, June 15

Land at Ben Gurion airport- late afternoon
Dinner, check in, orientation and Shehechiyanu
Free Evening

JLM Dan Panorama, D

Wednesday, June 16

Hazon Yeshaya Soup Kitchen Volunteering
City of David - Visit the City of David. The story of the City of David began over 3,000 years ago when king David left the city of Hebron for a small hilltop city known as Jerusalem, establishing it as the unified capital of the tribes of Israel
Southern Wall Excavations - offers a rare opportunity to explore and study the most significant archaeological site in Israel by means of exhibitions and illustrations describing Jerusalem's main episodes
Jewish Quarter and Kotel – including Kotel Tunnel Tour
Dome of the Rock and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Dinner on your own

JLM Dan Panorama, B

Thursday, June 17

Masada - climb or cable car, depending on your request. Option for Bnai Mitzvah Ceremony
Hike in the Ein Gedi desert oasis at Nachal David
Dead Sea - lunch and swimming

JLM Dan Panorama, B, L

Friday, 18 June

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum
The group can be divided for this portion if there are children who are too young for Yad Vashem. A parallel program can be done for them.

Har Herzl – Visit Israel's National military cemetery
Machane Yehuda – Stroll through and eat lunch in the famous Jerusalem market; see how Jerusalem prepares for Shabbat. Buy food for Seuda Shlishit picnic on Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat & dinner with Kehilat Birkat Shalom at Kibbutz Gezer (Rabbi Miri Gold)

JLM Dan Panorama, B, Dinner with Birkat Shalom

Shabbat, June 19

Shabbat morning Tfilot options (potential Bar Mitzvah)
Lunch at hotel
Tour of Old City Neighborhoods
IsraelExperts program - “The Changing Map of the Middle East” interactive family activity and discussion program, focusing on the political and historical background that led to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 and the current situation in Israel and the Middle East in general
Group organized Seuda Shlishit picnic in park
Havdalah
Free evening & Dinner on own

JLM Dan Panorama, B, L, Seudat Shlishit Picnic

Sunday, June 20

View the security fence and discuss Israeli/Arab border issues and Co-Existence at Givat Haviva. Parallel activity for children. The Givat Haviva Institute educates and acts to promote the values of equality and human dignity. The institute implements activities to develop the experience of equality between Jews and Arabs living in Israel, and provides tools to this end. This will also be an opportunity to view and discuss the separation fence.
Boxed lunch & swim at Sachne
Kinneret Cemetery. Learn through poetry, song, and storytelling, about the loves and lives of a handful of young idealists who left Eastern Europe one hundred years ago in order to lay the foundation for the Jewish state
Hotel check-in
Evening drumming

Kfar Blum Kibbutz Guesthouse, B, L, D

Monday, June 21

Golan Heights - Witness the natural beauty and strategic advantage of the Golan Heights mountain range. JEEP TOUR of various strategic and historic sites including Har Bental.
Tzfat- Explore this fascinating city through a Family Treasure Hunt. Tzfat is regarded one of the Four Holy Cities in Judaism along with Jerusalem, Tiberias and Hebron, and is a center for the Kabbalah, an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism. Tour the ancient synagogues and artists’ square. Optional meeting with artist Avraham Lowenthal.
Rafting on the Jordan River.
Boat Ride on Kinneret and fish dinner at Kibbutz Ein Gev

Kfar Blum Kibbutz Guesthouse, B, L, D

Tuesday, June 22

Tree planting at Golani junction
Galilee Jewish-Arab Children’s Circus with Rabbi Marc Rosenstein http://eng.makom-bagalil.org.il/galileecircus/
Tzipori - tour the amazing archeological site of the city of Tzipori, described as "The ornament of all Galilee," located on a hill in the Lower Galilee, midway between the Mediterranean and Lake Kinneret, with abundant spring water and a fertile valley around it.
Evening campfire & kumzitz

Kfar Blum Kibbutz Guesthouse, B, L, D

Wednesday, June 23

Visit to Caesarea including the “Caesarea Experience,” a fascinating cinematic experience, which will take you on a voyage back to the past. You will also meet characters from Caesarea's past, such as King Herod, Rabbi Akiva and Saladin, in a state of the art interactive project http://www.caesarea.com/pages_e/744.aspx

Tel Aviv Dan Panorama, B

Thursday, June 24

Palmach Museum - Tour the Palmach Museum where we learn about Israel's struggle for independence OR Independence Hall where Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the modern State of Israel

Kikar Rabin- Visit Rabin Square ("Kikar Rabin" in Hebrew); a large public city square in central Tel Aviv. It is named after Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated at the conclusion of a massive peace rally held at the square on November 4, 1995.
Lunch on own & free time in Tel Aviv
Final Dinner and closing Program
Transfer to airport

Transfer to airport, B, D

Shalom and Le'Hitraot, see you again next year!

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