| WRJ Centennial Celebration Tour to Israel & Germany, March 2013 |
Highlights | This Tour Includes: 2 nights Sheraton Towers Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
2 nights Beresheet Hotel Mitzpe Ramon, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
4
nights David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel
3 nights The Westin Grand Berlin, Berlin, Germany
All touring and
sightseeing per an agreed upon itinerary in a deluxe air-conditioned van with
an English speaking guide
Shabbat Walking Tour in Jerusalem
Breakfast
daily
5 dinners, including welcome dinner in Tel Aviv
4 lunches,
including picnic at the Ramon Crater
Group transfers and airport assistance
upon arrival and departure
Entrance fees as per
itinerary
Porterage
Highlights Include:
Celebrate Rosh
Chodesh Nisan with the Women of the Wall
Experience Shabbat in the Negev
desert
Attend a moving performance at the Nalaga'at Theater
Relax at one
of Israel's premier spas
Walk through Jerusalem's Old City,
including the
fascinating Western Wall Tunnels
Connect with the women of
WRJ-Israel
Meet social change leaders in Israel
Explore issues of
co-existence at the Museum on the Seam
Engage with Israeli and German
Reform leaders
Visit Berlin's Jewish Museum, designed by Daniel Libeskind
Climb the Reichstag dome for stunning views
Meet rabbinical students at
HUC-JIR, Jerusalem and Abraham Geiger College, Potsdam… AND SO MUCH
MORE!
Tour Does Not Include:
Roundtrip airfare, departure
taxes and fuel surcharges
(Call Ayelet Tours at 800-237-1517 for assistance
booking flights)
Any border taxes of visas
Tips to guides, driver, and
dining room waiters ($15.00 per person, per day-pre-collected)
Any items of
a personal nature
Travel insurance (Highly
recommended) |
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Itinerary | Day 1, Tuesday, March 5, 2013: DEPARTURE
Overnight flight
to Israel.
Day 2, Wednesday, March 6, 2013: WELCOME TO
ISRAEL
Welcome dinner together this evening with local WRJ Israeli
Women…Overnight Tel Aviv.
Day 3, Thursday, March 7, 2013: TEL
AVIV
Breakfast…This morning, we visit with participants in the
IMPJ's Mechina program... “Join up” with the pre-foundation military strike
force at the Palmach Museum…This evening we'll enjoy a performance at the
Nalaga'at Theatre…Overnight Tel Aviv
Day 4, Friday, March 8,
2013: TRAVELING SOUTH
Breakfast....This morning we visit with Rabbi
Meir Azari from Beit Daniel…Possible meeting with Reut Michaeli, executive
director of Hotline for Migrant Workers…Visit Sde Boker… Continue to Mitzpe
Ramon…Kabbalat Shabbat services…Shabbat Dinner together this evening…Overnight
Mitzpe Ramon.
Day 5, Saturday, March 9, 2013: SHABBAT IN THE
NEGEV
Breakfast…Morning services overlooking the crater… Picnic
lunch provided along the crater's edge. Afternoon at leisure at our beautiful
hotel…Dinner this evening at the hotel…Havdalah overlooking the crater from the
hotel's main building balcony, followed by a cultural program, possibly with the
Black Jews of Dimona (TBD) …Overnight Mitzpe Ramon.
Day 6,
Sunday, March 10, 2013: TO JERUSALEM
Breakfast and check out… We
stop in Beer Sheva for a special meeting with the Co-executive directors of
NISPED - Amal Elsana Alh`jooj and Vivian Silver...Nearby, we meet and learn from
Bedouin herbalist Miriam Abu Regayak … Continue up to Jerusalem…Visit Machane
Yehuda, Jerusalem's main “shuk” marketplace...Continue to the home of Resa
Davids for high tea and cookies… Overnight Jerusalem.
Day 7,
Monday, March 11, 2013: JERUSALEM
Breakfast…We begin at the Ir David
Excavations…Continue to Yad L'Kashish...Lunch at the Anna Ticho House…This
afternoon, we tour the Western Wall tunnels...Overnight
Jerusalem.
Day 8, Tuesday, March 12, 2013: ROSH
CHODESH
Breakfast…We mark Rosh Chodesh Nissan with Anat Hoffman and
the Women of the Wall…Continue to HUC, where we have lunch and a special
educational seminar… This afternoon, we take a walking tour of the Old City…
Overnight Jerusalem.
Day 9, Wednesday, March 13, 2013:
DIALOGUE
Breakfast…Join the IRAC on a “freedom ride”, along a
formerly segregated bus line OR join an IRAC lawyer for an insider's tour of the
Israeli Supreme Court OR Visit Yad Vashem. Closing event at the Museum on the
Seam... Overnight Jerusalem.
Day 10, Thursday, March 14, 2013: TO
GERMANY
Morning Flight to Berlin (not included)...Tour the Jewish
Quarter of Berlin…For lunch, we are joined by local Jewish women…Walk down Under
der Linden…Visit Bebelblatz, site of the Nazi book burning memorial…Visit the
Reichstag… We walk to the outdoor Holocaust Memorial…Overnight
Berlin.
Day 11, Friday, March 15, 2013: EXPLORING
BERLIN
Breakfast…We see Gleis 17…We tour the Wannsee House…We see
Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference…We tour Potsdam, stopping at
Sanssouci Palace…We continue to the Abraham Geiger College at Potsdam
University…Shabbat services at a local congregation…Shabbat Dinner joined by
Walter Homolka and members of the Jewish Community… Overnight
Berlin.
Day 12, Saturday, March 16, 2013: SHABBAT
SHALOM
Breakfast…Visit the Pergamon Museum Island area OR Berlin's
Jewish Museum…Farewell dinner…Overnight Berlin.
Day 13, Sunday,
March 17, 2013: DEPARTURE
Breakfast…This morning we board flights
back to North America, arriving home the same day.
The Memories
Last Forever!
*Itinerary subject to change
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Israel &
Berlin $3,769 $3,659
Israel
Only $2,738
$2,659
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