Proposed Itinerary - 2018 Day 1 - Arrival in Tel Aviv Arrive in Tel Aviv: Smile assistance at the airport up on arrival. Bus transfer from airport to Tel Aviv hotel. Include snack items of water and fruit. Check into hotel. Freshen up. Time to settle in. Free time until dinner. Lunch at students expense and on their own. Group dinner at hotel. Meals (D) Day 2 8:00 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and mini Lecture over breakfast: Deidre Butler - Goals of course, themes. Following breakfast there will be a lecture at place of Israel in the Diaspora. Visit to the Diaspora Museum Free time for students to have lunch on their own Visit to Andromeda s rock, Kedumim Square, Summit Park, and Old Jaffa Return to hotel. Dinner at hotel. Meals (B, D) Day 3 - Tel Aviv/Old Jaffa 7:30 8:30 Breakfast at hotel 9:00 a.m. departure Full day bus to Caesarea Guided visit to Caesarea 1:00 p.m. Druz home hospitality Meggido Bus back to hotel Meals (B, L, D) Day 4 - Tel Aviv/Archaeological Dig 7:30 8:30 Breakfast hotel Mini lecture at hotel 8:45 bus departure archaeological dig at Tel Maresha. Dig for a day Entrance to Beit Guvrim, Avshalom Cave, and Tel Lachish included Students will be provided with a lunch box Return to hotel by bus. Group dinner at hotel. Meals (B, PicL, D)
Day 5 - Tel Aviv 7:30-8:30 Breakfast at hotel Mini lecture at hotel with profs 8:45 Bus departure to Palmach Museum. Ayalon Institute Students on their own for lunch and at their own expense at Nachalat Benjamin/Carmel market. Shabbat services provided by the professors at the hotel. Group Shabbat dinner at hotel Day 6 - Tel Aviv Free Day, no guide no bus Day 7 - Tel Aviv/Jerusalem 7:30-8:30 Breakfast at hotel Lecture given by profs on Islam at Prima City Hotel, Tel Aviv Neve Shalom Mount of Olives, Shehecheyanu. Lunch at student expense, possibility at Abu Gosh. Bus to Caesar Hotel in Jerusalem. Or Kotel. (TBA) Meeting time in hotel for one hour prior to dinner. Day 8 Jerusalem 7:30 8:15 Breakfast & lecture: presentations on today's sites 8:45 Transfer to Old City (½ day bus) City of David 9:00-12:00 City of David, Hezekiah's tunnel, archeology, include Herodian street/drainage system, visit Davidson centre Lunch in the old city at student expense Jewish quarter. Cardo and Burnt house Students on their own for dinner. Tower of David Night Spectacular (after Dinner) Meals: (B)
Day 9 Jerusalem 7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast at hotel Lecture Temple Sifting Project with talk (Emek Tzurim) with Gabriel Barkay, Kotel Tunnel (60 minutes) Via Dolorosa, Bethesda Pool, church of holy Sepulcher Free time on students lunch on their own. Mea Sharim Return by bus to the hotel. Lecture room at hotel for lecture by Benny Porat on Israeli constitution Day 10 Jerusalem 7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast at hotel 8:30 9:30 lecture at hotel, Professor Butler on Holocaust thought. 9:30 but leaves for Yad Vashem. Outdoor orientation with Tikva. 11:00-1:00 Yad Vashem with audio guide only. Lunch at Ein Kerem at student expense. Visit to Ein Karem Tikva speak about Independence Day Bus returns to hotel. Lecture at hotel Group Dinner straight to Holiday Festivities. Day 11 Jerusalem 7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast at hotel. Jo Alon Musuem including local guide Lakia visit and local guide Beduin Lunch Return to hotel in Jerusalem. Day 12 Jerusalem 7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast at hotel. 8:30-9:30 Lecture at the hotel. Israel Museum, Dead Sea scrolls, Model of the second Temple, Jewish art and life. Lunch at leisure and at students expense. Shabbat of a lifetime. Home hospitality. Night Tour
Day 13 Jerusalem Free day Breakfast to be arranged by students and not covered in the costs. Havdalla Service provided by profs. Time to be announced. Meals: (D) Day 14 - Jerusalem/Masada Check out of hotel before breakfast and load luggage onto busses. 7:30-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at hotel. 8:10 a.m. bus leaves hotel. 8:45 10:00 a.m. Good Samaritan. 10:30 12:30 Eretz Bereshit - Genesis Land: Hebrew Hospitality and Abraham s feast Short camel ride from entrance to tent. 13:00-15:30 Swim at mineral beach. Ein Gedi if time permits Meeting room at Youth Hostel Overnight: Masada Youth Hostel Day 15 - Masada/Qumran Box breakfast will be provided Cable car to Massada + museum + site. QUMRAN/Essene community; Quaser El Yahud Baptism Site Beit Shean, Beit Alpha Lunch on their own at Beit Shean. Overnight: Dagania B Kibbutz Meals: (B Box, D) Day 16 - Druz Village Breakfast at kibbutz Lecture Mount Bental. Lunch at Student expense Benias Tel Dan Lecture about kibbutz life. Group dinner at Kibbutz Overnight: Dagania B Kibbutz
Day 17 Sefad Breakfast at, and checkout from Kibbutz Leave for Sefad 2.5 hours for tour, self-touring, shopping. Guided tour of Josef Caro s synagogue and selected other sites Rosh Hanikra Lunch at students expense on their own. Museum Tour at Kibbutz Lahamei Hagetaot Overnight: Akko Youth Hostel Day 18 - Crusader Fort/Bahai Gardens in Akko/Caesarea/Tel Aviv Breakfast at hostel Crusader fort, Arab market, old Akko Bahai Gardens Farewell Lunch Transfer to Tel Aviv. Meals: (B, L) Day 19 - Tel Aviv 7:30 8:30 a.m. Check out and breakfast 8:30 10:00 a.m. Morning lecture wrap up session Day 24 Transfer to Ben Guirion Airport from Hotel. Time TBA Arrive in Ottawa