Sunday, May 24, 2009
Depart the US for Israel
DL 152 ATL/TLV 17:25 (May 25)

Monday, May 25, 2009 Shalom and welcome to Israel Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport (5:25pm) and meet your Tour Educator Head to Tel Aviv. Enjoy an afternoon city tour and pause at Rabin Square to remember. Enjoy a special tour of Old Jaffa to hear about Jonah and the Whale, Andromeda and Napoleon, all whom have a relationship with the city. Overnight: Tel Aviv Sea Net Hotel

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Start the day with a visit to Independence Hall (9:00am), where the State of Israel was born Join the Palmach (pre-statehood army) "virtually" at the Palmach Museum (10:30am) Onward to the Druze Village of Ossafia for a traditional Druze Meal (1:00pm) Drive north heading to Zfat - City of Mystical Judaism (Kabbalah). Explore narrow alleyways lined with ancient synagogues and artists' galleries. Overnight: Kibbutz Lavi in the Galilee

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Ascend the Golan Heights Visit the Talmudic Synagogue in Katzrin View deep into Syrian and look down on the ghost town of Quneitra from Mt. Bental View famous battle sites from the Six Day and Yom Kippur Wars Pause at Mitzpe Gadot to view the Hula Valley and to hear of Israel's master spy, Eli Cohen Then prepare to get wet as you enjoy a kayaking adventure on the Jordan River (4:00pm) Enjoy Zip Line activity into the Jordan River Drive to Tiberias to visit the tombs of Rambam and Rabbi Akiva Overnight: a Kibbutz Lavi in the Galilee

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - Erev Shavuot Start the day with a donkey ride and Biblical activities at Kfar Kedem (9:00am). Ascend to Jerusalem to say Shehehianu at a vantage point overlooking the Old City Participate in Tikun Shavuot early Morning Prayer Overnight Jerusalem Montefiore Hotel

Friday, May 29, 2009 - Shavuot Morning at leisure followed by a walking tour of Jerusalem neighborhoods Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Programs Overnight Jerusalem Montefiore Hotel

Saturday, May 30, 2009 Shabbat Services Afternoon walking tour of the Old City starting at the David Citadel museum View the Old city from top of Phasael Tower. Examine the model of Jerusalem as it was in the Second Temple Period and the 19th Century model. Walk the Old City Wall promenade from Jaffa Gate to Zion Gate. Continue to the top of Mount Zion; visit King David's Tomb - founder of the City of Peace. Return to the hotel for Havdallah In the evening stroll the pedestrian street of Ben Yehuda Overnight Jerusalem Montefiore Hotel

Sunday, May 31, 2009 Start the day enjoying a hands-on experience with the past as you participate in an archeological program at Emek Zurim. Sieving through material dug out of the Temple Mount (9:00am). Enter the Old City via Zion Gate the same way Israeli warriors entered during the War of Independence and during the Six Days War. Descend the Western Hill to visit the City of David and get wet while walking through Hezekiah Tunnel (2:30pm) Travel to your P2K area meet with peers for ice break activity. Overnight Kibbutz Yad Mordechai P2K area

Monday, June 01, 2009 In the morning enjoy activities with your P2K peers. Continue to a Bedouin Camp for Camel Ride and Bedouin Hafla (lunch) (11:00am). After lunch ascend Massada for a tour of the site, hearing tales of Herod and the Zealots who chose death over slavery at the hands of the Romans Then swim (float) in the Dead Sea Ascend to Jerusalem via the Judea Desert In the evening a session on Israel's Hi-Tech (8:00pm) Overnight: Jerusalem Montefiore Hotel

Tuesday, June 02, 2009 Start the day with a visit at Yad Vashem, Holocaust Memorial site for a program (9:00am) Continue to Mount Herzl for a ceremony by the graves of Herzl, Rabin and others. Enter the Old City and explore the Jewish Quarter including the Cardo - an ancient shopping mall where you can still shop today, the Broad Wall and view the Southern Wall Excavations Farewell dinner Head to Ben Gurion Airport and depart for the US

Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Shalom U'lehitraot
Depart: June 3, DL 153 TLV/ATL 11:35 p.m.
Shalom U'lehitraot

* Program is subject to change