• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Morning at leisure in Tel Aviv.
• Depart for the day.
• Lunch on your own.
• Visit the Ayalon Institute, near Rehovot, for an eye opening tour of a clandestine munitions factory used during the British Mandate. (pending confirmation)
• Return to Tel Aviv.
• LaDa'at  Scavenger Hunt in Tel Aviv - Explore the city of Tel Aviv while participating in a special family scavenger hunt, walk the walk, talk the talk and imagine the unimaginable.
• Dinner on your own.
• Free evening in Tel Aviv with an opportunity to:
• Stroll down Rothschild Boulevard with its many cafes and bars
• Experience the Tel Aviv Port with its restaurants and clubs
• Explore the newly gentrified Neve Zedek Neighborhood
• Saunter down the Tel Aviv Beach Promenade

Overnight: Carlton Hotel, Tel Aviv

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Check out and depart Tel Aviv, driving north along the coastal plain.
• Guided visit to Caesarea, one of the Land of Israel's most important cities during the Roman Period; visit the Herodian Theater and new excavations along the Mediterranean shore concluding with a visit to the 900-year-old crusader city built on the same site.
• Walk through the 2,000 year old underground water tunnels at Park Alona, which once brought water to Caesarea.
• Lunch on your own en route.
• Visit the Tulip Winery, located in Kfar Tikva “Village of Hope” and owned by a unique family committed to a dream of producing premium wines while contributing to the community, with wine tasting.
• Drive to the Upper Galilee.
• Horseback Riding at the Bat Ya'ar Ranch followed by a bar-b-que dinner.
• Check into the guesthouse.

Overnight: Kfar Blum Kibbutz Guesthouse, Upper Galilee

• Breakfast at the guesthouse.
• Visit the Hula Lake (Agamon Hahula) for bike riding, nature walks and bird watching.
• Jeep tour climbing to the Golan Heights in the footsteps of IDF soldiers and their battles in the Six Day War, to enjoy the beautiful natural scenery and gain an insight into the strategic complexity of the Golan.
• Lunch on your own.
• Walk through the Tel Dan Nature Reserve located on the largest tributary of the Jordan River and the Biblical settlement of Dan.
• Enjoy Kayaking on the Jordan River.
• Return to the Kibbutz.
• Dinner at the guesthouse.

  Overnight: Kfar Blum Kibbutz Guesthouse, Upper Galilee

• Breakfast at the guesthouse.
• Check out of the guesthouse and head south.
• Explore Safed, a center of Jewish mysticism for hundreds of years, and a contemporary artists' colony, including:
• Guided visits to the Ari, Caro and Abuhav Synagogues with their great stories and mystical messages.
• A stroll through the quaint Art Galleries and shop in the artists' colony.
• Short visit the Kinneret Cemetery and hear about the dreams of the early Zionist pioneers.
• Lunch on own en route.
• Swim in the warm waters and natural springs at the Gan Hashlosha Nature Reserve (Sachne) situated at the foot of Mt. Gilboa.
• Drive south via the Jordan Valley.
• Visit the Nokdim encampment in the Southern Judean Desert for Bedouin-style hospitality and a ‘Hafla' dinner, with a camel ride.

Overnight: Kfar Hanokdim, Near Arad

• Early breakfast at Kfar Hanokdim.
• Ascend the Roman Ramp to visit Masada, Herod's mountain palace and site of the Jewish Zealots' last stand against the Roman Legionnaires..  Discuss Masada's role as a symbol of Jewish defence and its current significance in modern Israel.
• Short hike to Nahal David the freshwater spring at the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, a lush oasis in the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea.
• Lunch on your own.
• Experience the weightlessness of the Dead Sea as you float in its waters.
• Visit Qumran, explore the area where the Dead Sea Sect established a community, see the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found and view the interactive audiovisual program.
• Drive to Jerusalem and stop at Mount Scopus to say the traditional shehechiyanu blessing, recited upon entering Jerusalem.
• Check  into the hotel.
• Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.

Overnight:  David Citdel Hotel , Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Bar Mitzvah Service at the Southern Wall Excavations.
• Walking tour through the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, for guided visits to some of the sites excavated over the past 30 years, including:
  • Guided visit to the Davidson Archaeological Park with a special visit to the Davidson Center followed by a guided visit to the Southern Wall Excavations.
    The Kotel (Western Wall).
  • Visit the Western Wall Tunnel, the underground continuation of the Western Wall along the Temple Mount. (pending confirmation)
  • Walk along the Rooftops of the Old City for a behind the scenes look at the various communities in Jerusalem and how they live together.
  • The Cardo, a Byzantine street that is now the oldest shopping arcade in the world.
• Lunch on your own in the Old City.
• Guided visit through the City of David's new excavations, which have redefined the origins of Jerusalem; wade through the 2,600 year old Hezekiah's Water Tunnel in the Kidron Valley.
• Return to the hotel.
• Walk to dinner.
• Celebratory dinner at the Little Jerusalem Restaurant in the quaint Anna Ticho House.

Overnight:  David Citdel Hotel , Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Guided visit through the newly renovated Yad Vashem complex, the Jewish National Memorial to the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, including:
  • The Avenue of the Righteous
  • The new Historical Museum
  • A concluding Memorial Service
  • (Alternative program for children under 10)
• Experience the sites, smells, and tastes of Jerusalem while walking through the Machaneh Yehuda Market, including lunch on your own.
• Test your skill while exploring the colorful and ethnically rich Nachlaot area of Jerusalem, while competing in a unique experiential Neighborhood Game with Ross Culiner.(pending confirmation)
• Return to the hotel; time to rest and prepare for Shabbat.
• Kabbalat Shabbat at Kehillat Kol Haneshema with Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman. (pending Rabbi Weis's confirmation)
• Walk back to the hotel.
• Shabbat dinner at the hotel.

Overnight:  David Citdel Hotel , Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Morning Services at Hebrew Union College Campus.
• Lunch on your own.
• Proceed to the Old City for a tour with the Rabbi Weis:
• Walk through the famous Jerusalem Arab market (shuk).
• Visit the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, including the Via Dolorosa, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and other Christian sites.
• Return to the hotel.
• Ben Kodesh Lechol Havdallah overlooking the Old City.
• Stroll through the Ben Yehuda and Nachalat Shiva Pedestrian Mall, joining the many Israelis out on the town, including dinner on your own.

Overnight:  David Citdel Hotel , Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Take part in an active dig at the Beit Guvrin Caves and prepare to get your hands dirty as you uncover pottery from the Hellenistic period, 2,300 years ago, followed by a crawl through the Maresha Cave Labyrinth.
• Lunch on your own.
• Return to Jerusalem.
• LaDa'at  The Geopolitics of Jerusalem - Travel through the city of Jerusalem exploring some of the political and diplomatic complexities of recent years, including Har Homa, Gilo and the new ‘Security Fence' in the Jerusalem area with an in - depth study seminar on the ramifications of current developments.
• Return to the hotel.
• Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.

Overnight:  David Citdel Hotel , Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Challenges and Triumphs of Religious Pluralism and Social Justice in Israel Dialogue with Anat Hoffman, the Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC).
• Hands on Zedek Project at the Hazon Yeshai Soup kitchen.
• Lunch on your own and afternoon at leisure in Jerusalem to shop, rest and pack.
• Late check out from the hotel.
• Enjoy farewell dinner at Chakra - "food made with love" and good atmosphere makes Chakra an entertaining place to have dinner.
• Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport.

Overnight: Flight

• Departure onboard El Al flight #27 at 12:05AM, arriving in Newark at 5:10AM the same day.

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