• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Visit Neot Kedumim, a large interactive nature reserve dedicated to the flora and fauna of the Bible, with tree planting.
• Walking tour through the colorful re-gentrified Neve Zedek one of Tel Aviv's cultural centers with many small boutiques and galleries as well as the Suzanne Delal Dance and Theater Center.
• Visit the Nachalat Binyamin pedestrian mall, with its restored buildings and sidewalk artists, and continue onto the colorful Carmel Market and then to Shenkin, one of Israel's most avant-garde streets, with lunch on your own.
• Visit to Independence Hall, site of David Ben Gurion's monumental proclamation of the State of Israel in May 1948.
• Visit Rabin Square, named for assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the center of Tel Aviv's cultural and political life, including a visit to the Rabin Memorial.
• Return to the hotel for dinner.

Overnight: Tel Aviv

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Check out and depart the hotel.
• 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.
• Guided visit to Zichron Ya'acov, one of the first communities established by the early Zionist pioneers, including a walk along the colorful Pedestrian Mall with lunch on own followed by wine tasting at the famous Carmel Winery.
• Check into the hotel.
• Dinner at the hotel

Overnight: Kibbutz Guesthouse, Upper Galilee

• Breakfast at the guesthouse.
• Visit Misgav Am for a security briefing overlooking the Southern Lebanon border and a dialogue with a local resident.
• Walk through the Tel Dan Nature Reserve located on the largest tributary of the Jordan River and the Biblical settlement of Dan.
• Explore Israel's security situation on the Golan Heights while overlooking the Hula Valley from former Syrian fortifications. Cross the Golan Plateau to the border with Syria and observe the abandoned city of Kuneitra and the United Nations outpost located nearby.
• Lunch on your own in Katzrin, the ‘Capital of the Golan'.
• Enjoy the culinary delight of Chocolate Making while taking part in a creative food workshop at the Ein Zivn luxury chocolate center.
• Return to the kibbutz for dinner.

Overnight: Kibbutz Guesthouse, Upper Galilee

• Early breakfast at the guesthouse.
• Check out and depart.
• Explore Safed, a center of Jewish mysticism for hundreds of years, and a contemporary artists' colony, including:
  • Guided visits to the Ari or Abuhav Synagogues with their great stories and mystical messages.
  • A stroll through the quaint Art Galleries and shop in the artists' colony.
• Lunch on your own en route.
• Drive through the Jordan Rift Valley.
• Stop at Mount Scopus to say the traditional “shehechiyanu” blessing, recited upon entering Jerusalem.
• Experience the sites, smells, and tastes of Jerusalem while walking through the Machaneh Yehuda Market.
• Check into the hotel.
• Kabbalat Shabbat services at a local synagogue or at the Western Wall.(on own)
• Shabbat dinner at the hotel.

Overnight: Jerusalem
 

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Optional Shabbat Services.
• Free Shabbat in Jerusalem with optional visits to:
  • The Museum of the History of Jerusalem at David's Citadel, for a walk through the history of Jerusalem from the time of Abraham 4,000 years ago to the end of the British Mandate over Palestine.
  • The Israel Museum, one of the most creative and innovative museums in the world with a wide and eclectic collection, ranging from Judaica and archaeology to Renaissance and contemporary Israeli art, concluding with a visit to the Dead Sea Scrolls of the Shrine of the Book and the newly restored Second Temple Period Model of Jerusalem.
  • The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens, a beautifully landscaped habitat with a special focus on preserving Biblical fauna, geared to children of all ages (2-80)
  • The Old City Ramparts for a walk along the ancient walls of the city.
• Dinner at the hotel.
• Stroll through the Ben Yehuda and Nachalat Shiva Pedestrian Mall, joining the many Israelis out on the town.

Overnight: Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Israeli Society @ 2010 Dialogue with scholar Paul Liptz of the Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew Union College.
• 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:
  • 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.
  • The Hurva Square, the central square of the Jewish Quarter.
• Lunch on your own.
• 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.
• Guided visit through the new excavations at the City of David which have redefined the origins of Jerusalem.
• Return to the hotel
• Dinner at the hotel.

Overnight: Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• The Memory of the Holocaust in Contemporary Israeli Society: dialogue with Holocaust scholar, Dr. Rachel Korazim.
• 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
  • The Children's Memorial
  • A concluding Memorial Service
• Lunch on own at Yad Vashem.
• Visit Mt. Herzl, including the new center dedicated to the life and achievements of the founder of Political Zionism, Theodore Herzl, followed by a visit to his grave and the graves of Yitzhak Rabin and other leaders of the nation.
• Return to the hotel.
• Dinner at the hotel.

Overnight: Jerusalem

• Early breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to the Dead Sea Basin.
• Ascend the cable car to 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.
• Experience the weightlessness of the Dead Sea as you float in its waters with lunch on own.
• Visit Genesis Land, a Biblical style encampment in the Judean Desert, delve into the Bible, experience Biblical Hospitality, enjoy a ‘Hafla' feast and take a camel ride through the desert.
• Return to Jerusalem.
• Late check out.
• Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport for your departure flight.
• Depart onboard US Airways flight # 797 at 10:50P.