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9-Day Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tour of Israel

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$279
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Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tours

This was an experience of a lifetime, thanks to our marvelous guide, the flawless arrangements and the way our children were able to see their Sunday Hebrew School lessons come to life. We couldn't have chosen a better experience for our son's bar mitzvah.

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Tour Highlights

  • Memorable communal Bar and Bat Mitzvah Ceremony
  • Bar and Bat Mitzvah preparation with local Israeli Rabbi
  • Israel: An Inside View of the Unique Character of the Country, an active discussion and walking tour with your tour educator
  • Kibbutz Ideology and Israeli Reality in the 21st Century, night walk and dialogue
  • The Jezzar Pasha Mosque in Acre
  • Camel Ride through the desert
  • Visit the home and meet the children of “Save A Child's Heart” as part of Zedek Project
  • An Inside View into the Israeli Political Arena, dialogue with a Political Analyst
  • Special tour to the Western Wall Tunnels and the City of David
  • The new Davidson Center in Jerusalem
  • The refurbished Yad Vashem complex in Jerusalem
  • Visit Masada and swim in the Dead Sea
  • Rafting on the Jordan River (seasonal)
  • Jeep tour on the Golan Heights
  • Explore Caesarea National Park


 

Trip Includes


  • 7 nights accommodation in selected hotels
  • 1 night Tel Aviv
  • 2 nights Galilee
  • 1 night Haifa
  • 3 nights Jerusalem
  • Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony, preparation and services at an additional cost of $895 per family
  • Sightseeing per itinerary in a modern air-conditioned motor coach with panoramic windows, reclining seats and footrests
  • Services of a friendly and professional English-speaking Expedition Educator throughout the trip
  • Entrance fees per itinerary
  • All hotel and airport portage and tipping included

DAY ONE:  Sunday
DEPARTURE

  • Depart the U.S.A.

Overnight: Flight


DAY TWO:  Monday
ARRIVAL IN ISRAEL

  • Arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport.
  • Welcome by our representative and assistance with arrival formalities.
  • Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv, known as the “city that never sleeps.”
  • Check into your hotel.
  • 6:30-6:45 p.m. - Pick up from your hotel for orientation and dinner in Tel Aviv with your tour educator.
  • Welcome to Tel Aviv Visit the Jaffa Overlook for an introduction to Tel Aviv at the place where it all began.
  • Enjoy a Middle-Eastern style dinner, with a Yemenite touch, at Maganda with a varied selection of salads and grilled meats, located in the Yemenite Quarter of Tel Aviv.

Overnight: Tel Aviv


DAY THREE:  Tuesday
ALONG THE COAST

  • Breakfast at your hotel.
  • Check out and depart your hotel.
  • Begin the trip with an introduction and special visit to Independence Hall, site of David Ben Gurion's monumental proclamation of the State of Israel in December 1948.
  • Stroll down Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv's magnificent Bauhaus architectural area, known as the ‘White City' and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
  • 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.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Depart Tel Aviv.
  • 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 (weather permitting, water shoes recommended) or special visit to the Tavor Marzipan Factory and Museum in Kfar Tavor. 
  • Check into your kibbutz guesthouse.
  • Dinner at the guesthouse.

Overnight: Kibbutz Guesthouse, Upper Galilee


DAY FOUR:  Wednesday,
NATURE AND SECURITY

  • Breakfast at your kibbutz guesthouse.
  • Walk through the Tel Dan Nature Reserve located on the largest tributary of the Jordan River and near the Biblical settlement of Dan.
  • Take a 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, followed by a tour of the Golan Heights.
  • 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.
    Enjoy Rafting or Kayaking on the Jordan River (weather permitting, water shoes recommended) or visit the Hula Nature Reserve and the Ophoria Interactive Experience, connecting birds, water and the Zionist endeavor.
  • Da'at Encounter Dialogue with a kibbutz member.
  • Return to your kibbutz for dinner at the guesthouse.

Overnight: Kibbutz Guesthouse, Upper Galilee


DAY FIVE:  Thursday
THE GALILEE AND THE CARMEL

  • Breakfast at your kibbutz guesthouse.
  • Check out and depart the kibbutz.
  • Explore Safed, a center of Jewish mysticism for hundreds of years, and a contemporary artists' colony, including:
    • Guided visits to the Ari, Caro or Abuhav Synagogues with their great stories and mystical messages.
    • A stroll through the quaint Art Galleries and shop in the artists' colony.
  • Drive north to Rosh Hanikra, a rock formation at the very northern tip of Israel. Rosh Hanikra was created when the strong Mediterranean waters carved subterranean tunnels out of the soft limestone rock, creating beautiful caves and formations.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Visit Acre (Akko), a UNESCO Heritage Site, and a multi-layered experience from the days of the Crusades through contemporary Israel, including guided visits to:
  • The newly renovated Crusaders' City.
  • The Jezzar Pasha Mosque, one of the most important mosques to Israel's Muslim community.
  • The Ottoman Fortifications around the city.
  • Continue to Haifa.
  • Check into your hotel.
  • Da'at Encounter Visit a Druse village in the Carmel Mountains for a window into the unique world of the Israeli Druse community, with Home Hospitality Dinner.

Overnight: Haifa
 


DAY SIX:  Friday
THE LAYERS OF JERUSALEM

  • Breakfast at your hotel.
  • Check out and depart the hotel.
  • Stop on top of Mount Carmel for a scenic overlook of Haifa Bay; view the Bahai Gardens and Shrine, one of the holiest sites of the Bahai religion.
  • Drive to Jerusalem via the Trans-Israel Highway for a close up view of the ‘Security Barrier' along the seam zone between Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
  • Stop at Mount Scopus to say the traditional “shehechiyanu” blessing, recited upon entering Jerusalem, followed by an introduction to the city.
  • Guided visit through the City of David's new excavations, which have redefined the origins of Jerusalem; and possibly wade through the 2,600-year-old Hezekiah's Water Tunnel in the Kidron Valley. (Water shoes recommended.)
  • Experience the sites, smells, and tastes of Jerusalem while walking through the Machaneh Yehuda Market, with lunch on your own.
  • Check into your hotel.
  • Da'at Encounter Optional Kabbalat Shabbat services at local synagogues in Jerusalem, and a possible dialogue with the Israeli members of the congregation.
  • Festive Shabbat Dinner

Overnight: Jerusalem


DAY SEVEN: Saturday
SHABBAT IN JERUSALEM

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Shabbat services.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Mincha service with a bar/bat mitzvah ceremony overlooking the Old City.
  • Enjoy dinner on your own in Jerusalem, choosing from a wide array of restaurants.

Overnight: Jerusalem


DAY EIGHT: Sunday
HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY JERUSALEM

  • 6:00 a.m. Da'at Fitness Walkabout Jerusalem - Integrate Wellness and fitness into your trip experience, enjoy a power walk through the streets of Jerusalem with your Athletic trainer.
  • Early breakfast at your hotel.
  • Depart the hotel.
  • Guided visit through the newly renovated Yad Vashem complex, the Jewish National Memorial to the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, including: the new Historical Museum, the Children's Memorial, and a memorial service.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Depart for the Old City.
  • Visit the Old City of Jerusalem for a guided visit through the 3,000 years of Jewish life, including the Kotel (Western Wall).
  • Visit the Western Wall Tunnel, the underground continuation of the Western Wall alongside the Temple Mount.
  • Da'at Encounter Israeli Society @ 2011 Dialogue with a scholar.
  • Enjoy dinner at Olive & Fish, a meat and fish restaurant, located across from the Liberty Bell Gardens.

Overnight: Jerusalem


DAY NINE:  Monday
RETURN TO THE U.S.A.

  • Breakfast at your hotel.
  • Check out of the hotel.
  • Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport for your departure flight (arrival on the same day).

 

Need to Know

  • Tour prices are per person in U.S. dollars. All hotel accommodations, motor coach transportation, special dinners, sightseeing, admissions, luggage handling and the services of local guides, drivers, and the Expedition Educator are included.
  • Hotel Accommodations: The tour price includes all hotel accommodations, in hotel rooms with private baths. Our standard is to provide the best available hotels while considering value. Although the level of the accommodations may differ slightly from hotel to hotel, we are committed to your comfort. Two-bed rooms are reserved in most hotels. Triples are two-bed rooms with a rollaway cot where available and are not recommended when considering the comfort of those in the room. King-size beds are not available in most hotels; what is considered king-size usually consists of two single beds pushed together and made up separately, but with one headboard. Some two-bed rooms may have two twin - not full- or queen-size - beds.
  • Meals are included as specified in the itinerary.
  • Expedition Educator: All trips are conducted by our Expedition Educators or local guides who remain with the group throughout the tour.
  • Gratuities Included: All gratuities for restaurant and hotel staff.
  • Luggage Responsibility: All tour packages allow one piece of luggage per person and one carry-on bag. Excess luggage will be subject to charge of up to $100 per piece. The Travel Agent and/or Tour Operator shall not be held responsible for any damage to or loss of luggage/personal items. All damage/loss must be reported at time of incident and documented in writing by local authorities for submission to your insurance company.


Not Included


  • Airfare to the tour departure point and from the tour ending point is not included. Airfare may be purchased from us for travel originating in the United States. Please see Flights tab in the right-side toolbar.
  • Personal Expenses: All personal expenses such as: laundry, valet service, cables, telephone calls and postage are not included.
  • Guide and Driver Gratuities:
    • 4 seater - $70  (i.e. 2 pax) - per day
    • 7 seater - $90 (i.e. 3-5 pax) - per day
    • 10 seater - $110 (i.e. 5-7 pax) - per day
    • 10-19 passengers: Guide $10, driver $5 - per participant per day
    • 20 passengers and more: Guide $8, driver $4 - per participant per day 


       

Additional Information


  • Airline Security Measures: In the U.S., you must provide identification in the form of a passport at the time of airport check-in for travel to international destinations. Your passport name must match the name on your tour reservation and airline ticket or you may be denied boarding.
  • If you are traveling from an airport outside the jurisdiction of the U.S, you will need to determine what travel documentation and identification is required for that particular airport.
  • Due to heightened security regulations, certain items such as a metal nail file, pocketknife, cigarette lighter or tweezers, and some liquid, gel, or aerosol items may not be permitted in your carry-on luggage. Please call your airline prior to departure to obtain current information on non-permissible carry-on items and recommended airport check-in times. You may also wish to visit the Transportation Security Administration website at www.tsa.gov to obtain more information on acceptable identity documentation and prohibited luggage items.
  • Holidays and Museum Closures - Museum visits and personal shopping time may be disrupted due to unforeseen circumstances or the many religious, state and local holidays locally observed in the destinations being visited.
  • Photography During Tours: We will occasionally use photographs taken by fellow guests or your trip director for promotional purposes. If you prefer that your photo not be used in any marketing activities, please notify us at the start of your tour.
 
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