• 4:15 p.m.  Arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport.
• Welcome by our representative and assistance with arrival formalities.
• Ascend to Jerusalem through the Judean Hills.
• Welcome to Jerusalem - Enter the vibrant and colourful 3,000-year-old city of Jerusalem and experience the convergence of the old and the new.
• Stop at the Haas Promenade to say the traditional “shehechiyanu” blessing.
• Check into the hotel.
• Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.

Overnight: David Citadel, Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Visit the Yad LaKashish Project, a multi-faceted workshop for senior adults and people with special needs.
• Visit the renewed 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 and the Shrine of the Book and the Second Temple Period Model of Jerusalem, including a special visit to the Youth Wing for children.
• Enter the Old City and stop for lunch on your own.
• 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:
• The Cardo, a Byzantine street that is now the world's oldest shopping arcade
• The Hurva Square, the central square of the Jewish Quarter.
• The Kotel (Western Wall).
• A visit to the Western Wall Tunnel, the underground continuation of the Western Wall along the Temple Mount
• Return to the hotel.
• Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.

Overnight: David Citadel, Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.

Option 1

• 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

Option 2

• Visit 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).
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• Participate in a concluding Memorial Service at Yad Vashem.
• Experience the sites, smells, and tastes of Jerusalem while walking through the Machaneh Yehuda Market, with lunch on your own.
• Return to the hotel with time to prepare for Shabbat.
• Kabbalat Shabbat services at the Southern Wall Excavations, followed by a return visit to the Kotel.
• Shabbat Dinner at a local restaurant or the hotel.

Overnight: David Citadel, Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• B'nai Mitzvah Ceremony overlooking the Old City.
• Enter the Old City.
• 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.
• Walk through the famous Jerusalem Arab Shuk (Market).
• Return to the hotel.
• Israeli Society @ 2012: Dialogue with scholar Paul Liptz of Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew Union College.
• Ben Kodesh Lechol: Havdallah overlooking the Old City.
• Free Evening in Jerusalem on Ben Yehuda Pedestrian Mall or on Emek Refaim Street in the German Colony, with dinner on own.

Overnight: David Citadel, Jerusalem
 

• Early breakfast at the hotel.
• Descend 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.
• Lunch on your own.
• 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.
• Bathe in the relaxing and healthy sulphur springs at the Mineral Beach and float in the Dead Sea.
• Return to Jerusalem.
• Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.

Overnight: Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Check out of the hotel.
• 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.
• Depart Jerusalem.
• Visit Genesis Land, a biblical-style encampment in the Judean Desert, delve into the Bible, experience biblical hospitality and take a Camel Ride through the desert.
• Drive north through the Jordan Valley with lunch on your own, en route.
• Visit the 1,500-year-old Beit Alpha Synagogue at Kibbutz Heftzibah, which boasts the famous mosaic floor depicting the Binding of Isaac and view an audio-visual program about a Byzantine synagogue building fund.
• Enjoy Rafting down the Jordan River.
• Continue to the kibbutz and check into the hotel.
• Dinner at the hotel.
• Where Is My Kibbutz Going?  Dialogue with second-generation kibbutz member Dubi Ben Ari on the ever-changing nature of kibbutz life today.

Overnight: Pastoral Hotel, Kibbutz Kfar Blum, Upper Galilee

• Breakfast at the kibbutz hotel.
• 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 dialogue with an Artist inspired by Kabbalistic messages.
• A stroll through the quaint Art Galleries and shop in the artists' colony.
• Lunch on your own.Short hike on the new hanging path into the Banias River Canyon at the base of the Golan Heights.
• 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.
• Dinner at the Le Charolais steakhouse, situated at the foot of the Golan Heights, with invited IDF Soldiers serving on the Lebanese and Syrian borders.

Overnight: Pastoral Hotel, Kibbutz Kfar Blum, Upper Galilee

• Breakfast at the kibbutz hotel.
• Check out of the hotel and depart the kibbutz.
• 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.
• Visit the Or Hadash Reform Congregation in Haifa for a dialogue and sing-along with Rabbi Edgar Nof in the bomb shelter that was used by the community during the 2nd Lebanon War in 2006.
• Visit a Druze village in the Carmel Mountains for a window into the unique world of the Israeli Druze community, with Home Hospitality Lunch.
• 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.
• Continue to Tel Aviv and drive through the “city that never sleeps” and pass by centers of culture and recreation such as the Habima Theater, sprawling beaches, Dizengoff Street and Rabin Square.
• Check into the hotel.
• Free Evening in Tel Aviv with optional visits on own to:
• Meander through the Old City of Jaffa
• 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
• The Tachana, Tel Aviv's newly renovated old train station, now a center of music, good food and one of Tel Aviv's blooming hot spots. 

Overnight: David Intercontinental, Tel Aviv

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Visit the Jaffa Overlook for an introduction to Tel Aviv at the place where it all began; stroll through the renovated artists' colony and the ancient port, concluding with a visit to the newly renovated and world-renowned Jaffa Flea Market - Shuk Hapishpishim.
• Visit to Independence Hall, site of David Ben Gurion's monumental proclamation of the State of Israel in May 1948.
• Return to the hotel.
• Lunch on own and free time to crash the waves of the Mediterranean Sea.
• Late afternoon 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.
• Dinner at Nana Bar, a trendy restaurant bar located in the Shabazi Neighbourhood in downtown old Tel Aviv.

Overnight: David Intercontinental, Tel Aviv

• Breakfast at the hotel.
  Adults
• The Electric Car Revolution Guided visit to the new Better Place Visitors' Center, for a glimpse at the premier global provider of electric vehicle services (pending confirmation).
  Youth
• Visit the new Olympic Experience Center, a five-ring trip through the greatest Olympic records, with a special focus on Israel's finest moments using state-of-the-art high-tech imaging and illustrations.

All

• 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.
• Return to the hotel.
• Kabbalat Shabbat Service on the rooftop of Mishkenot Ruth Daniel in Tel Aviv, followed by a Communal Shabbat Dinner.

Overnight: David Intercontinental, Tel Aviv

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Shabbat in Tel Aviv with an opportunity to: (on own)
• Take in the grand art collection at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
• Visit some of Tel Aviv's legendary Art Galleries.
• Enjoy the Ganei Yehoshua Park on the Yarkon River.
• Crash the waves of the Mediterranean Sea.
• Wander through the Tachana, Tel Aviv's newly renovated old train station, now a center of music, good food and one of Tel Aviv's blooming hot spots.
• Walk or bike the Blue Route in Tel Aviv, representing Tel Aviv-Yafo's beautiful coastline and the city's Mediterranean atmosphere, from the Yafo Ridge in the south to the Tel Aviv Port in the north.
• Walk or bike the Green Route in Tel Aviv, passing through Ganei Yehoshua along the Yarkon River.
• Enjoy a guided walk with a local city guide through Tel Aviv's magnificent Bauhaus architectural area, known as the ‘White City' and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
• Walk through the trendy Tel Aviv Port.
• Late check-out from the hotel.
• Farewell Dinner at Kimmel, offering a selection of eclectic food, located in downtown Tel Aviv in a restored building which formerly belonged to the last Turkish Sultan. 
• Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport.

Overnight: Flight

• 12:15 a.m.  Departure flight to the U.S.A. on Continental flight # CO 091.
• 1:50 p.m.  Arrive in the Newark.