Tel Aviv, Galilee, Jerusalem, Masada

Tuesday. Depart the USA to Israel. Your flight includes meals, drinks and in-flight entertainment for your journey

Wednesday. Arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport. Welcome by our representative and assistance with arrival formalities. Ascend to Jerusalem via the Judean Hills and recite the traditional Shahechianu blessing overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem. Check in to your Jerusalem hotel. Dinner on your own and free evening in Jerusalem (B): JERUSALEM

Thursday. After breakfast at the hotel, depart for Merkaz Shimshon for a special program with representatives of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, the Israel Religious Action Center and the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Proceed to the Old City to visit the Herodian Mansions and Cardo in the Jewish Quarter, followed by the Davidson Center, located at the Southern Wall excavations, and the Western Wall (Kotel). After lunch on your own go to the Yad Vashem complex for a guided visit through the newly renovated historical museum, the Jewish National Memorial to the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, followed by a visit to the graves of Theodor Herzl and Yitzhak Rabin at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem. Conclude the day with a tour around “Political Jerusalem,” a guided drive around the borders of the city exploring some of the political and diplomatic issues facing the city (B): JERUSALEM

Friday. Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for the Dead Sea Basin. Visit Masada, Herod’s mountain palace and site of the Jewish Zealots’ last stand against the Roman Legionnaires. Experience the weightlessness of the Dead Sea as you float in its waters. Following lunch on your own, take a 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. Return to Jerusalem to prepare for Shabbat and attend Shabbat services at one of the Reform congregations in the Jerusalem area (Kol Hanshama, Mevasseret Zion or Har-El). Festive Shabbat dinner at the hotel (B, D): JERUSALEM

Saturday. Breakfast at the hotel. Shabbat services at HUC and a tour of the facility. After lunch on your own take a guided tour of the Museum of the History of Jerusalem at David's Citadel, for a walk through Jerusalem's past from the time of Abraham 4,000 years ago to the end of the British Mandate over Palestine. Then walk along the rooftops of the Old City for a behind the scenes look at the various communities in Jerusalem. Continue with a walk through the streets of Jerusalem using the writings of Israel’s Nobel laureate for literature, S. Y Agnon as a guide. Conclude with a walk through the unique Yemin Moshe neighborhood, followed by Havadallah and a free evening with dinner on your own in downtown Jerusalem (B): JERUSALEM

Sunday. Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Northern Israel via the Jordan Valley. Explore the massive excavations at Beit Shean, once the Byzantine city of Scytopolis, followed bya visit to the Kinneret cemetery and the graves of Rachel the Poet and Naomi Shemer. Lunch on your own followed by a drive along the Golan Plateau for an in-depth look at Israel’s security situation on the Syrian border. Drive to the Galilee and check in to a Kibbutz Hotel. Dinner at the Kibbutz (B, D): GALILEE

Monday. After breakfast at the hotel depart for the Tel Dan Nature Tel Dan Nature Reserve located on the largest tributary of the Jordan River and near the Biblical settlement of Dan and then proceed to Safed, a center of Jewish mysticism for hundreds of years, and a contemporary artists’ colony. Observe a scenic overlook of Haifa bay from Mount Carmel and conclude the day’s with a visit to the new Stars of Caesarea touring program at Caesarea, with it’s Roman and Crusader cities and a new interactive audio-visual complex. Drive to Tel Aviv, known as the “city that never sleeps”, passing by centers of culture and recreation, from the Mann and Habima Theaters to sprawling beaches and Dizengoff Street. Check into your hotel on the Mediterranean. Concluding program on the beach followed by a free evening to enjoy Tel Aviv by night (B): TEL AVIV

Tuesday. Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for the airport for your departure flight, arriving in the USA the same day (B):

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