New Israel Fund Study Tour
Democracy in the Balance: The Struggle for Civil Rights and Social Justice in Israel Today
New Israel Fund Study Tour November 11-19 2014
Tuesday, November 11th: Welcome to Israel! (Jerusalem)
TBA Arrival and check-in at Hotel in Jerusalem
TBA NIF Orientation and Introductions with Karen Paul Stern, Washington Regional Director, NIF US, and Merav Mizrahi Director of Overseas Relations, NIF Israel
Afternoon Culinary tour of Machane Yehuda market with Jerusalem Chef Tali Friedman
TBA Welcome Dinner with Rachel Liel, New Israel Fund’s Executive Director in Israel, Talia Sasson, Incoming NIF President, and Debra Pell, NIF Board Member Location: Tali Friedman's Atelier, Mahane Yehuda Market
Overnight: American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
Wednesday, November 12th – (Jerusalem)
9:00 – 10:00 AM Meeting with Ronit Heyd, Director of Shatil Location: NIF Offices, Tenenbaum Conference Room
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Shatil Capacity Building Workshop with Yasmin Rubin, Director of Capacity Building and Summer Jaber-Massarwa, Resource Development Consultant Location: NIF Offices, Tenenbaum Conference Room
Lunch Lunch with Gili Re’l, Associate Director at the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Afternoon Tour of the Knesset Guided tour with Itzik Harani
Evening Dinner with Former NIF President/Board member Naomi Chazan Canela
Overnight: American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
Thursday, November 13th – (Jerusalem)
8:30 – 9:30 AM Meeting with Yuval Yavneh, Director of the Grants and Programs Department and Associate Director at NIF
9:30 AM – 1:15 PM Meeting with the Council for Peace and Security (CPS) (NIF Grantee) and tour of Separation Barrier with Shaul Arieli
9:30 – 10:15 AM Introductions and Presentation 10:15 AM – 1:15 PM Tour
1:30-3:00 PM Lunch and Conversation with Mikhael Manekin, Managing Director of Molad — the Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy Location: TBA
Afternoon Meeting and tour with Eli Bareket, Hani Mamram and Drori Yehoshua, founder of KIAH’s Memizrach Shemesh program.
Evening: Optional Sound and Light Show at the David Citadel Museum
Overnight: American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
Friday, November 14th – (Jerusalem)
9:00-10:00 am Meeting with Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)
11:00 – 1:00 pm Wine tasting and light lunch Katlav Winery
2:00 – 3:00 pm Galita Chocolate Workshop Kibbutz Tzuba
Services Optional Kabbalat Shabbat Services 5:00 PM - Kol HaNeshama 4:20 PM - Shira Hadasha
Evening Shabbat Dinner and Home Hospitality with NIF Staff and International Council Members
Overnight: American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
Saturday, November 15th – Shabbat in Israel (Jerusalem)
Morning/Afternoon Guided Tour of the Old City
Evening Outlooks for Peace, an Israeli and a Palestinian Perspective with Former Labor MK Daniel Ben Simon, and leading Palestinian activist Ali Abu Awwad.
Dinner and Havdalah
Overnight: American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
Sunday, November 16th – The Conflict: New Perspectives (day trip to Hebron)
Breakfast and Check Out of Hotel
Morning/Afternoon Visit to Hebron with Breaking the Silence (NIF Grantee)
Afternoon Conversation: Unpacking the Hebron Experience with Hamutal Gouri, Executive Director of the Dafna Fund – Women Collaborating for Change.
Depart Jerusalem
Check In to Hotel in Tel Aviv
Free Evening
Overnight: Carlton Hotel, Tel Aviv
Monday, November 17th – A Line in the Sand: Bedouin, the Negev and the Challenges of the Israeli South (day trip to the South)
Morning Introduction to Shatil Beer Sheva with Director Sultan Abu Obaid
Tour of Unrecognized Village with Amir Abo Kweder, social change organizer at shatil
Lunch Meet with Gili Baruch, Coordinator of the Local Sustainable Economic Development Initiative at Shatil
Lunch at Lakiya Bedouin Women’s Weaving Collective
Afternoon Meeting in Sderot with Avi Dabush, Director of Shatil’s Proactive Initiatives, and activists from the Southern periphery
Overnight: Carlton Hotel, Tel Aviv
Tuesday, November 18th – (Tel Aviv)
Morning Meeting with Talia Sasson, Incoming NIF President
Late Morning Conversation about education in Israel with Dr. Varda Shiffer
Lunch Meeting and tour of South Tel Aviv with Reut Michaeli, ED of the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants
Afternoon Meeting with Shevy Korzen, ED of the Public Knowledge Workshop
Free evening in Tel Aviv
Overnight: Carlton Hotel, Tel Aviv
Wednesday, November 19th – (Tel Aviv)
Morning Panel conversation on women in Israel at Achoti, the Mizrachi feminist organization
Afternoon Tour of old Jaffa
Free time
5:00 – 6:30 PM Final Wrap Up Location: Private Room, Carlton Hotel
7:00 – 9:00 PM Farewell Dinner Location: "House Number Three" Ami'ad 3, Tel Aviv-Yafo